Porcelain plate of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, 1891-1917

A blue rim with golden stripes, interrupted by Cyrillic encryption "KAK" in honor of Grand Duchess Xenia, a factory mark with an inscription in blue underglaze painting. Diameter 9 1/4 inches. Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (Russian, 1875-1960) was the eldest daughter and fourth child of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna (Princess Dagmar of Denmark). She was the sister of Nicholas II. She married her cousin, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, with whom she had seven children. She was the mother-in-law of Felix Yusupov and the cousin of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, who together killed Grigori Rasputin, the spiritual healer of her nephew, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich. During her brother’s reign, she recorded in her diary and letters her growing concern over his rule. After the fall of the monarchy in February 1917, she left Russia and eventually settled in Great Britain.