Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819–1876) • FamilySearch

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia

Female18 August 1819–21 February 1876

Brief Life History of Maria Nikolaevna

When Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia was born on 18 August 1819, in Tsarskoe Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russia, her father, Emperor Nicholas I Nikolai Pavlovich Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp, was 23 and her mother, Friederike Luise Charlotte Wilhelmine Von Preußen, was 21. She married Prince Maximilien de Beauharnais Duc de Leuchtenberg on 14 July 1839, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 21 February 1876, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, at the age of 56, and was buried in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.

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Family Time Line

Prince Maximilien de Beauharnais Duc de Leuchtenberg
1817–1852
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
1819–1876
Marriage: 14 July 1839
Alexandra Maximilianovna de Beauharnais
1840–1843
Maria Maximilianovna VON LEUCHTENBERG-BEAUHARNAIS Princess
1841–1914
Duke Nicholas Maximilianovich de Beauharnais
1843–1891
Eugenia Maximilianovna de Beauharnais
1845–1925
Eugen Maximilianovich de Beauharnais
1847–1901
Sergei Maximilianovich de Beauharnais
1849–1877
Georg Friedrich Alexander VON LEUCHTENBERG-BEAUHARNAIS
1852–1912
Prince George Maximilianovich of Leuchtenberg
1852–1912
Therese Friedrike Duchess Of Oldenburg
1852–1883

Sources (2)

  • Maria in entry for Nicholas Paulowitch, Nicholas I, "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries"
  • Maria Nikolayenvna Romanov Stroganov, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 July 1839Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
  • Children (9)

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    Parents and Siblings

    +2 More Children

    World Events (6)

    1831

    Age 12

    Polish uprising crushed by forces of Nicholas I.

    1837

    Age 18

    First Russian railroad, from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo, opens. Aleksandr Pushkin, foremost Russian writer, dies in duel.

    1853

    Age 34

    Russia fights Britain, France, Sardinia, and Ottoman Empire in Crimean War. Russia forced to accept peace settlement dictated by its opponents.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sung, Jung, Yong, Chang, Kwang, Sang, Dong, Hyun, Jae, Jin, Kyung, Jong, Chong, Chung, Byung, Jeong, Pyong, Myong, Hak, Jin Hwan, Sook, Yeong, Choon.

    Korean: variant of O .

    Japanese: variant of Ō (see O ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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