Marie (1899–1918)

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Marie (1899–1918)

Russian grand duchess. Name variations: Mary Nicholaevna. Born Marie Nicholaevna Romanov (Romanoff or Romanovna) on June 26, 1899, in Peterhof, Russia; executed with her family by the Bolsheviks on July 16–17, 1918, at Ekaterinburg, in Central Russia; dau. of Alexandra Feodorovna (1872–1918) and Nicholas II (tsar of Russia); never married; no children.

See also Women in World History.

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