Julia Grant Cantacuzène
Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzène Speransky, Princess Cantacuzène, Countess Speransky (June 6, 1876 – October 4, 1975), was an American author and historian. She was the eldest child of Frederick Dent Grant and his wife Ida Marie Honoré, and the second grandchild of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. In 1899, she married Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène, a Russian general and diplomat.
Julia Dent Grant | |
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| Princess Julia Cantacuzène Countess Speransky | |
| Born | Julia Dent Grant June 6, 1876 White House, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | October 4, 1975 (aged 99) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Noble family | Grant family (by birth) Cantacuzino (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) |
Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène
(m. 1899; div. 1934) |
| Issue | Prince Michael Mikhailovich Cantacuzène Princess Bertha Mikhailovna Princess Zenaida Mikhailovna |
| Father | Frederick Dent Grant |
| Mother | Ida Marie Honoré |
Princess Cantacuzène was the author of three first-person accounts of the events leading up to the Russian Revolution in 1917, as well as a personal historian of the Russian people during that time. As the wife of a Russian nobleman, she was in a primary position to observe both the Imperial and Bolshevik positions during the Revolution. The title of Countess Speransky has been alternatively spelled "Spéransky" and "Spiranski."