Kateryna Desnytska

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Kateryna Desnytska
Kateryna Desnytska aged 14, 1900
Born	Katerina Ivanovna Desnitskaya (1886-04-27)27 April 1886 Lutsk, Russian Empire
Died	3 January 1960(1960-01-03) (aged 73) Paris, France
Other names	Katerin Na Phitsanulok
Spouse	Chakrabongse Bhuvanath ​ ​ (m. 1906; div. 1919)​
Children	Chula Chakrabongse
Parents	Ivan Desnitsky (father) Maria Khizhnyakova (mother)

Kateryna Desnytska, Duchess of Phitsanulok (Ukrainian: Катерина Десницька; Thai: คัทริน เดสนิตสกี สโตน; 27 April 1886 – 3 January 1960) was a Ukrainian-born nurse who became a princess as wife of the Siamese prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath. She was a participant in the Russo-Japanese War and was awarded the Cross of St. George (1904). The royal love story between Kateryna and Chakrabongse is described in literary works and a ballet.^[1]