Maria Maximilianowna von Leuchtenberg
Princess Maria Maximilianowna von Leuchtenberg (also known as Princess Maria Romanowskaja or Marie Maximiliane ; * 4th October July / 16 October 1841 greg. In Saint Petersburg ; † 3 February July / 16 February 1914 greg. Ibid) was the second daughter of Maximilian de Beauharnais , 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg , and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolajewna Romanowa . She was the mother of Max von Baden , the last Chancellor of the Empire .
Family and early life
Maria's father, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg had traveled to St. Petersburg, for the hand of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, the oldest daughter of Tsar I. Nicholas to win. Maximilian was subsequently elevated to Imperial Highness and he was given the title of Prince Romanowski.
As the daughter of a Russian Grand Duchess , Maria ("Marusya") and her siblings (Nicholas, Eugenia, Eugen, Sergei, and George) were always treated as members of the imperial family and were Imperial Highnesses. After the death of her father in 1852, her mother morganatically married Count Grigory Stroganov two years later . Since this connection was kept secret from her father Tsar Nicholas I (and her brother Tsar Alexander II could not allow this connection, feigning ignorance) Grand Duchess Maria was forced to go into exile abroad. Alexander, who had compassion for his sister, paid special attention to their children from their first marriage, who remained in St. Petersburg without their mother.
Assassination attempt in 1866
On April 4, 1866, Maria and her brother Nicholas accompanied their uncle Alexander through St. Petersburg when an assassination attempt was carried out on him. Alexander had stopped to put on a coat before climbing into his car when a man pointed a gun at him, and only the quick action of a man named Komissaroff, who raised the man's hand, saved the Emperor's life.
marriage
Various marriage candidates campaigned for Mary's hand. Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov , a friend of Tsar Alexander II, dared to court his niece and was severely reprimanded for it.
On February 11, 1863, Maria married Prince Wilhelm von Baden in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg . He was a younger son of Grand Duke Leopold Baden and his wife, Princess Sophie .
They had two children:
- Sophie Marie Luise Amelie Josephine von Baden (July 26, 1865 - November 29, 1939) ∞ Friedrich II., Duke of Anhalt
- Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm von Baden (July 10, 1867 - November 6, 1929) ∞ Princess Marie Louise of Hanover ; Maximilian was the heir to the throne in the Grand Duchy of Baden.
Next life
After her marriage, Maria spent most of her time in Germany and rarely visited Russia. During the Franco-Prussian War , Wilhelm served in the Prussian army under the command of Wilhelm I.
Prince Wilhelm died on April 27, 1897 and the widowed Princess Maria lived in St. Petersburg until her own death on February 16, 1914.
title
- October 16, 1841 - February 11, 1863: Her Imperial Highness Princess Maria von Leuchtenberg
- February 11, 1863 - February 16, 1914: Her Grand-Ducal Highness Princess Wilhelm von Baden
Web links
- http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/beauharnais/ Leuchtenberg1.htm
- Mariya Duchess von Leuchtenberg on thepeerage.com , accessed on August 12, 2015.
- Lincoln, Abraham (1953). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6. New York: H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Company. p. 171. ISBN 1434476979
- IS Semyonov: Christian Dynasties in Europe (Христианские династии Европы), Olma Media Group, 2002, page 430 (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leuchtenberg, Maria Maximilianowna from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Maximilianovna; Maria Romanovskya; Maria Romanovskaya; Marie Maximiliane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the Leuchtenberg family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1914 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |