Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, later Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Vladimir "Miechen" of Russia (Russian: Мари́я Па́вловна; 14 May [O.S. 2 May] 1854 – 6 September 1920), also known as Maria Pavlovna the Elder, was the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin by his first wife, Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz. A prominent hostess in Saint Petersburg following her marriage in 1874 to the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, she was known by many as the "grandest of the grand duchesses".

Marie
Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, late 1880s
Born(1854-05-14)14 May 1854
Ludwigslust Palace, Ludwigslust, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation
Died6 September 1920(1920-09-06) (aged 66)
Hôtel de la Souveraine, Contrexéville, France
Burial
Chapel of St. Vladimir and St. Mary Magdalene, Contrexéville
Spouse
(m. 1874; died 1909)
IssueGrand Duke Alexander Vladimirovich
Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich
Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna
Names
Marie Alexandrine Elisabeth Eleonore
HouseMecklenburg-Schwerin
FatherFrederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
MotherPrincess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz
ReligionRussian Orthodox
prev. Lutheranism
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