Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya

Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya , , was Duchess of Mecklenburg, her second husband George, Duke of Mecklenburg was the head of the House of MecklenburgStrelitz from 1934 until his death 1963. Irina is the greatgrandmother of Sophie, Princess of Prussia, wife of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia current head of the House of Hohenzollern.

She was born onAugust 1892 in Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire into the highest ranks of Russian nobility. Her parents were Mikhail Nikolaievich Rayevsky and Princess Mariya Grigoryevna Gagarina . Her paternal grandparents were Nikolas Nikolajewitch Rayevsky and his wife Anna Mikhailovna Borozdine . Her maternal grandparents were Grigory Gagarin and his wife Sophia Andreievna Dachkov . Irina was daughter of the Rayevski family who were one of heirs of the famed Grigori Potemkin , Prince of Tauria, descending from the childless Princes sister Maria Alexandrowna Potemkina .

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