Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1876)

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg

Duchess of Leuchtenberg

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia was a daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and sister of Alexander II. In 1839 she married Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg. She was an art collector and President of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.