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Princess Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya (Russian: О́льга Александровна Юрьевская; 7 November 1873 – 10 August 1925) was the natural daughter of Alexander II of Russia by his mistress (later his wife), Princess Catherine Dolgorukova.
Oct 16, 2017 · A British Columbia man insisted he was Alexei, Olga’s nephew, and another well-known imposter, Anna Anderson, claimed to be Olga’s niece, Anastasia. Olga found Anderson’s claims, which were seriously investigated, particularly upsetting.
Nov 25, 2012 · Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna was born on June 13, 1882 at the Peterhof Palace outside St. Petersburg, the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Marie Feodorovna, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark.
Aug 16, 2022 · Her brother was the last emperor of Russia but Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna retired to a small home in Mississauga — very different from the palace she grew up in.
Princess Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, Princess Yurievskaya* (1847 – 1922), morganatic second wife and widow of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia, was living in France. Ekaterina had left Russia shortly after the assassination of her husband Alexander II in 1888.
Since Aleksandra was withdrawn and repelled by parties and balls, Olga felt she was the only one who could take on the task. In order to expand the Grand Duchesses' circle of friends and introduce them gradually to the real world, Olga would take them on Saturdays by train from Tsarskoe Selo to St. Petersburg.
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The House of Yuryevsky was the name of the Russian noble family that originated from the second, morganatic marriage of Emperor Alexander II of Russia to Princess Ekaterina Dolgorukova. Members of this family were styled as Prince Yuryevsky ( Russian : Юрьевский - masculine) or Princess Yuryevskaya ( Russian : Юрьевская ...
