Dorrit Reventlow

Princess Dorrit Romanov (née Reventlow; born 22 April 1942) is a Danish translator, benefactor, philanthropist, social activist, and the widow of Prince Dimitri Romanov, who had claims to the headship of the Imperial House of Russia.

Dorrit Romanov
BornDorrit Reventlow
(1942-04-22)April 22, 1942
Recife, Brazil
SpouseDom Telmo de Braganza
IssueDona Maria de Braganza Pederson
HouseHolstein-Gottorp-Romanov (by marriage)
FatherEric Reventlow
MotherNina Bent Rasmussen
ReligionEastern Orthodox Church

Biography
Russian imperial family
Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire

HH Prince Andrew Andreevich
HH Princess Inez

  • HSH Prince Alexis Andreevich
    HSH Princess Zoetta
  • HSH Prince Peter Andreevich
    HSH Princess Barbara
  • HSH Prince Andrew Andreevich
    HSH Princess Elizabeth
    • HSH Princess Natasha Andreevna

HSH Princess Olga Andreevna

HH Princess Dorrit

HH Princess Sveva

  • HSH Princess Natalia Nikolaevna
  • HSH Princess Elizabeth Nikolaevna
  • HSH Princess Tatiana Nikolaevna

HIH Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna

She was born Dorrit Reventlow on 22 April 1942 in the city of Recife, Brazil, in the family of Eric Reventlow (1903–1944) and his wife Nina Bent Rasmussen (1912–1996). Dorrit is the second child in the family, her brother George was born in 1941 and lived only eight years and died in 1949 in Denmark. Princess Dorrit belongs to the ancient Danish family of Counts Reventlow, who played a prominent role at the royal court, especially during the Great Reforms 1784–1800. Anne Sophie Reventlow became queen as the consort of Frederick IV of Denmark.

Dorrit's father died when she was only two years and in 1946 the family returned to Denmark. She attended private schools in Denmark and Switzerland, where she learned Portuguese, English, French, Italian and Spanish. In 1961, following her first marriage, she moved to Portugal where, for 15 years she worked as a conference and banquets manager and as director of a five star hotel. In 1976 she opened her own translation company in Lisbon. After the death of her first husband in 1985 she returned to Denmark, where she worked as a representative of a Portuguese tourism company, also serving as the chair of a Danish-Brazilian society. In this role, Princess Dorrit succeeded in expanding the society's membership, while promoting Portuguese language and culture.

At a reception in 1991, Dorrit met Prince Dimitri Romanovich Romanov. In 1993 they were married in Kostroma, which became the first visit of some Romanov spouses to Russia. Since 1993, she has headed her own translation firm - «Translator Dorrit Romanoff & Assoc». In her free time she actively helped her husband in his humanitarian and charitable work in Russia.

Marriages and children

In 1961, she married Dom Telmo Coelho de Braganza (1925–1985), and had issue.

Prior to her 1993 wedding, Dorrit joined the Russian Orthodox Church under the name Theodora Alexeevna.

Title, styles, and honours

Titles and styles
  • Her Highness Princess Dorrit Romanoff

N.B. Since the Russian revolution members of the Imperial family have tended to drop the territorial designation “of Russia” and use the princely title with the surname Romanov while keeping the appropriate style.[1] However this title, and even his right to the surname Romanov are disputed by some.[2]

National orders and medals

Dynastic orders

Ancestry

References
  1. Almanach de Gotha (186th ed.). 2003. p. 314. ISBN 0-9532142-4-9.
  2. "Dynastic Succession". imperialhouse.ru. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  3. "Æresmedlem – H.H. Prinsesse Dorrit Romanoff | Dansk-Brasiliansk Selskab". dk-br.dk. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
Dorrit Reventlow
Born: 22 April 1942
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Countess Sveva della Gherardesca		 — TITULAR —
The Wife of the Head of the Romanov dynasty
15 September 2014 – 31 December 2016
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1917		 Succeeded by
Inez Storer
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