Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.

26 June 1899

Born on the same birth day (26 June): Callum Taylor (English cricketer) • Charles Messier • Derek Jeter • Eleanor Parker • George Hainsworth • Luis Arconada • Mitchell Lewis (actor) • Pommie Mbangwa • Princess Alexia of the Netherlands • Quincy Lewis • Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart • Walter Herrmann

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