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Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia ((ロシア語: Борис Владимирович); 24 November 1877 – 9 November 1943) was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and a first cousin of Tsar Nicholas II. He followed a military career. After graduating from the Nikolaevsky calvary School in 1896, he served as coronet in the life Guards Hussar regiment. He took part in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 and became a Major General in the Russian Army in 1914. During World War I, he commanded the regiment of the Ataman Cossacks in 1915. He was known in Imperial Russia for his restless behavior and as a notorious playboy. After the fall of the Russian monarchy, he was put under house arrest by the provisional government in March 1917, but he managed to escape the former Imperial capital in September that year and joined his mother and younger brother in the Caucasus. He departed revolutionary Russia in March 1919 with his longtime mistress, who he married in exile. Eventually, he settled in France where he spent the rest of his life. He died in occupied Paris in 1943. ==Early life== Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich was born on at his parents palace in Saint Petersburg.〔Korneva & Cheboksarova, ''Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna'', p. 109〕 He was the third child and second surviving son among the five children of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, born Duchess Marie Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.〔Beéche, ''The Other Grand Dukes'', p. 20.〕 His parents were very wealthy and lived in the luxurious Vladimir Palace in Saint Petersburg. His father, Vladimir Alexandrovich, a brother of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, was a renowned patron of the arts; his mother, Maria Pavlovna, one of the greatest hostesses of Russian society. Boris, more extrovert than his siblings, was his mother’s favorite. Grand Duke Boris was educated at home. He initially was raised by a British nanny, and thanks to her the first language he spoke was English.〔Korneva & Cheboksarova, ''Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna'', p. 53〕 As was customary in the Russian Imperial family, Boris and his siblings also have a sailor "nanny", a male attendant from the Imperial navy, who served as the children's companion looking after them.〔Korneva & Cheboksarova,''Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna'', p. 109〕 Boris Vladimirovich's education emphasized languages and military training. The parents chose the tutors, governors and friends for their children with care.〔Korneva & Cheboksarova,''Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna'', p. 63〕 The four siblings spent most of their time at their parents villa in Tsarkoe Selo were they have a lot of freedom and a park with a pond.〔Korneva & Cheboksarova,''Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna'', p. 63〕 It was traditional for the male members of the Romanov family to follow a military career.〔Korneva & Cheboksarova,''Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna'', p. 63〕 From his birth, Grand Duke Boris was appointed patron of the 45th Azov Infantry Regiment, and enrolled into the Semeonovsky Life Guards and the Life Guards Dragoon regiment, the 4th Life Guard Rifle Battalion of the Imperial Family. In 1896, at the age of eighteen, he graduated from the Nikolaievksy Cavalry School with the rank of Cornet of the Life Guards Hussar Regiment.〔Beéche, ''The Other Grand Dukes'', p. 20.〕〔Korneva & Cheboksarova,''Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna'', p. 63〕 The following year, he was appointed aide-de-camp to the Emperor.〔Korneva & Cheboksarova,''Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna'', p. 63〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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