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Mathilde Kschessinska

Russian ballet dancer and princess

Died when: 99 years 97 days (1191 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Mathilde Kschessinska

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 after her marriage) was a Polish ballerina from the noble family Krzesiński.

Her father and her brother both danced in Saint Petersburg.She was a mistress of the future Tsar Nicholas II of Russia prior to his marriage, and later the wife of his cousin Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia.

She was known in the West as Mathilde Kschessinska or Matilda Kshesinskaya.


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