Peerage Record – 10318

     Vsevelod Ioannovich Romanov, Prince of Russia was born on 20 January 1914 [7 Jan 1914 O.S.] at Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia^G.¹ He was the son of Ioann Konstantinovich Romanov, Prince of Russia and Helena Karageorgievich, Princess of Serbia.¹ He married, firstly, Lady Mary Lygon, daughter of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp and Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor, on 31 May 1939 at London, England^G.¹ He and Lady Mary Lygon were divorced on 10 February 1956 at London, England^G.¹ He married, secondly, Emilia de Gostztonyi, daughter of Eugen de Gostztonyi and Ethel Jolan Törö de Thury, on 28 March 1956 at London, England^G.¹ He and Emilia de Gostztonyi were divorced on 21 February 1961 at London, England^G.¹ He married, thirdly, Valli Knust, daughter of Cyril Knust, on 8 June 1961 at London, England^G.² He died on 18 June 1973 at age 59 at London, England^G.
     He gained the title of Prince Vsevelod of Russia.¹

     George Karageorgievich was born in 1887.¹ He was the son of Peter I Karageorgievich, King of Serbia and Zorka Ljubica Petrovic-Njegoš, Princess of Montenegro. He married Radmila Radonyich circa 1950.¹ He died in 1972.¹

     Hugh de Crépi, Comte de Vermandois et de Valois was born in 1057. He was the son of Henri I, Roi des Francs and Anne of Kiev.^2,3 He married Aelis de Vermandois, Comtesse de Vermandois, daughter of Heribert V, Comte de Vermandois et de Valois and Adele de Crépi, circa 1080.² He died on 18 October 1102 at Tarsus^G.
     He was a member of the House of Capet. Hugh de Crépi, Comte de Vermandois et de Valois also went by the nick-name of Hugh ‘le Grand’.³ He gained the title of Comte de Vermandois. He gained the title of Comte de Valois.

     Anne of Kiev was born circa 1024. She was the daughter of Yaroslav I, Grand Duke of Kiev and Ingegarde of Sweden.^1,2 She married Raoul III de Valois.³ She married Henri I, Roi des Francs, son of Robert II, Roi des Francs and Constance d‘Arles, on 29 January 1044.¹ She died circa 1075.

     Katherine Allanson is the daughter of John Allanson.¹ She married John Best, son of Richard Best and Elizabeth Hughes.¹
     Her married name became Best.¹

     Charles VII, Roi de France was born on 22 February 1403 at Paris, France^G. He was the son of Charles VI, Roi de France and Isabelle von Bayern.³ He married Maria d‘Anjou, daughter of Louis II, Duc d’Anjou and Yolande de Aragón, on 18 December 1422. He died on 21 July 1461 at age 58 at Bourges, Orléanais, France^G. He was buried on 9 August 1461 at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France^G.
     He was a member of the House of Valois.³ He and Agnès Sorel were associated.² Charles VII, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Charles ‘The Victorious’.³ He succeeded as the Roi Charles VII de France in 1422.³

     Maria d‘Anjou was born in 1404. She was the daughter of Louis II, Duc d’Anjou and Yolande de Aragón.² She married Charles VII, Roi de France, son of Charles VI, Roi de France and Isabelle von Bayern, on 18 December 1422. She died in 1463 at L’Abbaye de Chateliers-en-Poitou, La Flotte, France^G.

     Yolande de Aragón was born in 1380.¹ She was the daughter of Juan I, Rey de Aragón and Mathe d‘Armagnac.¹ She married Louis II, Duc d’Anjou, son of Louis I, Duc d’Anjou and Marie de Châtillon, on 2 December 1400. She died on 14 November 1442 at Chateau de Truce-de-Saumur^G.

     Louis XI, Roi de France was born on 3 July 1423 at Bourges, Orléanais, France^G. He was the son of Charles VII, Roi de France and Maria d‘Anjou.¹ He married, firstly, Margaret Stewart, daughter of James I Stewart, King of Scotland and Lady Joan Beaufort, on 24 June 1436 at Tours Cathedral, Tours, France^G.³ He married, secondly, Carlotta Principessa di Savoia-Piedmonte, daughter of Ludovico I Duca di Savoia and Anne de Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus, on 9 March 1451 at Chambéry, France.⁴ He died on 30 August 1483 at age 60 at Plessis-lez-Tours^G. He was buried at Notre Dame de Clery, France^G.
     He succeeded as the Roi Louis XI de France in 1461.¹

     François I de Montfort, Duc de Bretagne was born on 11 May 1414 at Vannes, France^G. He was the son of Jean V de Montfort, Duc de Bretagne and Jeanne de Valois, Princesse de France. He married Isabella Stewart, daughter of James I Stewart, King of Scotland and Lady Joan Beaufort, on 30 October 1442 at Château d’Auray, France^G.¹ He died on 17 July 1450 at age 36.¹
     He gained the title of Duc de Bretagne in 1442.¹