Princess Irina Nikolaïevna Orlova

Princess Irina Nikolaïevna Orlova (March 1918–1989) was the eldest child of Prince Nicholas Vladimirovich Orlov and his wife Princess Nadia Petrovna Romanova of Russia.

Her mother was among the Romanovs who escaped the Russian Revolution in 1919 aboard the British ship the HMS Marlborough and Princess Irina was the youngest passenger aboard the ship.^[1]

She had one sister named Princess Xenia (aka Ksenija) Nikolaïevna Orlova (1921–1963).^{[2] [3]}

Irina Orlova Nikolaievna married Baron Hans von Waldstatten (1918-1977) in Rome March 27, 1940. They divorced in 1946) They had one daughter:

• Elizabeth Baroness von Waldstatten

After her divorce Irina had a son named Alexis Nicolas Orlov. He was born 10 Sep 1947.

She married Anthony Adama Zylstra (1902-1982) in the Hague, the Netherlands on January 8, 1960. She died on 16 September 1989 at age 71 at Villacerf, France.

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References

• Zeepvat, Charlotte (2004). The Camera and the Tsars. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3049-7
• The Romanovs: The Final Chapter (Random House, 1995) by Robert K. Massie, ISBN 0-394-58048-6 and ISBN 0-679-43572-7