Leslie2006 said:
Nicholas II's youngest brother, Mikhail married a commoner Natalia Sheremetevskaya. After they were allowed back into Russia, Nicholas created Natalia and their son (Vladimir?) Countess and Count Barissova. (I might've mispelled that).
Does anyone know who in the Imperial family would hold the title Prince/Princess of the Imperial Blood and what would their relation be? (cousin, relative by marriage?)
Yes Natalia Sergeyevna Wulffert nee Sheremetevskaya was twice=divorced commoner. She and her son (died in a car crash on 1931) were created Css&Ct Brasov.She was granted the title of HSH Princess Romanovskaya-Brasova by HIH GD Cyril on 1935.
About Romanovs more here:
http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/russia.html
From Wikipedia:
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Prince of the blood (in some monarchies, however, this is an actual title in its own right, of more restricted use; thus Prince du sang in the French kingdom, restricted to the royal descendents in the male line) is a male member of
royalty, i.e. of a princely house, such as an imperial - or
royal family. Depending on individual national tradition, this may either be restricted (often to one or two generations after the monarch, and/or the line of succession), or it may be allowed to run into very high numbers (as often applies in oriental dynasties).
Generally, when such a prince takes a (royal, imperial, etc.) throne he stops being styled a mere "Prince" when he becomes the ruling (or at least titular) monarch,
King,
Emperor,
Grand Duke or one of many other ruler-styles, usually of higher rank, except in the case of a ruler styled "Prince" (see below) of a principality (idem: "Princess" becoming a
Queen).[...]
Regardless of birth rank, marriage to a prince(ss) generally means accession to the ruling house (dynasty), but often the princely style is subject to an explicit conferral (by the Monarch or a political authority with in say in the succession, e.g. certain parliaments), which may be delayed, withheld or even reversed.[...]
Although the definition above is the one that is most commonly understood, there are also different systems: depending on
country,
epoch and
translation other meanings of "Prince" are possible. Over the centuries foreign-language titles such as
Italian principe,
French prince,
German Fürst,
Russian kniaz, etc., are often rendered as "prince" in
English.
Many princely styles and titles are used in various monarchies, often changing with a new dynasty, even altered during one's rule, especially in conjunction with the style of the ruler. Indeed, various princely titles are derived from the ruler's, such as (e)
mirza(da),
khanzada,
nawabzada,
sahibzada,
shahzada (all using the Persian patronymic suffix
-zada, "son, descendant", (maha)
rajkumar from
Raja, or even from a unique title, e.g.
mehtarjao. However, often such style is used in a way that may surprise as not apparently logical, such as adopting a style for princes of the blood which is not pegged to the ruler's title, but rather continues an old tradition, asserts genealogical descendency from and/or claim of political succession to a more lofty monarchy, or simply is assumed 'because we can'.
- Sometimes a specific title is commonly used by various dynasties in a region, e.g. Mian in various of the Punjabi princely Hill States (lower Himalayan region in British India)
- Some monarchies also commonly awarded some of their princes of the blood various lofty titles, some of which were reserved for royalty, other also open to the most trusted commoners and/or the highest nobility, as in the Byzantine empire (e.g. Protosebastos reserved).
Independently of such traditions, some dynasties more or less frequently awarded
apanages to princes of the blood, typically carrying a feudal type title (often as such of lower protocollary rank than their birth rank) and some income.[...]