Lleida man proves he is great-grandson of the last Tsar of Russia
Sunday, May 1, 2016 @ 9:51 PM
A MAN from Lleida, Catalunya is attempting to prove through the courts that he is the great-grandson of Tsar Nikolái II of Russia.
David Duaigües, from Torres de Segre in the land-locked northern province of Lleida says his grandmother María Martí is actually Maria Románov, the Emperor's daughter.
She became a refugee and made it to Europe with the help of the Red Cross, giving up her daughter – David's mother – to a children's home.
The daughter eventually met and married Sr Duaigües and the couple moved to Torres de Segre, where they had a son, David.
David's solicitor Sergio Hedo says DNA tests and photographs show María Martí is likely to be Maria Románov.
Photos supplied show David's mother is almost identical to the woman with whom Tsar Nikolái had Maria Románov, and that David's mother's side of the family suffers from hereditary haemophilia, where blood does not clot and continues to flow uncontrollably from cuts – a condition Tsar Nikolái's son has.
Sr Hedo says his client does not wish to be the Tsar's successor, nor lay claim to any Russian palace, but he just wants to be able to register his second surname legally as 'Románov'.
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