#Taymuraz Bagration

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Above is a picture of beautiful Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna, followed by two photographs of her and her betrothed and later husband, the Georgian Prince Konstantine Bagration of Mukhrani

Below, is Tatiana in 1915, and Tatiana with her beautiful baby boy Teymuraz. On the group picture, she appears with her sister Vera and her adult son and daughter Teymuraz and Natalia.

The last picture depicts Tatiana as Mother Tamara, Abess of the Mount of Olives Convent in Jerusalem.

The Last Princesses of Imperial Russia

Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna: Third child, first daughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich and Grand Duchess Elizabeta Mavrikievna

When I look at pictures of Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna, I can imagine her at court functions with the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia...at balls, each other's weddings, and the baptism of each other's children. They were the next generation of the Imperial Family. But their fates took horrific detours. At least Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna survived.

Tatiana fell in love with and married Prince Konstantine Bagration of Mukhrani. Her father initially did not approve of the match but eventually consented. There are discussions about whether this marriage is morganatic or not, but we will not get into that here. The union went through with the Tzar's consent.

Tatiana and her bridegroom had two children: Teymuraz Bagration (1912 - 1992) and Natasha Bagration (1914-1984). Tatiana's wedded bliss did not last long...her husband died at war in 1914. She had already lost her brother Oleg at the beginning of the war. Her father died of natural causes shortly after the death of his son-in-law. Her uncle Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich, would be executed by the Bolsheviks. Her brothers John, Constantine, and Igor would also be murdered.

After the death of Prince Bagration, Natalia fell in love with the aide de camp to her uncle Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich. Her uncle encouraged her to leave Russia with him. She married Alexander Vassilievich Korochenzov in exile, but he died three months after the wedding. Although Tatiana reunited with her mother and two younger siblings (Vera and George), she basically raised her children alone.

In 1946, after her children were grown and married, she took the veil (this was a dream her father had for her.)  She entered the Mount of Olives Convent in Jerusalem (after serving at another convent.) She died as Abess Mother Tamara (named so after the medieval Georgian queen Tamar, a remote ancestor of Tatiana's first husband) on 28 August 1979.

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Photographs: 1. A very elegant Tatiana with her two children, Taymuraz and Natasha; 2. Tatiana looking at pictures with her children; 3. Tatiana and her sister Vera Konstantinovna

Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna of Russia  (1890 – 1979)

Tatiana was the third child and oldest daughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna. In 1911, she married the Georgian Prince Konstantine Bagration of Mukhrani.

Tatiana and Prince Konstantine Bagration had two children: Teymuraz Bagration (1912-1992) and Natasha Bagration (1914-1984). Unfortunately, Tatiana's husband died at the beginning of WWI. She went to live with her uncle, Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich, who was almost blind and needed help. She was very close to him.

While living with her uncle she fell in love with one of his aids de camp, Alexander Korochenzov (1877 – 1922.) Urged by her uncle, she left Russia with Korochenzov and her young children. They were fortunate enough to escape, as her uncle Dmitri Konstantinovich was executed in St. Petersburg in January 1919.

Tatiana Konstantinovna and Korochenzov at first fled to Romania and later to Switzerland. They married in Geneva. Three months later, however, Tatiana became a widow for the second time when Alexander died in Lausanne.

Tatiana raised her children alone, and after both were grown and married, she took the veil. She died as Mother Tamara, Abbess of the Mount of Olives Convent in Jerusalem in February 1979.

Photographs: 1. A very elegant Tatiana with her two children, Taymuraz and Natasha; 2. Tatiana looking at pictures with her children; 3. Tatiana and her sister Vera Konstantinovna