Princess Leonida Bagration | |
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Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna Romanova of Russia | |
Born | Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Mukhrani 6 October 1914 Tiflis, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (now Georgia) |
Died | 23 May 2010 Madrid, Kingdom of Spain | (aged 95)
Burial | 2 June 2010 |
Spouse | Sumner Moore Kirby
(m. 1934; div. 1937) |
Issue | Helen Louise Kirby, Countess Dvinskaya Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia |
House | Bagration-Mukhrani |
Father | Prince George Bagration of Mukhrani |
Mother | Helena Złotnicka h. Nowina |
Religion | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna Romanova of Russia (Russian: Леонида Георгиевна Романова; née Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Mukhrani (Georgian: ლეონიდა გიორგის ასული ბაგრატიონი-მუხრანელი); 6 October [O.S. 23 September] 1914 – 23 May 2010) was the consort of Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia, a pretender to the Russian throne. She was advanced by Vladimir and their daughter, Maria Vladimirovna, to be accepted as the legitimate Heads of the Romanov dynasty and de jure sovereigns of the Russian Empire.[1]