Nadezhda Lestrange

Nadezhda Nikolayevna Lestrange (née Sokolova) (1826-1909), formerly known as Princess Nadezhda Nikolayevna Sokolova, was a Russian pure-blood witch, socialite, former noblewoman of Imperial Russia (before she got married) and the second daughter of Prince Nikolai Sokolov and Princess Yelizaveta Sokolova (née Orlova). She was born a member of one of Imperial Russia's richest families. Nadezhda had a lot of friends in both Russia and England, and she would frequently visit her Russian friends. Some of her childhood friends were Zhanna Lyskova, Natalia Zhuravkova, Margosha Solovyova (née Kozhevnikova) (who were all her cousins) and her siblings Irina, Anzhelika, Mstislav and Vyacheslav. She also had a wide range of hobbies including painting and playing the violin. 
Nadezhda attended the Russian school of wizardry 'Koldovstoretz' for an unknown period of time. Thought it is known that she travelled from Russia to England with her sisters Irina and Anzhelika for a period of holidays when she was 23. That was when she met her future husband Wulfric Lestrange. The two met and fell in love. Nadezhda later wrote a letter to her parents asking for permission to stay in England and marry Wulfric. Her parents approved and she had five children with him: Rostislav Lestrange, Xenia Pavlova (née Lestrange), Stanislav Lestrange, Galina Lestrange and Natalia Carrow (née Lestrange). She taught all of her children how to speak Russian, and this proved especially useful when she and her family visited her side of the family. It was also useful when her daughter Xenia married her maternal second cousin, who Russian. 
Nadezhda lived happily with her husband and family for many years before she sadly died in 1909 at the age of 83. Her funeral was attended by her beloved husband, all of her children and their children, her siblings and their children and her friends. Her parents couldn't attend as they would have already been dead by then. Her husband then died two years later and they were buried in the same place in the forest of Stamford House. 
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