Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia was a daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and sister of Alexander II. In 1839 she married Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg. She was an art collector and President of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.

18 August 1819

Born on the same birth day (18 August): B. T. Finniss • Bill Merritt (cricketer) • Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball) • Dimitris Salpingidis • Franz Joseph I of Austria • G-Dragon • Gil Whitney • Hifikepunye Pohamba • Hugues Aufray • Klára Dán von Neumann • Louie Gohmert • Lucy Ozarin • Lydia Litvyak • Martin Mull • Patrick Swayze • Ricardo Villa • Rosalynn Carter • Sigourney Bandjar • Virginia Dare

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