Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzène Spiransky, Princess Cantacuzène, Countess Spiransky, (1876-1975) was an American author and the first-born grandchild of Ulysses S. Grant, born in the White House during her grandfather's presidency. Princess Cantacuzène authored of three first-person accounts of the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917. As the wife of the Chief of Staff to Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, she was in a primary position to observe both the Imperial and Bolshevik positions during the Revolution.
