Prince Igor Konstantinovich of Russia
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Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (Игорь Константинович) (10 June 1894–18 July 1918), was the sixth child of HIH Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia
by his wife Elisaveta Mavrikievna née HH Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg.
. He enjoyed theatre.
During World War I
, he was a captain in the Ismailovsky Guard Regiment
and became a decorated war hero. However, his health was quite fragile: he suffered from pleurisy
and lung complications in 1915, and even if he returned to the trenches, he couldn't walk quickly and often coughed and spat blood.
On 4 April 1918, he was exiled to the Urals by the Bolsheviks and murdered in July the same year in a mineshaft near the town of Alapaevsk, along with his brothers HH Prince John Constantinovich and HH Prince Constantine Constantinovich, his cousin His Serene Highness Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley
and other relatives and friends. His body was eventually buried in the Russian Orthodox Church
cemetery in Beijing, which was destroyed years later to build a park.
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia was a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and a poet and playwright of some renown...
by his wife Elisaveta Mavrikievna née HH Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg.
Biography
Igor was born on June 10, 1894 and attended the Corps des Pages, an imperial military academy in Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. He enjoyed theatre.
During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, he was a captain in the Ismailovsky Guard Regiment
Izmaylovsky Regiment
Izmaylovsky Regiment was one of the oldest regiments of the Russian army, a subdivision of the 1st Guards Infantry Division of the Imperial Russian Guard. It was formed in Moscow on 22 September 1730. The first colonel of the regiment was appointed Adjutant general Count Karl Gustav von Löwenwolde...
and became a decorated war hero. However, his health was quite fragile: he suffered from pleurisy
Pleurisy
Pleurisy is an inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs. Among other things, infections are the most common cause of pleurisy....
and lung complications in 1915, and even if he returned to the trenches, he couldn't walk quickly and often coughed and spat blood.
On 4 April 1918, he was exiled to the Urals by the Bolsheviks and murdered in July the same year in a mineshaft near the town of Alapaevsk, along with his brothers HH Prince John Constantinovich and HH Prince Constantine Constantinovich, his cousin His Serene Highness Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley
Vladimir Pavlovich Paley
HSH Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley was a Russian poet.Prince Vladimir was born Vladimir von Pistohlkors in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
and other relatives and friends. His body was eventually buried in the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church or, alternatively, the Moscow Patriarchate The ROC is often said to be the largest of the Eastern Orthodox churches in the world; including all the autocephalous churches under its umbrella, its adherents number over 150 million worldwide—about half of the 300 million...
cemetery in Beijing, which was destroyed years later to build a park.