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.Massie, p 269

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.Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. 2nd ed. Rosvall Royal Books: Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 79-84, 178. Massie, p 263 She is fluent in Russian, English, French, and Spanish, and also speaks some German, Italian, and Arabic.

 Honours 

 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

 Ancestry 

 References 

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