Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley was a Russian nobleman and poet who was murdered by the Bolsheviks when he was 21 years old.
16 Facts About Vladimir Paley
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Vladimir Paley was born as Vladimir von Pistohlkors in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 9 January 1897.
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Vladimir Paley's father was Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, the youngest child of Emperor Alexander II.
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Vladimir Paley's mother was his father's mistress, Olga Valerianovna Karnovich, who was still married to Erich Gerhard von Pistohlkors at that time.
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Prince Vladimir Paley had two elder half-siblings from his father's marriage to Alexandra Georgievna of Greece, nee Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia.
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Vladimir Paley's half-sister found out about Vladimir from a photograph hidden in their father's pocket.
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Vladimir Paley had two full sisters, both of whom eventually were styled as Her Serene Highness Princess Paley: Irina Pavlovna and Natalia Pavlovna.
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Vladimir Paley had three half-siblings from his mother's first marriage: Alexander Erikovich von Pistohlkors, Olga Erikovna von Pistohlkors, and Marianna Erikovna von Pistohlkors.
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Vladimir Paley spent his childhood in Paris and later graduated from the Corps des Pages, an aristocratic military school in Saint Petersburg.
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Vladimir Paley was promoted to lieutenant and decorated as a war hero with the Order of Saint Anne.
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Vladimir Paley published two volumes of poetry and wrote several plays and essays, as well as a French translation of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovitch's play, The King of the Jews.
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Vladimir Paley was brutally murdered in a mineshaft near Alapaevsk, together with his cousins Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia, Prince Konstantine Konstantinovich of Russia, Prince Igor Konstantinovich of Russia, and other relatives.
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Vladimir Paley is venerated by the Russian Orthodox Church as a Saint and martyr.
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Vladimir Paley confirmed the theory that exceptional children are born of a great and exceptional love.
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Vladimir Paley's parents saw how different he was from the others and wisely did not try to shape him according to pattern as had been done with us.
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Vladimir Paley played the piano; he painted; and at a very early age astounded people by his extensive reading and his extraordinary memory.