Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
| Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna | |
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| Duchess Alexander of Oldenburg | |
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| Born |
1 April 1845 Mariinskiy Palace, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 4 May 1925 (aged 80) Biarritz, France |
| Burial | Cimetière du Sabaou, Biarritz, France |
| Spouse | Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg |
| Issue | Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg |
| House |
House of Beauharnais House of Holstein-Gottorp |
| Father | Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg |
| Mother | Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox |
Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (Russian: Евгения Максимилиановна Лейхтенбергская) (1 April 1845 - 4 May 1925) was a daughter of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. Although she was a member of the French House of Beauharnais, she was born and raised in her mother's native country, Russia.
In 1868, she married her distant cousin, Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg. The couple had an only child, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg. Princess Eugenia and her husband were particularly noted for their extensive philanthropy throughout Russia; so much so in fact that by 1914, a newspaper source could claim that "there [were] probably not two who are so universally beloved as the Duke and Duchess of Oldenburg".
Princess Eugenia of Leuchtenberg was born on 1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1845 at the Mariinskiy Palace in Saint Petersburg. 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. Maximilian was subsequently bestowed with the style Imperial Highness and given the title Prince Romanowsky. As the daughter of a Russian grand duchess and an ennobled Russian prince, Eugenia and her siblings were always treated as grand dukes and duchesses, bearing the styles Imperial Highness.
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