Family
Nikolai married Nadezhda (variantly spelled Nadejda) Alexandrovna von Dreyer (1861–1929), daughter of Orenburg police chief Alexander Gustavovich Dreyer and Sophia Ivanovna Opanovskaya, in 1882. Two children were born from this marriage:
- Artemi Nikolaevich Prince Iskander (or Prince Romanovsky-Iskander) (1883–1919), killed in the Russian Civil War
- Alexander Nikolaevich Prince Iskander (15 November 1889 – 8 October 1935), married 5 May 1912 Olga Iosifovna Rogovskaya / Rogowska (1893–1962). The couple had two children. Alexander and Olga were later divorced, and Alexander married Natalya Khanykova (30 December 1893 – 20 April 1982) in 1930. No children resulted from the latter marriage.
- Prince Kirill Romanovsky-Iskander, adopted name (via stepfather, Nicholas Androsov) Kirill Nikolaevich Androsov (5 December 1914–1992)
- Natalya Alexandrovna Princess Romanovskaya-Iskander, adopted name Natalya Nikolaevna Androsova (2 February 1917–1999)
Among his illegitimate children were the following:
With Alexandra Abasa (1855–1894):
- Olga Nikolaevna Wolinskaya (May 1877–1910)
- Nicholas Nikolaevich Wolinsky (11 December 1878 – 30 December 1913)
With unknown mistresses:
- Stanislav (d. 1919)
- Nicholas (d. 1922)
- Daria (d. 1966)
- Tatiana (died ?)
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