Maria Bolkonskaya - Wikipedia Maria Bolkonskaya Maria Bolkonskaya War and Peace character Created by Leo Tolstoy Portrayed by Anna Maria Ferrero Antonina Shuranova Angela Down Jessie Buckley Gelsey Bell Courtney Bassett Information Full name Maria Nikolaevna Bolkonskaya Nickname ( s ) Marie, Masha Gender Female Title Princess Family Nikolai Bolkonsky I ( father ) Andrei Bolkonsky ( brother ) Nikolai Bolkonsky II ( nephew ) Spouse ( s ) Nikolai Rostov Children Andrei, Mitya, and Natalia Nationality Russian Princess Maria ( or Marya, in some translations ) Nikolaevna Bolkonskaya ( Russian : Марья Болконская, Mar'ia Bolkonskaia ) is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy 's novel War and Peace. Princess Maria, the sister of Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, is a deeply religious young woman who has resigned herself to an unmarried life to be with her domineering father, Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky. Princess Maria is a plain woman, whose lack of beauty is offset by her large, caring eyes. Kevin Corrigan sees Maria as an example of how `` a face can be ugly and yet transfigured by beautiful eyes ''. She is overshadowed by her beautiful French companion, Mademoiselle Bourienne. An attempt to marry her off to the profligate Prince Anatole Kuragin fails. Princess Maria 's father dies during the days leading to the battle of Borodino. The peasants on her estate threaten to become violent and Maria is rescued by Nikolai Rostov. They fall in love, but several situations keep them apart and eventually they both forgo any hope of marriage. Maria 's brother, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, is seriously wounded in battle and chances to fall under the care of Natasha Rostova, with whom Princess Maria becomes close friends after witnessing Andrei Bolkonsky 's death together. Maria marries the impoverished Nikolai Rostov in the winter of 1813, and eventually the couple have four children. Nikolai Rostov relies on his work and her moral support, not financial, to become a wealthy and content estate owner. Stephen Vizinczey suggests that Tolstoy created Maria out of his longing for his mother, Princess Maria Nikolayevna Volkonskaya, who died before Tolstoy 's second birthday. References Jump up ^ Corrigan, Kevin ( 2004 ). Reading Plotinus : A Practical Introduction to Neoplatonism. Purdue University Press. p. 207. ISBN 9781557532343. Jump up ^ Vizinczey, Stephen ( 1988 ). Truth and Lies in Literature : Essays and Reviews. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226858845. See also List of characters in War and Peace External links Princess Maria Bolkonskaya ( Character ) from Voyna i mir ( 1967 ), The Internet Movie Database Leo Tolstoy 's War and Peace ( 1869 ) Main characters Pierre Bezukhov Andrei Bolkonsky Natasha Rostova Marya Bolkonskaya Nikolai Rostov Hélène Kuragina Sonya Anatole Kuragin All characters Historical characters Napoleon Mikhail Kutuzov Barclay de Tolly Pyotr Bagration Fyodor Rostopchin Alexander I of Russia Events Battle of Schöngrabern Battle of Austerlitz Treaties of Tilsit Battle of Borodino Fire of Moscow Battle of Krasnoi French invasion of Russia Napoleonic Wars Adaptations War and Peace ( 1942 opera ) War and Peace ( 1956 film ) War and Peace ( 1966 -- 67 film series ) War and Peace ( 1972 TV series ) War and Peace ( 2007 miniseries ) Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 ( 2012 musical ) War & Peace ( 2016 TV series ) Related War and Peace ( 1980 board game ) War and Peace : 1796 -- 1815 ( 2002 video game ) This article about a literature character is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maria_Bolkonskaya&oldid=816237312 '' Categories : Characters in War and Peace Fictional Russian people in literature Literary character stubs Hidden categories : Articles containing Russian - language text All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Français Italiano Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 20 December 2017, at 03 : 39. About Wikipedia

Question: who does marya marry in war and peace
Answer: Nikolai Rostov