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Mathilde Kschessinska

Russian ballet dancer and princess · France · On the map · Lived 1872 to 1971 · aged 99

Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska, 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.

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Meritorious artist of the Imperial Theatres
Prima Ballerina Assoluta

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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.

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France
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Deceased
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Lived 1872 to 1971 · aged 99