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Olga Paley

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Birth Date:
02.12.1865
Death date:
02.11.1929
Person's maiden name:
Karnovitsch
Extra names:
Ольга Палей, фон Пистолькорс, фон Гогенфельзен, Карно́вич
Categories:
Count, Knyaz (Prince, Duke)
Cemetery:
Set cemetery

Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley (Ольга Валериановна Палей) (2 December 1865–2 November 1929), was the second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia.

Early life and first marriage

She was born Olga Karnovitsch at St. Petersburg, the daughter of Valerian Karnovich and his wife Olga Vasilyevna Meszaros. She married to Erich Gerhard von Pistohlkors (1853–1935 Riga) in 1884, by whom she had four children:

  • Alexander Erikovich von Pistohlkors (1885–1944), who married Alexandra Taneyeva.
  • Olga Erikovna von Pistohlkors (1886–1887),
  • Olga Erikovna von Pistohlkors (1888–1963), married in 1906 to Alexander, Count Belzig von Kreutz and 1922 to Sergius Fürst Kudaschew
  • Marianna, or Marianne, von Pistohlkors (1890–1976), who married 1908 Peter Durnowo, 1912 Christoph von Derfelden and 1917 Count Nicolaus von Zarnekau.

Scandal of second marriage

She later began an affair with Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, causing a great society scandal, and bore him a child, Vladimir. Her marriage to Pistohlkors was terminated by divorce, and Paul asked permission of Tsar Nicholas II to marry Olga, but he refused.

In 1902, Paul married her morganatically, but the marriage was not approved, and she was given no titles. In 1904, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria granted Olga the title of Countess von Hohenfelsen. Nicholas II later acquiesced to the marriage and made her Princess Paley.

Olga and Paul had three children:

  • Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley (1897–1918), a poet.
  • Princess Irina Pavlovna Paley (1903–1990), married her cousin Prince Feodor Alexandrovich and later Count Hubert Conquere de Monbrison.
  • Princess Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905–1981), a fashion model and film actress, married firstly Lucien Lelong and secondly John Chapman Wilson.

Exile

Olga left Russia in 1920 with her two daughters to Finland, after her son and her husband were executed by the revolutionary government. She died in exile in Paris on 2 November 1929, at the age of 64.

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Vladimir  PaleyVladimir PaleySon09.01.189718.07.1918
        2Natalia PaleyNatalia PaleyDaughter05.12.190527.12.1981
        3Paul  AlexandrovichPaul AlexandrovichHusband03.10.186030.01.1919
        4Alexander IIAlexander IIFather in-law29.04.181813.03.1881
        5Maria  AlexandrovnaMaria AlexandrovnaMother in-law08.08.182403.06.1880
        6Maria AlexandrovnaMaria AlexandrovnaSister in-law17.10.185324.10.1920
        7Сергей  РомановСергей РомановBrother in-law11.05.185717.02.1905
        8Сергей АлександровичСергей АлександровичBrother in-law11.05.185717.02.1905
        9Владимир АлександровичВладимир АлександровичBrother in-law10.04.184704.02.1909
        10Alexander IIIAlexander IIIBrother in-law10.03.184501.11.1894
        11George VIGeorge VIGrandson14.12.189506.02.1952
        12Frederick IX of DenmarkFrederick IX of DenmarkGreat grandson11.03.189914.01.1972
        13Princess Margaret, Countess of SnowdonPrincess Margaret, Countess of SnowdonGreat granddaughter21.08.193009.02.2002
        14Elizabeth IIElizabeth IIGreat granddaughter21.04.192608.09.2022
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