Last Years
In March 1956 at Marylebone register office, Prince Vsevolod quietly married his Hungarian mistress Emilia de Gosztoyi (Budapest 19 Apr 1914 - Monte Carlo 9 Jul 1993) (Countess Berchtold). The daughter of a Hungarian merchant, Emilia was granted the title of Princess Romanovsky by Grand Duke Vladimir. Short of money, in March 1957, the prince sold some old master at Christie's among them a portrait of Emperor Paul, Grand Duke Constantine and Emperor Alexander I. After five years, Prince Vsevolod's second marriage ended in divorce in February 1961. There were no children from this union.
In London on 8 June 1961, Vsevolod married again, this time to Valli Knust, (b.London 4 Apr 1930, d. Sherborne, Dorset 10 July 2012), a woman sixteen years his junior. Valli Elisabeth Knust, 31 years old, was created Princess Romanovsky Knust, their marriage was very happy, but they did no have children. In January 1966 Prince Vsevolod was appointed personal assistant to the Chairman & chief Executive of United Guarantee, holdings. In June 1970 Vsevolod underwent an operation in London, the beginning of a long painful battle with cancer. He died in London on 18 June 1973. His funeral services took place a week later at the Russian Orthodox church in Kesington. Among those present were Prince and Princess Paul of Yugoslavia and Prince and Princess Vassili of Russia. With Prince Vsevolod's death, the male line of the Constantinovich branch of the Romanov family died out.
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