Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia

Maria Kirillovna of Russia
Princess of Leiningen
BornPrincess Maria Kirillovna of Russia
(1907-02-02)2 February 1907
Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German Empire
Died25 October 1951(1951-10-25) (aged 44)
Madrid, Spain
Spouse
(m. 1925; died 1946)
IssueEmich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen
Prince Karl
Kira, Princess Andrew of Yugoslavia
Margarita, Princess of Hohenzollern
Princess Mechtilde, Mrs. Bauscher
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Prince Peter
Names
Maria Kirillovna
HouseHolstein-Gottorp-Romanov
FatherGrand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia
MotherPrincess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Maria Kirillovna of Russia (2 February 1907 – 25 October 1951) was the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh. She was born in Coburg when her parents were in exile because their marriage had not been approved by Tsar Nicholas II. She was generally called "Marie," the French version of her name, or by the Russian nickname "Masha". The family returned to Russia prior to World War I, but was forced to flee following the Russian Revolution of 1917.