Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia

**Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia** (; born 23 December 1953) has been a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov, the Imperial Family of Russia since 1992. She is a great-great-granddaughter in the male line of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Maria Vladimirovna was born in Madrid, as the only child of Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia and Princess Leonida Bagration-Mukhrani. Her paternal grandparents were Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, making her both a great-great granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II and Queen Victoria.

Maria was educated in Runnymede College in Madrid and Paris before studying Russian history and literature at Oxford University. She is fluent in Russian, English, French, and Spanish, and also speaks some German, Italian, and Arabic.

### Russian Dynastic honours

- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. Andrew _Disputed_
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head and Grand Mistress of the Order of St. Catherine _Disputed_
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky _Disputed_
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of the White Eagle _Disputed_
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. George _Disputed_ _In abeyance_
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. Vladimir _Disputed_
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. Anna _Disputed_
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of St. Stanislas _Disputed_
- House of Romanov: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle
- House of Romanov: Sovereign Head of the Order of Saint Michael the Archangel _Disputed_
- House of Romanov: Founder and Sovereign Grand Mistress of the Order of Saint Anastasia

### Russian Orthodox Church

- : Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 1st Class
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia: Order of Our Lady of the Sign, 1st Class
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia: Medal of John of Shanghai and San Francisco

### Moldovan Orthodox Church

- Moldovan Orthodox Church: Medal of Saint Paraskevi

### Ukrainian Orthodox Church

- Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate): Medal of Saint Barbara

### Foreign dynastic

- Ethiopian Imperial Family: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Queen of Sheba
- Georgian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Queen Tamara
- : Bailiff Grand Cross of Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Portuguese Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saint Michael of the Wing

### States

- : Commander of the Order of the Republic

### Awards

- : Honorary Citizen of the City of Agrigento
- : Winner of the  Russian International Person of the Year
- : Honorary Citizen of the Ivolginsky District
- : Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- : Medal of the Assembly of the Russian Nobility

## Infobox (royalty)

- **name**: Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna
- **image**: Мария Владимировна 2010 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: The Grand Duchess in 2010
- **succession**: House of Romanov, Head of the House of Romanov (disputed)
- **reign**: 21 April 1992 – _present_
- **reign-type**: Tenure
- **predecessor**: Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Vladimir
- **successor**: Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, George
- **suc-type**: Heir apparent
- **issue**: Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Grand Duke George of Russia
- **full name**: Maria Vladimirovna Romanova
- **house**: House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov, Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
- **father**: Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia
- **mother**: Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani, Princess Leonida Bagrationi of Mukhrani
- **birth place**: Madrid, Francoist Spain
- **religion**: Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox