Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna
Duchess of Leuchtenberg
	Portrait by Christina Robertson, 1841
Born	18 August 1819; Krasnoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	21 February 1876 (aged 56); Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial	Grand Ducal Burial Vault
Spouse	; Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (m. 1839; died 1852) Count Grigori Aleksandrovich Stroganov (m. 1854)
Issue	Princess Alexandra Maximilianova of Leuchtenberg; Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg; Prince Nicholas Maximilianovich, 4th Duke of Leuchtenberg; Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg; Prince Eugen Maximilianovich, 5th Duke of Leuchtenberg; Prince Sergei Maximilianovich of Leuchtenberg; Prince George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg; Count Grigori Grigorievich Stroganov; Countess Elena Grigorievna Stroganova;
House	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Nicholas I of Russia
Mother	Princess Charlotte of Prussia

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Мария Николаевна) (18 August 1819 – 21 February 1876) 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.

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