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George Nikolaevich de Leuchtenberg, (1872–1929), styled Duke of Leuchtenberg, prince Romanowsky; he is famous for having hosted Anna Anderson in 1927, at Castle Seeon. In 1895 he married Princess Olga Nikolaevna Repnina (1872–1953), and had 6 children:
The title is claimed by Nicolas de Leuchtenberg (born 1933), senior heir of the 4th Duke by a morganatic marriage, whose grandfather Nicolas Nikolaievitch (1868–1928) was titled Duke of Leuchtenberg in 1890 by edict of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, with the style Highness.
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.
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George's father Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg had traveled to St. Petersburg, eventually winning the hand of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Nicholas I's eldest daughter in 1839. Maximilian was subsequently bestowed with the style Imperial Highness. As the son of a Russian grand duchess and an ennobled Russian prince Romanowsk...
Marriage to Therese
On 12 May 1879, George married Duchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg, a daughter of Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg and Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg. Therese's elder brother Duke Alexander Petrovich had been married to George's sister Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna since 1868. Therese's grandfather had married Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna, daughter of Paul I of Russia, and their descendants had been raised in Russia ever since and become completely "Russianized", much like Geo...
Marriage to Anastasia
Two Montenegrin princesses, Milica and Anastasia, were educated at the Smolny Institute in St. Petersburg under the immediate protection of Empress Maria Feodorovna. They remained at the convent for a year after their educations were complete, and made themselves extremely popular by enjoying themselves in society. Both girls soon caught the eye of two members of the Russian imperial family: Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich, and George himself. On 16 April 1889 at Sergeyevsko Estate, George marri...
In 1901, through either the deaths or morganatic marriages of his elder brothers, George became the head of the Russian branch of the House of Beauharnais. At the turn of the twentieth century, when still married to Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, George was considered as a possible successor to the childless Alexander I of Serbia. Alexander was ...
He received the following decorations and awards: Russian orders and decorations 1. Knight of St. Andrew, 1852 2. Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1852 3. Knight of the White Eagle, 1852 4. Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class, 1852 5. Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class, 23 June 1865 6. Knight of St. Vladimir, 4th Class, 1897; 3rd Class, 1908 Foreign orde...
Georgii Nikolaevich was born on November 28, 1872, in Rome to Duke Nikolai Maximilianovich of Leuchtenberg and Nadezhda Sergeevna Annenkova. The Leuchtenbergs were descendants of Nicholas I by blood and were related to the Bavarian Wittelsbach dynasty.
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (* 2.10.1817, O 2.7.1839, † 1.11.1852) Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Queen consort of Sweden and Norway
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Prince George Maximilianovich Romanowsky, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (29 February 1852 – 16 May 1912), also known as Prince Georgii Romanovsky or Georges de Beauharnais, was the youngest son of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia.
