Equestrians at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Karol Rommel, Ben Lear (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 105. Not illustrated. Chapters: Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Karol Rommel, Ben Lear, Guy Henry, Edward Radcliffe-Nash, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Brian Turner Tom Lawrence, Paul Aloysius Kenna, Emmanuel de Blommaert, Ephraim Graham, Hans Von Rosen, Gustaf Lewenhaupt, Carl Bonde, Jean Cariou, John Montgomery, Hans Von Blixen-Finecke, Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Axel Nordlander, Nils Adlercreutz, Ernst Casparsson, Friedrich Von Rochow, Wilhelm Graf Von Hohenau, Gustaf Kilman, Carl Von Moers, Frode Kirkebjerg, Richard Graf Von Schaesberg-Tannheim, Henric Horn Af Aminne, Bernard Meyer, Eduard Von Lutcken, Fredrik Rosencrantz, Ernst Deloch, Rabod Von Krocher, Sigismund Freyer, Herbert Scott, Carl-Axel Toren, Carl Rosenblad, Carl Kruckenberg, Oscar Af Strom, Ake Hok. Excerpt: Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia ( ) (18 September 1891 5 March 1941) was a Russian imperial dynast, one of the few Romanovs to escape murder by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution. He is known for being involved in the murder of the mystic peasant faith healer Grigori Rasputin, who he felt held undue sway over Tsar Nicholas II. Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich was born at Ilinskoe near Moscow, the second child and only son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and a grandson of Alexander II of Russia; thus, he was a first cousin of Nicholas II of Russia. Dmitri Pavlovich's mother, Alexandra Georgievna of Greece was a daughter of George I of Greece and his Queen consort Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. As such, he was also a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Dmitri and his sister Maria were mostly raised by their uncle and aunt, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia and his wife, Elizabeth, the elder sister of Tsarina Alexandra. His mother, Alexandra, was seven months pregnant with him when, wh...