Prince Mikhail Mikhailovitch Cantacuzene 
       Count Speransky 
       Born 29 April 1875 Odessa, Russia 
       Died 25 March 1955 Sarasota, Florida 
       Married (1) 25 March 1899 Newport, Rhode Isl. Div.1934 
       Julia Grant, daughter of Frederick Dent Grant and Ida Marie 
       Honor‚ 
       Born 7 June 1876 The White House, Washington 
       Died 4 October 1975 Washington 
       Married (2) NN Deacon 
                 Children, Generation I 

       Generation I 
        (1) 1  Prince Mikhail Mikhailovitch Cantacuzene 
               Count Speransky 
               Born 21 July 1900 St.Petersburg 
               Died 25 December 1972 Lake Forrest, Illinois 
               Married (1) 26 June 1921 Nahant, Mass. Div.1935 
               Clarissa Curtis, daughter of Thomas Pelham Curtis and 
               Frances Kellogg Small 
               Born 27 November 1899 Boston, Mass. 
               Died 30 August 1939 New York 
               Married (2) 1941 Libertyville, Illinois 
               Florence Bushnell Carr 
               Married (3) Florence Clarke Hall 
                         Children, Generation II-1 

            2  Princess Barbara Mikhailovna Cantacuzene 
               Countess Speransky 
               Born 27 March 1904 St.Petersburg 
               Married (1) 10 October 1926 Washington Div.1933 
               Bruce Smith 
               Born 3 March 1901 Louisville, Kentucky 
               Died 4 October 1942 Louisville, Kentucky 
               Married (2) 11 November 1934 New Albany, Indiana 
               William Durrell Siebern, son of John Siebern Siebern and 
               Orietta Durrell 
               Born 28 November 1894 Cincinnati, Ohio 
               Died 6 January 1973 Louisville, Kentucky 

            3  Princess Zenaida Mikhailovna Cantacuzene 
               Countess Speransky 
               Born 17 November 1908 St.Petersburg 
               Married 1 November 1928 Washington 
               Sir John Coldbrook Hanbury-Williams, son of Sir John 
               Hanbury-Williams and Annie Emily Reiss 
               Born 28 May 1892 Henley-on-Thames 
               Died 10 August 1965 London 

       II-1 (I-1) 
        (1) 1  Princess Irene Mikhailovna Cantacuzene 
               Countess Speransky 
               Born 30 December 1925 Chicago, Illinois 
               Married 5 October 1945 Wadsworth, Illinois 
               Douglas Erickson, son of A. Wentworth Erickson and Cecile 
               Macy 
               Born 24 July 1915 Swampscott, Mass. 

            2  Prince Rodion Mikhailovitch Cantacuzene 
               Count Speransky 
               Born 22 October 1928 Chicago, Illinois 
               Married 24 September 1960 Ellicott City, Maryland 
               Melissa Merle MacNeille, daughter of Merrill MacNeille and 
               Adelaide Brevoort Close 
               Born 1 February 1939 New York 
                         Children, Generation III-1 

      III-1 (II-1-2) 
            1  Prince Michael Rodionovitch Cantacuzene 
               Count Speransky 
               Born 12 July 1961 Washington 

            2  Prince Rodion Rodionovitch Cantacuzene 
               Count Speransky 
               Born 7 August 1963 Washington 

            3  Princess Clarissa Rodionovna Cantacuzene 
               Countess Speransky 
               Born 6 December 1965 Washington 

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           Les famillies Princieres de L'Ancien 
           Empire de Russie 
           Montreuil, 1978. 
                                    by Jacques Ferrand