* 1783 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia ( d. 1801 )

Grand Duchess Charlotte of Russia

Portrait of Grand Duchess Bianca Capello de Medici, by Allori, Dallas Museum of Art

* 1827 – Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia ( d. 1894 )

* 1842 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia ( d. 1849 )

* 1870 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia ( d. 1891 )

The Wedding of Nicholas II and Grand duke | Grand Duchess Alexandra Fyodorovna ( Alix of Hesse ) | Alexandra Feodorovna, by Ilya Repin | Ilya Yefimovich Repin, 1894 ( Russian Museum | Russian State Museum, Saint Petersburg | St. Petersburg ).

* 1784 – Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia ( d. 1803 )

In childhood he visited the Imperial Court of Russia at St Petersburg and became intimate with the doomed Russian Imperial Family, harbouring romantic feelings towards Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, whose photograph he kept at his bedside for the rest of his life.

Long after the execution-style murders of the Russian Imperial Family, Mountbatten was called upon to authoritatively rebut impostors ' claims to be the living Grand Duchess Anastasia, who had been his first cousin.

Until his own assassination in 1979, Mountbatten kept a photograph of Anastasia's sister, Grand Duchess Maria, beside his bed in memory of his youthful romantic attachment to her.

* 1912 – Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

* 1786 – Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia ( d. 1859 )

* 1899 – Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia ( d. 1918 )

* 1825 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia ( d. 1844 )

* 1901 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia ( d. 1918 )

* 1860 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia ( d. 1922 )

* 1777 – Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte ( d. 1820 )

The core of the Lithuanian Land Force structure is the Iron Wolf Mechanised Infantry Brigade ( MIB " Iron Wolf ") consisting of two mechanized infantry battalions ( King Mindaugas and Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas battalions ), two motorized infantry battalions ( Grand Duchess Birutė and Lithuanian Grand Duke Kestutis battalions ), artillery battalion and Lithuanian Duke Vaidotas Forward support battalion.

This strategy had been elaborated with the approval of Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

Throughout the war, Grand Duchess Charlotte broadcast via on BBC to Luxembourg to give hope to the people.

She converted to Orthodoxy and became Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna of Russia.

The conservative patron for the RMS, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, agreed — provided Nikolai Zaremba, who had taken over for Rubinstein at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory was also appointed, along with a distinguished foreign composer.

The Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, sister to Tsar Nicholas I, became his most devoted patroness.

She then entered the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, where she lost to Elena Dementieva in straight sets.

His niece Elena Glinskaya was married to Vasily III, Grand Prince of Moscow, and Ivan the Terrible was her son.

Her mother was Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.

His mother was the Duchess of Kent ( née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark ), a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.

Her mother was Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, a granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.

Although the current director of the Kremlin Museums, Elena Gagarina ( Yuri Gagarin's daughter ) advocates a full-scale restoration of the destroyed cloisters, recent developments have been confined to expensive restoration of the original interiors of the Grand Kremlin Palace, which were altered during Stalin's rule.

Mirza became the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the U. S. Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and Marion Bartoli.

Her mother was Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, a granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.

He married Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, a daughter of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.

He was born in Ludwigslust the son of Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia.

The highlight of Myskina's 2004 season was a victory at the French Open, where she saved match points in the fourth round against Svetlana Kuznetsova, then defeated former world number 1 players Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati, en route to a 6 – 1, 6 – 2 victory over compatriot Elena Dementieva in the first all-Russian Grand Slam final, thus making her the first female Russian to win a Grand Slam singles title.

# Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia ( January 17, 1882 – March 13, 1957 ) -

However, she failed to make an impact at any of the other Grand Slams, losing in the second round of the French Open and the first round of both Wimbledon and the US Open, although she pushed eventual runner-up Elena Dementieva to three sets in the latter.

On the top half of the draw, Mary Pierce moved through to her first Grand Slam final since 2000 by defeating Davenport in the quarterfinals and then Elena Likhovtseva in the semifinals.

Hantuchová started 2003 solidly, reaching the quarterfinals at her first three events in Sydney, losing to Lindsay Davenport, 4 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 7 ( 3 ), Venus Williams, 4 – 6, 3 – 6, at the Australian Open ( her third Grand Slam quarterfinal in a row ), and Elena Dementieva in Paris, 5 – 7, 3 – 6.

His visit there had been arranged by Alexandra ’ s aunt, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, who had been born Princess Charlotte of Württemberg.

Elena was married to Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas I. Elena Pavlovna was therefore Konstantin ’ s aunt by marriage and Alexandra ’ s aunt by birth.

Upon the death of the Grand Duke the residence was named after his wife as the Palace of the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, and became famous for its many theatrical presentations and balls.