CANTACUZÈNE-SPERANSKY

The Russian Princes Cantacuzène descend from the Magureanu-branch of Romanian Cantacuzino family. Nicolae Cantacuzino (1761-1841), grandson of the founder of this branch Matei Cantacuzino, was a Russian general. His grandson Mikhail Rodionovitch Prince Cantacuzène(1847-1894) was created Count Speransky on 18-5-1872. The family was confirmed to be of princely rank by the Governing Senate of the Russian Empire on 29-4-1893.
The eldest proven ancestor of the family Cantacuzino is Dimitrie Cantacuzino (+ 1536) called Saitan, father of Mihai Cantacuzino (1515-1578) the ancestor of all present branches of the family. This Dimitrie could have been a son of another Dimitrie, mentioned in Hungary in 1474 and son of Manuel Cantacuzinos, despot of Magna Ragusa in 1466, a great grandson of Ioannes VI Cantacuzinos Emperor of Byzantium 1347-1358.

1a. Mikhail (Mic) Rodionovitch Prince Cantacuzène, Count Speransky * Washington 12-7-1961
1b. Rodion (Ian) Rodionovitch Prince Cantacuzène * Washington 7-8-1963; Lawyer; x Belton, Texas 28-9-1991 Lisa Susan Wolfe * Augusta, Georgia 8-12-1963; Dr of June Elmer W. Jr. and Dorothy Matthews
1c. Clarissa Rodionovna Princess Cantacuzène * Washington 6-12-1965; x Aldie, Virginia 24-11-1990 Luis Maria Camilo Echezarreta * 16-7-1967; Son of Juan Carlos E. and Emilia Julia Gavazzo Madariaga

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2. Rodion Mikhailovitch Prince Cantacuzène, Count Speransky * Chicago 22-10-1928 + Aldie, Virginia 16-3-2016
x Ellicott City, Maryland 24-9-1960
3. Melissa Merle MacNeille * New York City 1-2-1939

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4. Mikhail Mikhailovitch Prince Cantacuzène, Count Speransky * St. Petersburg 27-7-1900 + Lake Forest, Illinois 25-12-1972
xI Boston 26-6-1921 (divorced 1935)
5. Clarissa Curtis * Boston 27-11-1899 + Boston 30-8-1939
6. Merrall MacNeille * New York 3-5-1909 + Butler, Baltimore co.19-11-2007; Farmer; xII 1950 Margie Fisher * …
x Roslyn, New York 26-7-1936 (divorced)
7. Adelaide Brevoort Close * Greenwich, Conn. 26-7-1908 + Maryland 31-12-1998; xI New York 19-1-1927 (divorced) Thomas Welles Durant * Waterbury, Conn. 18-10-1899 + Los Angeles 7-12-1984; Stockbroker; xIII Washington, DC 8-6-1948 Augustus Riggs * Maryland 11-8-1913 + Olney, Maryland 20/6/1975

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8. Mikhail Mikhailovitch Prince Cantacuzène, Count Speransky * Odessa 29-4-1875 + Sarasota, Florida 25-3-1955; Vice president Palmer Bank
xI Newport, Rhode Island 24-9-1899 (divorced 27-10-1934)
9. Julia Grant * Washington 7-6-1876 + 1975
10. Thomas Pelham Curtis * San Francisco 11-1-1873 (or Boston 7-9-1870) + Nahant, Mass. 23-5-1944; Winner 100 meter hurdles Olympic Games of 1896
x Baltimore 4-8-1894
11. Frances Kellogg Small * … + …
12. John Robert MacNeille * Brockton, Mass. 21-1-1876; Director The Investor's Agency Inc.
x New York 26-4-1906
13. Ada Louise Merrall * … + …
14. Edward Bennett Close * New York 23-1-1882 + Greenwich, Conn. 5-2-1955; Attorney, manufacturer
x New York 3-12-1905 (divorced 1919)
15. Marjorie Merriweather Post * Springfield, Illinois 15-3-1887 + Washington 12-9-1973

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16. Mikhail Rodionovitch Prince Cantacuzène, since 18-5-1872 Count Speransky * St.Petersburg 5-10-1847 + Arcachon 25-3-1894
x Odessa 12-4-1874
17. Elisabeth Sicard * Odessa 11-3-1848 + Vanduzy, Moçambique 3-3-1934
18. Frederick Dent Grant * Saint Louis, Missouri 30-5-1850 + New York 11-4-1912
x Chicago 20-10-1874
19. Ida Marie Honore * Louisville, Kentucky 4-6-1854 + Washington, DC 1930
20. Herbert Pelham Curtis * … + …
x Boston 27-4-1865
21. Anna Isabella White * … + …
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24. Robert George Stephen MacNeille * Philadelphia ..-4-1841 + Roselle, New Jersey 1903
x New Haven, Conn. 1871
25. Ellen Louisa Coe * Illinois ..-6-1848 + Southern Pines 1928
26. William John Merrall * …
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27. Mary Elizabeth Beard * ...
28. Edward Harvey Close * New York 1844 + New York 14-4-1888
x Manhattan, New York 6-1-1881
29. Emma Bennett * ... + …
30. Charles William Post * Springfield 26-10-1854 + Santa Barbara 9-5-1914
x Pawnee, Illinois 4-11-1874
31. Ella Letitia Merriweather * Springfield 18-4-1851 + Washington, DC 12-10-1912

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32. Rodion Nikolaievitch Prince Cantacuzène * 1812 + 1880
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33. Maria Alexandrovna Frolova-Bagreeva * … + …
34. Charles Karlovitch Sicard (*) Odessa 1809 + Taypole bij Viborg 1885
x …
35. Catherine Elizabeth Trumpi * …
36. Ulysses S. Grant * Point Pleasant, Ohio 27-4-1822 + Mount McGregor, New York 23-7-1885; President of the United States 1869-1877
x Saint Louis 22/8/1848
37. Julia Boggs Dent * Saint Louis 26-1-1826 + Washington, DC 14-12-1902
38. Henry Hamilton Honore * Louisville, Kentucky 19-2-1824 + 16-8-1916; Real estate developer in Chicago
x …
39. Elizabeth d’ Orsay Carr * … + …
40. Charles Pelham Curtis * Boston 22-6-1792 + 4-10-1864
x 1815
41. Anna Wroe Scollay * … + Boston 25-10-1845
42. Ferdinand Elliott White * Boston 21-8-1788 + 4-1-1853
x Leominster, Mass. 29-10-1825
43. Dorothy Hancock Gardner * Leominster 10-4-1799 + 1892
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48. Perry Robinson MacNeille * Engeland 1805 + Philadelphia 1864
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49. Hannah Shepherdson * Philadelphia 1802 + Philadelphia 1881
50. Watson V. Coe * Middlefield, Conn. ..-2-1814 + 1905
x 18-10-1837
51. Louisa Bacon * Middletown, Conn. 10-7-1819 + 4-10-1899
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56. Aaron Close * Greenwich, Conn. 1815 + 25-11-1894; Clothing dealer in New York
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57. Harriet Priscilla Udell * Stephentown, New York 18-11-1818 + 3-2-1884
58. Joseph Bennett * … + …
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59. Emma Morse * … + …
60. Charles Rollin Post * Cornwall, Vermont 5-1-1826 + Los Angeles 15-7-1919
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61. Caroline Cushman Lathrop * Ashord, Conn. 27-11-1824 + Fort Worth, Texas 17-10-1914
62. John Hood Merriweather * Maryland 2-7-1808 + Pawnee, Illinois 15-10-1863; Clerk, grocer, merchant, farmer
x Clark co., Ohio 5-3-1835
63. Elizabeth Hummel * Hummelsville, Ohio 24-10-1813 + Pawnee 18-8-1868

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64. Nikolai Rodionovitch Prince Cantacuzène (Kantakuzin) * 1761 + 1841; Zn van Rodion Matveievitch Prince C. en Ecaterina Mavrocordato
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65. Elena Alexandrovna Gennadi * 1781 + 1827; Dr van
66. Alexander Frolov-Bagreev * … + …; Zn van
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67. N. Mikhailovna Countess Speranskaya * … + …; Dr van Mikhail Mikhailovitch Count S.
68. Charles Sicard * Marseille 1773 + 1830; Merchant, founded Black Sea Company in Odessa in 1816, Russian consul in Livorno in 1819; Zn van Jacques S. x … Laura de Tish * 1797 + 1864
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72. Jesse Root Grant * Greensburg, Penn. 23-1-1794 + Covington, Kentucky 29-1-1873; Zn van Noah G. en Rachel Miller
x Point Pleasant 24-6-1821
73. Hannah Simpson * Horsham, Penn. 23-11-1798 + Jersey City 11-5-1883; Dr van
74. Frederick Fayette Dent * Cumberland, Maryland 8-10-1787 + ..-12-1873; Zn van George D. en Susannah Dawson
x Washington, DC 22-12-1814
75. Ellen Bray Wrenshall * 1796 + ...; Dr van George W. en Julia Ellen Bray
76. Francis Honore * Baltimore 1792 + …; Plantation owner; Zn van Jean Antoine H. uit Parijs
x Campbell, Kentucky 5-12-1818
77. Matilda Lockwood * ... + …; Dr van captain Benjamin L.
78. John Carr * … + ...; Zn van
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80. Thomas Curtis * Boston 1759 + 26-11-1823; Zn van Obadiah C. en Martha Buckminster
x Boston 6-1-1791
81. Helena Pelham * Boston 1767 + 1812; Dr van Charles P.
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84. Ebenezer White * … + …; Zn van
x Boston 28-11-1781
85. Abigail Bell * … + …; Dr van
86. John Gardner * Leominster 2-1-1768 + Leominster 24-8-1856; Zn van Francis G. en Sara Gibson
x 10-10-1795
87. Elizabeth Greenleaf * Lancaster, Mass. 2-9-1768 + Leominster 25-7-1814; Dr van William G. en Sarah Quincy
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96. Robert MacNeille * Engeland ca. 1779 + 1814; Zn van
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100. Bela Coe * 1778 + 4-10-1841; Zn van Eli C. en Rachel Miller
x 1801
101. Hannah Ward * ... + ...; Dr van William W. en Mary Miller
102. Nathaniel Bacon * Middletown, Conn. 10-11-1785 + ...; Zn van
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112. Harvey Close * Greenwich, Conn. 24-1-1790 + 1-4-1830; Zn van Abraham C. en Mary Hubbard
x 27-9-1814
113. Jemima Lockwood * 1792 + 10-11-1876; Dr van
114. Samuel Udell * Stonington, Conn. 18-5-1766 + Stephentown, New York 1-11-1849; Zn van Lionel U. en Jane Burch
x 25-12-1803
115. Mary Grant * Stonington 1-3-1777 + 6-6-1853; Dr van Josiah G. en Sarah Miner
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118. John Morse * ... + ...; Zn van
x New York 5-7-1806
119. Isabella Brevoort * 1788 + ...; Dr van Johannes B. en Mary Tweedle
120. Truman Post * 1796 + 1847; Zn van Roswell P. en Martha Mead
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121. Betsey Atwater * Cheshire, Conn. 1794 + Springfield, Illinois 1861; Dr van Stephen A. en Anna Moss
122. Erastus Lathrop * Norwich, Conn. 18-5-1784 + Hartford, Conn. 30-7-1850; Zn van Azel L. en Elizabeth Hyde
x New London, Conn. 21-9-1807
123. Sarah Bailey * New London 13-1-1791 + Jacksonville, Illinois 16-7-1856; Dr van Nathan B. en Mary Ward
124. Nicholas Merriweather * Maryland 14-6-1778 + West Liberty, Ohio 28-9-1872; Merchant, miller; Zn van Reuben M. en Sarah Ann Dorsey
x Maryland 12-12-1797
125. Elizabeth Hood * ... + ...; Dr van John H. en Rachel Howard
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Sources:
Les familles princieres de l'ancien empire de Russie
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tmsidb0&id=I5783
http://www.genealogia.ru/gene/bpg/publication_view.asp?InfoID=146621&iabspos=14&vjob=vtype%2C21&vtkid=