Russo dear,
Perhaps this answers your question:
He [Paul, Grand Duke Dmitri's son] held British and U.S. citizenship.
At the death of
Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia in 1992, Paul Ilyinsky succeeded as the Head of the
House of Holstein-Gottorp (
de jure Duke of Holstein-Gottorp [source: Theroff]), which in accordance with the 1604
Norrköping Succession Pact holds its rights to the
Swedish throne as well as to the throne of the
Grand Duchy of Finland (there reiterated for example in the 1772 Constitution and the 1809 Oaths of Fealty), inherited through his ancestress
Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, the eldest sister of the childless
Charles XII of Sweden.
Sources: Paul Theroff,
Online Gotha
- Guy Stair sainty, the Russian imperial succession
- 1772 constitution (Instrument of Government of the Grand Duchy of Finland)
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(November 2006)
Paul Ilyinsky was married first, in
Honolulu,
Hawaii, on 29 July 1949, to Mary Evelyn Prince (born 1925); the marriage was annulled in 1951. They had no children.
From his second marriage with Angelica Philippa Kauffmann (born
Paris 21 June 1932 or 23 March 1932), whom Paul married in
Palm Beach, Florida on 1 October 1952, he had four children. His issue is as follows:
- Prince Dimitri Romanovsky-Ilyinsky, titular Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (born Palm Beach 1 May 1954) who married in New Haven, Connecticut, 22 September 1979, Martha Murray McDowell (born New Haven, Connecticut 15 Jun 1952) and has three daughters:[5]
- Princess Catherine Adair Romanovsky-Ilyinsky (born Cincinnati, Ohio 4 August 1981)
- Princess Victoria Bayard Romanovsky-Ilyinsky (born Cincinnati, Ohio 23 November 1984)
- Princess Lela McDowell Romanovsky-Ilyinsky (born Cincinnati, Ohio 26 August 1986)
- Princess Paula Maria Romanovsky-Ilyinsky (born Palm Beach, Florida 18 May 1956), married in Cincinnati, Ohio, 31 May 1980, Mark Comisar (born Cincinnati, Ohio 17 June 1953), and had two children, the elder of whom survives:
- Alexander Lee Comisar (born Cincinnati 6 April 1983)
- Makena Anna Comisar (Cincinnati 20 Nov 1984-killed in a car accident in which she was the driver, Clermont County, Ohio 1 August 2002)
- Princess Anna Romanovsky-Ilyinsky (born Palm Beach 4 September 1959); married firstly in Henniker, New Hampshire, 9 May 1980, (divorced 1990) Robin de Young (born Cambridge, Massachusetts, 25 December 1952); married secondly in Cincinnati, Ohio, 18 December 1992, David Wise Glossinger (born Dayton, Ohio 11 July 1953). Has four children, two of each marriage:
- Audrey Emery de Young (born Cincinnati 1 April 1983)
- Heather Morrison de Young (born Cincinnati 25 October 1985)
- Sophia Wise Glossinger (born Cincinnati 5 May 1993)
- Paul Glossinger (born Cincinnati 19 Sep 1994)
- Prince Michael Romanovsky-Ilyinsky (born Palm Beach 3 Nov 1959); married firstly in Cincinnati, 7 May 1985, (divorced 1986) Marcia Marie Lowe; married secondly 2 Nov 1989 (divorced 1995) Paula Gay Maier; thirdly 1999 (divorced 2000) Lisa Marie Schiesler (born 17 May 1973). Has one daughter, born of second marriage:
- Princess Alexis Taylor Romanoff-Ilyinsky (born 21 March 1994)
I found this on Wikipedia so take it for what it is worth as far as being accurate. It appears that Paul had no issue from his firsts marriage. And there does not appear to be any Prince Paul among the grandchildren, so I don't know who is the Pavlo referenced above as the pretender to the throne.