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Mathilde Kschessinska

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Also known as Mathilde Kchessinska, Matilda Feliksovna Kshesinskaya, Mathilde Felixovna Kchessinskya, Matilda Kshesinskaia, Mathilda-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinskaya, Mathilda Kshessinska, Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska

Russian ballet dancer and princess

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  • Dancing in Petersburg

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1958-10-24
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Key facts

Born
( 1872-08-31 ) 31 August 1872, Ligovo , Petergof , Russia
Died
6 December 1971 (1971-12-06) (aged 99), Paris, France
Burial
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
Spouse
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1921 ; died 1956 ) ​
Issue
Prince Vladimir Romanovsky-Krasinsky
House
Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (by marriage)
Father
Feliks Krzesiński
Religion
Russian Orthodox (previously Catholic )
Occupation
Prima ballerina

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Described at

Polski Petersburg

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Encyclopedic overview

Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska (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, Felix Kschessinsky, and her brother and sister 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. She was known in the West as Mathilde Kschessinska or Matilda Kshesinskaya.

Early life

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