Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna, Duchess of Leuchtenberg
English: Maria Nikolaievna (August 18, 1819 - February 21, 1876) was a daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and sister of Alexander II of Russia. She was en:Duchess of en:Leuchtenberg and President of the en:Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.
Deutsch: Großfürstin Maria Nikolajewna von Russland (* 18. August 1819 im Lustschloss Pawlowsk; † 9. Februar 1876 in Sankt Petersburg) war die älteste Tochter von Zar Nikolaus I. Pawlowitsch von Russland und seiner Gemahlin Alexandra Fjodorowna, welche als preußische Prinzessin Charlotte geboren worden war. Eine ihrer Schwestern war Olga Nikolajewna Romanowa, die spätere Königin Olga von Württemberg.
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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna as a baby with her older brother, future Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
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Maria with her mother, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) and her older brother, Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
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Maria in a portrait by Henri Grevedon
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Grand princesses Mariya Nikolayevna and Olga Nikolayevna 1838, painted by Timofey Neff aka (Timoleon Karl von Neff 1805-1876)
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Maria in a portrait by Christina Robertson.
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Maria with four of her children.
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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter,1857, Hermitage Museum