- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMaria Nikolaevna Romanova
- Nicknames
- Mashka
- The Amiable Baby
- Masha
- Maria
- The Little Pair
- Fat Marie
- Mashenka
- Sweet Marie
- Marie
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Her Imperial Highness, The Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Romanova was born on June 26, 1899. She was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. She had two older sisters - Olga and Tatiana, one younger sister - Anastasia, and one younger brother Alexei. Maria's siblings usually called her Marie or Mashka. She was the angel of the family, and she was very loving and warm. She said that she wanted to marry a Russian soldier and have 20 children. She was a pretty girl with light brown hair and large blue eyes, which her family called "Marie's saucers." Maria was pretty close to her younger sister Anastasia, who were known as "The Little Pair", while her older sisters Olga and Tatiana, were called "The Big Pair." As well as their older sisters, they shared a bedroom and Maria tended to be dominated by Anastasia because of her energy and enthusiasm. Maria's other sisters referred to her as their "stepsister" because she was so good and never got into trouble. Maria was a plump girl in her childhood but she became very thin after the attack of measles she and her siblings had. When her father abdicated, for himself and for Alexei, Maria and her family were prisoners of the Revolution, in Tobolsk. After that, Maria, her father and mother went to Ekaterinburg, leaving her sisters - Tatiana, Olga and Anastasia - with her younger brother Alexei who got very hurt. After Alexei was well enough to be moved, Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia, Alexei and some of their employees went to Ekaterinburg, to be with Maria and their parents. In Ekaterinburg the Romanovs lived in a place called "The House of Special Purpose." Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia all shared one room, while her father, mother, and Alexei shared another. On July 17, 1918 the Romanovs, their doctor, and others were set up in a basement in "The House of Special Purpose." Then, 11 executors entered and started firing. Maria and her family and servants all died. Maria was only 19 years old when she died. But, when they found the bodies of the Romanovs and their servants they realized there were two missing, Alexei and either Maria, Tatiana, or Anastasia. Recently, the Russian Orthodox Church has canonized the Romanovs as saints.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jamie
- ChildrenNo Children
- Parents
- RelativesGrand Duchess Anastasia(Sibling)Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov(Sibling)Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia(Aunt or Uncle)Victoria Mountbatten(Aunt or Uncle)Elizabeth Feodorovna(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Irene of Prussia(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia(Aunt or Uncle)George Alexandrovich(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duke Michael(Aunt or Uncle)Ernest Louis(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Irina Yusupova(Cousin)Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia(Cousin)Count Brasov George Mikhailovich(Cousin)Tikhon Nikolaevich(Cousin)Guri Nikolaevich(Cousin)Princess Alice of Battenberg(Cousin)Queen Louise(Cousin)George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven(Cousin)Louis Mountbatten(Cousin)Prince Waldemar of Prussia(Cousin)Prince Sigismund of Prussia(Cousin)Prince Henry of Prussia(Cousin)Stillborn son Prinz von Hessen und bei Rhine(Cousin)Czar Aleksandr III(Grandparent)Czarina Maria Fyodorovna(Grandparent)Louis IV(Grandparent)Grand Duchess Alice(Grandparent)Tsar Alexander II(Great Grandparent)Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)(Great Grandparent)Prince Albert(Great Grandparent)Queen Victoria(Great Grandparent)Grand Duchess Olga(Sibling)Grand Duchess Tatiana(Sibling)Christian IX(Great Grandparent)
- Pretty.
- Flirtatious girl.
- Tall and well-built, with rosy cheeks.
- Broadly built, with light brown hair and large blue eyes.
- Eyes was "soft and gentle."
- Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II (1868 - 1918) and Tsarina Alexandra (1872 - 1918).
- Great-great-granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II.
- Younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga (1895 - 1918), Grand Duchess Tatiana (1897 - 1918) and older sister of Grand Duchess Anastasia (1901 - 1918 ) and Tsarevitch Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov (1904- 1918).
- Half-sister of Helen Louise Kirby, Countess Dvinskaya.
- Granddaughter of Czar Aleksandr III (1845 - 1894), the Dowager Empress Czarina Maria Fyodorovna (1847-1928), Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837-1892) and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843 - 1878).
- Do you play on the swing, or has the plank already broken?
- God doesn't abandon us".
- How dull it is to be back to Tsarskoe Selo again. Our daily routine again - classes in the morning, our hospital, the Grand Palace and a walk in the afternoon, the sisters' hospital in the evening.
- Time flies by with a horrible quickness. Soon it will be a year since we saw our friends. Well, it's nothing. God will grant us all to meet again.
- I am happy that we'll have no lessons on Friday because of the holiday. It's such fun.
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