Born in Miitskow 5 July 1833 - died 15 July 1898 in
Mir. His father was Tomasz Bogumil Jan Swiatopelk-Mirski (1788-1868. He was a godson of Tsar Nicolas II, Général
of Cavalerie Cosaque of Don (Ataman des cosaques du
Don)
and was "aide de camp" of the Tsar, Membre du
Conseil de l'Empire.
He
married Princess Véra Ilyitchnina Grouzinzky in
Tiflis, Georgia on 4 May 1860. They had one son Prince
Ilya Nicolaiévitch Sviatopolk Mirsky, who died at
an early age.
His
second marriage in St. Petersburg in 14 April 1868 was
to Cléopâtre Mikhailovna Khanykov. They
had seven children.
1.
Prince Michel Nicolaievitch Sviatopolk Mirsky born in
Tsarkoie Selo in St. Petersburg 17 July 1870 - died in
Warsaw, Poland 16 July 1938 (Chamberlain and minister
of state)
2. Prince Ivan Sviatopolk Mirsky born in St Petersburg 27 March 1872
- died in MIR 10 February 1922 (Calvary officer in the imperial army)
3. Prince Dimitri Nicolaievitch Sviatopolk Mirsky born in St Petersburg
1 February 1874 - died Sibiu, Romania 17 January 1950 (member of the
Duma in Russia)
4. Prince Wladimir Nicolaiévitch Sviatopolk Mirsky born in
St Petersburg 14 April 1875 - died Alexandria, Egypt 27 February
1906 (Titulary minister/council, gentleman of the imperial court
and marshal of the Balta nobility)
5. Prince Vassili Nicolaievitch Sviatopolk Mirsky - born 2 May 1877
died 30 October 1879
6. Prince Pierre Nicolaievitch Sviatopolk Mirsky born 3 July 1881 -
died 27 January 1882
7. Prince Simon Nicolaievitch Sviatopolk Mirsky born in Novotcherkassk,
Russia 24 April 1885 - died in Kharkov, Russia 26 July 1917
Sviatopolk-Mirski
Family Crest
Thanks
to Michel and Michèle Maximoff for much of the the information and
photos above. Michel is the great grandson of Prince Nicholas.
He visited his grandmother in Mir in 1938.
