Mathilde Kschessinska | |
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Princess Romanovskaya-Krasinskaya | |
Born | Ligovo, Petergof, Russian Empire | 31 August 1872
Died | 6 December 1971 Paris, France | (aged 99)
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Issue | Prince Vladimir Romanovsky-Krasinsky |
House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Feliks Krzesiński |
Religion | Russian Orthodox (previously Catholic) |
Occupation | Prima ballerina |
Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska (Polish: Matylda Maria Krzesińska; Russian: Матильда Феликсовна Кшесинская; 31 August [O.S. 19 August] 1872 – 6 December 1971), also known as Princess Romanovskaya-Krasinskaya upon her marriage, was a Polish–Russian ballerina from the noble Krzesiński family. Her father, Feliks Krzesiński, and her brother both danced in Saint Petersburg. She was a mistress of the future Emperor Nicholas II of Russia before his marriage, and later the wife of his cousin Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia.[1] She was known in the West as Mathilde Kschessinska or Matilda Kshesinskaya.[2]