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Maria Nikolaevna Romanova in costume at the Alexander Palace, 1916. As late as 2004, Gabriel Louis Duval wrote a book, A Princess in the Family, claiming that his foster grandmother "Granny Alina" might have been the Grand Duchess Maria. [70] According to Duval, Granny Alina married a man named Frank and emigrated to South Africa.
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Мария Николаевна) (18 August 1819 – 21 February 1876) was a daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and sister of Alexander II. In 1839 she married Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg .
OTMA from left to right, Maria, Tatiana, Anastasia and Olga Nikolaevna in 1914. OTMA was an acronym sometimes used by the four daughters of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and his consort, Alexandra Feodorovna, as a group nickname for themselves, built from the first letter of each girl's name in the order of their births: [1]
Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna, Princess of Leiningen (1907-1951) cr. Grand Duchess of Russia ∞ Friedrich Karl, Prince of Leiningen (1898-1946) Princess Kira Kirillovna, Princess of Prussia (1909-1967) cr. Grand Duchess of Russia ∞ Prince Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907-1994) [2]
As such, Nicholas' heir was his brother George unless he had a son. Grand Duchess Tatiana's siblings were Grand Duchesses Olga, Maria, Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei of Russia. All of the children were close to one another and to their parents up until the end of their lives. Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna at her brother’s christening, 1904.
Born as Princess of Russia; adopted the style of Grand Duchess after her father's headship of the House of Romanov. Maria Vladimirovna: Vladimir Kirillovich: 23 December 1953: Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (m. 1976; div. 1985) Born after the abolition of the monarchy; adopted the style of Grand Duchess of Russia in pretense.
The Duchess had first encountered the papers in the late 1950s in a storage tunnel at her family home in Madrid and transported them to the palace in Sanlúcar in the back of a lorry.
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890–1958) [75] Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891–1942) [76] Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark: January 22, 1872 [77] February 8, 1938 [77] Married 1902, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia [77] (1882–1957) [78] and had 3 children: [77] Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark [77 ...