Question: Why did Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich Of Russia's wife die?

Knowledge 1: Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, ("Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov"; – 12 October 1938) was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Emperor Alexander II and a first cousin of Nicholas II, Russia’s last Tsar.Grand Duke Kirill followed a career in the Russian navy serving during twenty years in the Naval Guards.He took part in the Russo-Japanese War, barely surviving the sinking of the battleship at Port Arthur in April 1904.In 1905, he married his paternal first cousin, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.They wed in defiance of Tsar Nicholas II prohibition.In retaliation, the Tsar stripped Kirill of his offices and honors, also initially banishing the couple from Russia.They had two daughters and settled in Paris before being allowed to visit Russia in 1909.In 1910 they moved to Russia, where Nicholas II recognized their marriage.During World War I, Grand Duke Kirill was appointed Commander of the Naval Depot of the Guards in 1915 and in 1916, he achieved the rank of rear Admiral in the Imperial Navy.During the February Revolution of 1917, Kirill marched to the Tauride Palace at the head of the Naval Guards swearing allegiance to the Russian Provisional Government.During the rule of the provisional governmental in the summer 1917, Kirill escaped to Finland where his wife gave birth to the couple's only son.In exile they lived for some years among his wife's relatives in Germany, and from the late 1920s on an estate they bought in Saint-Briac.With the murder of his cousins Tsar Nicholas II and Grand Duke Michael, Kirill assumed the headship of the Imperial Family of Russia and, as next in line to the throne as the Guardian of the Throne in 1924.Kirill proclaimed himself emperor in exile in 1926.He worked for the restoration of the monarchy from exile for the rest of his life, but his claims were contested by some factions of the monarchy movement in a division that continues until today.He wrote a book of memoirs, "My Life in Russia's Service", published after his death.His granddaughter, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, is the current claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , later Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia (25 November 1876 – 2 March 1936) was the third child and second daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.She was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Emperor Alexander II of Russia.Born a British princess, Victoria spent her early life in England and lived in Malta for three years, where her father was serving in the Royal Navy.In 1889 the family moved to Coburg, where Victoria's father became the reigning duke in 1893.In her teens Victoria fell in love with her maternal first cousin Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, but the disapprobation of marriage between first cousins of his faith, Orthodox Christianity, discouraged their romance.Bowing to family pressure, Victoria married her paternal first cousin, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine in 1894, following the wishes of their grandmother, Queen Victoria.Their marriage was a failure.Victoria scandalized the royal families of Europe when she divorced her husband in 1901.The couple's only child, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, died of typhoid fever in 1903.Victoria married Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich in 1905.They wed without the formal approval of Britain's King Edward VII, required by the Royal Marriages Act 1772, and in defiance of Tsar Nicholas II.In retaliation, the Tsar stripped Kirill of his offices and honours, also initially banishing the couple from Russia.They had two daughters and settled in Paris before being allowed to visit Russia in 1909.In 1910 they moved to Russia, where Nicholas recognized her as Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna.After the fall of the Russian monarchy in 1917, they escaped to Finland (then part of the Russian Empire) where she gave birth to her only son.In exile they lived for some years among her relatives in Germany, and from the late 1920s on an estate they bought in Saint-Briac.In 1926, Kirill proclaimed himself emperor in exile and Victoria supported her husband's claims.Victoria died after suffering a stroke while visiting her daughter Maria in Amorbach.
Knowledge 1: Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, ("Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov"; – 12 October 1938) was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Emperor Alexander II and a first cousin of Nicholas II, Russia’s last Tsar.Grand Duke Kirill followed a career in the Russian navy serving during twenty years in the Naval Guards.He took part in the Russo-Japanese War, barely surviving the sinking of the battleship at Port Arthur in April 1904.In 1905, he married his paternal first cousin, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.They wed in defiance of Tsar Nicholas II prohibition.In retaliation, the Tsar stripped Kirill of his offices and honors, also initially banishing the couple from Russia.They had two daughters and settled in Paris before being allowed to visit Russia in 1909.In 1910 they moved to Russia, where Nicholas II recognized their marriage.During World War I, Grand Duke Kirill was appointed Commander of the Naval Depot of the Guards in 1915 and in 1916, he achieved the rank of rear Admiral in the Imperial Navy.During the February Revolution of 1917, Kirill marched to the Tauride Palace at the head of the Naval Guards swearing allegiance to the Russian Provisional Government.During the rule of the provisional governmental in the summer 1917, Kirill escaped to Finland where his wife gave birth to the couple's only son.In exile they lived for some years among his wife's relatives in Germany, and from the late 1920s on an estate they bought in Saint-Briac.With the murder of his cousins Tsar Nicholas II and Grand Duke Michael, Kirill assumed the headship of the Imperial Family of Russia and, as next in line to the throne as the Guardian of the Throne in 1924.Kirill proclaimed himself emperor in exile in 1926.He worked for the restoration of the monarchy from exile for the rest of his life, but his claims were contested by some factions of the monarchy movement in a division that continues until today.He wrote a book of memoirs, "My Life in Russia's Service", published after his death.His granddaughter, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, is the current claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Abdul-Vahed Niyazov
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Knowledge 1: Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, ("Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov"; – 12 October 1938) was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Emperor Alexander II and a first cousin of Nicholas II, Russia’s last Tsar.Grand Duke Kirill followed a career in the Russian navy serving during twenty years in the Naval Guards.He took part in the Russo-Japanese War, barely surviving the sinking of the battleship at Port Arthur in April 1904.In 1905, he married his paternal first cousin, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.They wed in defiance of Tsar Nicholas II prohibition.In retaliation, the Tsar stripped Kirill of his offices and honors, also initially banishing the couple from Russia.They had two daughters and settled in Paris before being allowed to visit Russia in 1909.In 1910 they moved to Russia, where Nicholas II recognized their marriage.During World War I, Grand Duke Kirill was appointed Commander of the Naval Depot of the Guards in 1915 and in 1916, he achieved the rank of rear Admiral in the Imperial Navy.During the February Revolution of 1917, Kirill marched to the Tauride Palace at the head of the Naval Guards swearing allegiance to the Russian Provisional Government.During the rule of the provisional governmental in the summer 1917, Kirill escaped to Finland where his wife gave birth to the couple's only son.In exile they lived for some years among his wife's relatives in Germany, and from the late 1920s on an estate they bought in Saint-Briac.With the murder of his cousins Tsar Nicholas II and Grand Duke Michael, Kirill assumed the headship of the Imperial Family of Russia and, as next in line to the throne as the Guardian of the Throne in 1924.Kirill proclaimed himself emperor in exile in 1926.He worked for the restoration of the monarchy from exile for the rest of his life, but his claims were contested by some factions of the monarchy movement in a division that continues until today.He wrote a book of memoirs, "My Life in Russia's Service", published after his death.His granddaughter, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, is the current claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine(" Irene Luise Marie Anne, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine", 11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953) was the third child and third daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.Her maternal grandparents were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha.Her paternal grandparents were Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elizabeth of Prussia.She was the wife of Prince Henry of Prussia, a younger brother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and her first cousin.The SS" Prinzessin Irene", a liner of the North German Lloyd was named after her.Her siblings included Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, wife of Prince Louis of Battenberg, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.Like her younger sister, the empress, Irene was a carrier of the hemophilia gene, and Irene would lose her sisters Alix and Elisabeth in Russia to the Bolsheviks.

Answer: stroke