Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890%E2%80%931958)

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, known as Maria Pavlovna the Younger was a grand daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and a first cousin of Nicholas II, Russias last Tsar and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovana was bornApril 1601601890 in Saint Petersburg. She was the first child and only daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia and his first wife Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia, born Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark. Maria was not yet two years old, when her mother died from complication after giving birth to Marias younger brother, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia in 1891. Grand Duke Paul was so distraught by the unexpected death of his beautiful young wife that he neglected his two small children who were left in the care of his elder brother, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, who had no children of his own. Once he recovered emotionally, Grand Duke Paul took the two children away with him. A commander of the Imperial horse Guards, Grand Duke Paul loved his children, but as was customary at the time, he refrained from showing them spontaneous affection. Maria and her brother were raised by governesses and tutors, but the

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