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Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Мария Михайловна) (9 March 1825 – 19 November 1846) was the firstborn child and first daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, the youngest son of Emperor Paul I of Russia, and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, the eldest daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg ...
- The Flirtatious Young Duchess
- Rasputin, The “Mad Monk”
- The Downfall of The Romanov Family
- The Romanovs in Exile
- The Death and Legacy of Maria Romanov
As a young duchess, Maria Romanov reportedly loved to flirt and discuss her dreams of marriage and children. Her childhood nanny recalled how “One day the little Grand Duchess Mari[a] was looking out of the window at a regiment of soldiers marching past and exclaimed, ‘Oh! I love these dear soldiers; I should like to kiss them all.'” As many of her...
Enter Grigori Rasputin, a Siberian peasant mystic who enjoyed great success passing himself off as a holy man with special powers to the ladies of Russian high society. Thanks to his elite connections, Rasputin was eventually introduced to the tsar himself. The truth about Rasputin’s seemingly-magical ability to heal Alexei is still shrouded in mys...
With the rumors surrounding Rasputin complicating things for the Romanovs, their position grew more precarious still with the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Olga and Tatiana began to work as nurses alongside their mother in a military hospital, while Maria and Anastasiavisited wounded soldiers, cheering them up with their humor and lively persona...
Initially, Maria Romanov and the rest of the imperial family were exiled to Tobolsk, Siberia, where life was dull but bearable. However, when the Marxists revolutionaries known as the Bolsheviks seized power in October 1917, they decided to move the family to Ekaterinburg, where the fervently-Bolshevik population would prevent any attempts at rescu...
In the early hours of July 17, 1918, Yurovsky woke the family and told them to dress and go to the basement. The Romanovs hoped that this meant rescue by their supporters. While it was true that pro-Romanov forces were closing in on Ekaterinburg, the actual reason was far grimmer. The Bolsheviks had decided to execute the royal family rather than m...
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (Russian: Мария Владимировна Романова, romanized: Maria Vladimirovna Romanova; born 23 December 1953) has been a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov, the Imperial Family of Russia (who reigned as Emperors and Autocrats of all the Russias from 1613 to 1917) since 1992.
Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Мария Михайловна) (9 March 1825 – 19 November 1846) was the firstborn child and first daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, the youngest son of Emperor Paul I of Russia, and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, the eldest daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg, who took ...
La gran duquesa María Mikhailovna de Rusia ( ruso: Мария Михайловна) (9 de marzo de 1825 - 19 de noviembre de 1846) fue la primogénita y primera hija del gran duque Miguel Pavlovich, el hijo menor del emperador Pablo I de Rusia, y de la princesa Carlota de Wurtemberg. la hija mayor del príncipe Pablo de Württemberg, quien ...
Catalina Mijáilovna de Rusia (en ruso: Екатерина Михайловна; San Petersburgo, 28 de agosto de 1827 - ib. 12 de mayo de 1894) fue la tercera de las cinco hijas del gran duque Miguel Pávlovich de Rusia (hijo menor del emperador Pablo I y de Sofía Dorotea de Wurtemberg) y de la princesa Carlota de Wurtemberg (hija mayor del príncipe Pablo de Wurtem...
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Великая Княжна Екатерина Михайловна) (28 August 1827 – 12 May 1894), was the third of five daughters of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (youngest son of Emperor Paul I) and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (known as Grand Duchess Elena ...
