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Princess Milica Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro, also known as Grand Duchess Militza Nikolaevna of Russia, (14 July 1866 – 5 September 1951) was a Montenegrin princess. She was the second eldest daughter of King Nicholas I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro and his wife, Queen Milena .
Through her second marriage, she became Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia. She and her sister "Militza" ( Princess Milica ), having married Russian royal brothers, were known colloquially as the "Montenegrin princesses" or the "Black peril" during the last days of Imperial Russia, and may have contributed to its downfall by ...
Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna. Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna and her husband had artistic inclinations and were active in charitable and artistic causes. Maria's husband became well known as a scientist throughout Russia. [13] He took an interest in science and studied mining technology; he was a member of the academy of Science.
Nicholas was the eldest son of Maximilian de Beauharnais and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. His father was the grandson of Joséphine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon and also a grandson of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. His mother was the granddaughter of Paul I of Russia and of Frederick William Ill of Prussia. [1]
She was the fourth child and third daughter of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. Eugenia's father, Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg, had traveled to St. Petersburg, eventually winning the hand of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Nicholas I's eldest daughter.
1. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia: 12. Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine [84] 6. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine [81] 13. Princess Elisabeth of Prussia [84] 3. Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine: 14. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha [85] 7. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom [81] 15. Victoria of the United ...
Alexandra Feodorovna with her two eldest children, the Tsarevich Alexander and the Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, c. 1820. At first, Alexandra Feodorovna had problems adapting to the Russian court, the change of religion affected her and she was overwhelmed by her new surroundings.
Murder of the Romanov family (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.