Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
| Princess Maria of Leuchtenberg | |
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| Princess Wilhelm of Baden | |
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| Born |
16 October 1841 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 16 February 1914 (aged 72) St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Burial | Russische Kirche, Baden |
| Spouse | Prince Wilhelm of Baden |
| Issue | Marie, Duchess of Anhalt Prince Maximilian of Baden |
| House |
House of Beauharnais House of Zähringen |
| Father | Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg |
| Mother | Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia |
Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, also known as Princess Maria Romanovskya, Maria, Princess Romanovskaja, Maria Herzogin von Leuchtenberg or Marie Maximiliane (16 October 1841 – 16 February 1914) was the eldest daughter of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. She married Prince Wilhelm of Baden. The couple's son, Prince Maximilian of Baden, was Germany's last Imperial chancellor.
Maria's father Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd 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, Maria ("Marusya") and her siblings (Nicholas, Eugen, Eugenia, Sergei, and George) were always treated as grand dukes and duchesses, bearing the styles Imperial Highness. After their father's death in 1852, their mother morganatically remarried to Count Grigori Stroganov two years later. As this union was kept secret from her father Emperor Nicholas I (and her brother Emperor Alexander II could not permit the union, preferring instead to feign ignorance), Grand Duchess Maria was forced into exile abroad. Alexander felt sympathy for his sister however, and paid special attention to her children from her first marriage, who lived in St. Petersburg without their mother.
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