Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
| Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna | |||||
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The Grand Duchess in 2010 | |||||
| Head of the House of Romanov (disputed) | |||||
| Tenure | 21 April 1992 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Vladimir | ||||
| Heir apparent | George | ||||
| Born | 23 December 1953 Madrid, Francoist Spain | ||||
| Spouse |
Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia
(m. 1976; div. 1985) | ||||
| Issue | Grand Duke George of Russia | ||||
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| House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | ||||
| Father | Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia | ||||
| Mother | Princess Leonida Bagrationi of Mukhrani | ||||
| Religion | Russian Orthodox | ||||
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (Russian: Мария Владимировна Романова, romanized: Mariya Vladimirovna Romanova; born 23 December 1953) has been a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov, the Imperial Family of Russia since 1992. She is a great-great-granddaughter in the male line of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.[1][2]
Maria Vladimirovna was born in Madrid, as the only child of Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia and Princess Leonida Bagration-Mukhrani.[3] Her paternal grandparents were Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, making her both a great-great granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II and Queen Victoria.[4]
Maria was educated in Runnymede College[4] in Madrid and Paris before studying Russian history and literature at Oxford University.[5][6] She is fluent in Russian, English, French, and Spanish, and also speaks some German, Italian, and Arabic.[7]
Honours
Russian Dynastic honours
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. Andrew Disputed[8][9]
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head and Grand Mistress of the Order of St. Catherine Disputed[8][9]
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky Disputed[8][9]
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of the White Eagle Disputed[8][9]
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. George Disputed In abeyance[8][9]
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. Vladimir Disputed[8][9]
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. Anna Disputed[8][9]
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. Stanislas Disputed[8][9]
- House of Romanov: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle[10]
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of Saint Michael the Archangel Disputed
- House of Romanov: Founder and Sovereign Grand Mistress of the Order of Saint Anastasia
Russian Orthodox Church
- Russian Orthodox Church: Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 1st Class [11]
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia: Order of Our Lady of the Sign,[12] 1st Class
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia: Medal of John of Shanghai and San Francisco[13]
Moldovan Orthodox Church
- Moldovan Orthodox Church: Medal of Saint Paraskevi[14]
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate): Medal of Saint Barbara[15]
Foreign dynastic
- Ethiopian Imperial Family: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Queen of Sheba[16][17]
- Georgian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Queen Tamara[18]
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Bailiff Grand Cross of Sovereign Military Order of Malta[19][20]
- Portuguese Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saint Michael of the Wing[21]
States
- Transnistria: Commander of the Order of the Republic[22]
Awards
- Italy: Honorary Citizen of the City of Agrigento[23]
- Russia: Winner of the Russian International Person of the Year[24]
- Russia: Honorary Citizen of the Ivolginsky District[25]
- Russia: Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts[26]
- Russia: Medal of the Assembly of the Russian Nobility[27]
Ancestry
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References
- ↑ Massie, p 269
- ↑ Flintoff, John-Paul (20 September 2003). "Tsar Struck". Flintoff.org. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ Dumin, Stanislav (1993). Восходящая родословная вдовствующей Великой княгини Леониды Георгиевны // Летопись Историко-родословного общества в Москве. 1993. Вып. 1. С. 40-41 [The Ascending Lineage of the Dowager Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna // Chronicle of the Historical and Genealogical Society in Moscow. 1993. Issue 1. pp. 40-41.] (in Russian). Moscow: Historical and Genealogical Society in Moscow.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna and her justified claim to the Imperial throne of Russia". goodreads.com. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ↑ Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. 2nd ed. Rosvall Royal Books: Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 79-84, 178. ISBN 91-6305964-9
- ↑ Massie, p 263
- ↑ "Maria I Wladimirovna". Imperialhouse.ru. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Sainty, Guy Stair (2007). World Orders of Knighthood and Merit. Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2, 086. ISBN 9780971196674.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 ""Register of Orders of Chivalry: Report of the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry; 2016"" (PDF). icocregister.org. International commission for orders of chivalry. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ↑ "Imperial and Royal Order of Saint Stanislas — Nicholas B.A. Nicholson". Nicholasbanicholson.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ Gilbert, Paul. "Grand Duchess Maria Awarded Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh Ist Class". ROYAL RUSSIA. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ↑ Gilbert, Paul (12 December 2013). "ROYAL RUSSIA: News, Videos & Photographs About the Romanov Dynasty, Monarchy and Imperial Russia - Updated Daily". Angelfire.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Official Website". Synod.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Romanov Anniversary - Liturgy and Panihida in the Assumption Cathedra…". 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 26 November 2014.
- ↑ "Press Release on the Visit of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, to Russia for the Divine Services and Celebrations on the Occasion of the Enthronement of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, 30 January – 3 February 2009". Imperialhouse.ru. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Decree №1/Nic.-2001". Imperialhouse.ru. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "The Estonian Monarchist League: In Honour of the Heir of Imperial Russia". Estonianmonarchistleague.blogspot.co.uk. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Royal House of Georgia". Ordenskreuz.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "2014-04-03. Meeting of the Head of the House of Romanoff, the Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, and the Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of Russia with the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fr". Imperialhouse.ru. 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Photographic image". Imperialhouse.ru. Archived from the original (JPG) on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ "News Release of the Official Visit to Portugal of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, 6-9 November 2003". Imperialhouse.ru. 9 November 2003. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Press Release On the Official Visit of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, to Moscow, Odessa, and the Transdniestria 4-13 May 2009". Imperialhouse.ru. 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Press Release : The Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, and H.I.H. the Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of Russia, traveled to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine to participate in the Celebrations of the 400th Anniversary of the Ending of the Time of Troubles and the Ascension to the Throne of the House of Romanoff, September 19-23, 2013". Imperialhouse.ru. Archived from the original (DOC) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ Gilbert, Paul (2 November 2012). "ROYAL RUSSIA: News, Videos & Photographs About the Romanov Dynasty, Monarchy and Imperial Russia - Updated Daily". Angelfire.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "The Head of the House of Romanoff Travels to Moscow, Buryatia, and the Irkutsk Region". Imperialhouse.ru. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Princess Maria Romanova was made an honorary member of the Academy of Arts - Official Web site Online magazine IMPERIAL CLUB". 5 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014.
- ↑ "Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, sent an official congratulatory notice to the Chair of the Russian Nobility Association, Prince A. S. Obolenskii, on the occasion of his 80-th birthday". Imperialhouse.ru. 12 October 2003. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, pp. 235, 268, 271, 474. ISBN 0-85011-023-8
