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Duke of Leuchtenberg was a title created twice by
the monarchs of Bavaria for their relatives. The first creation was awarded by
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian I (17 April 157327 September 1651), occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he obtained the title of a Prince- ...
to his son Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, upon whose death without children the lands passed back to his nephew
Elector Maximilian II.
It was re-created by
Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria
Maximilian I Joseph (german: Maximilian I. Joseph; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) ...
on 14 November 1817 and awarded to his son-in-law,
Eugène de Beauharnais
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French nobleman, statesman, and military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Through the second marr ...
, styled ''
Royal Highness
Royal Highness is a style used to address or refer to some members of royal families, usually princes or princesses. Monarchs and their consorts are usually styled ''Majesty''.
When used as a direct form of address, spoken or written, it takes ...
'' by personal grant, and with the style ''
Serene Highness
His/Her Serene Highness ( abbreviation: HSH, second person address: Your Serene Highness) is a style used today by the reigning families of Liechtenstein, Monaco and Thailand. Over the past 400 years, it has also used as a style for senior members ...
'' for his
agnatic
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descendants.
Eugène was the adopted stepson of the deposed Emperor
Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
of France, and had previously held the title of French prince (''Prince français'') with the style ''
Imperial Highness His/Her Imperial Highness (abbreviation HIH) is a style used by members of an imperial family to denote ''imperial'' – as opposed to ''royal'' – status to show that the holder in question is descended from an emperor rather than a king ( ...
.''
He also had been the emperor's heir in
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
and briefly in
Italy
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. King Maximilian Joseph compensated his son-in-law after he lost his other titles and named him heir to the kingdom after the male-line descendants of the royal house and next in precedence after the Royal Family.
The
subsidiary title
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United Kingdom
An example in the Unit ...
, also in the Bavarian peerage, was
Prince of Eichstätt
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...
, which was resigned by the 4th Duke to the King of Bavaria in 1855.
On 14 July 1839, Emperor
Nicholas I of Russia
Nicholas I , group=pron ( – ) was List of Russian rulers, Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. He was the third son of Paul I of Russia, Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I ...
granted the Russian and Finnish style ''Imperial Highness'', alongside the subsidiary title Prince Romanovsky, to the 3rd Duke, Maximilian, who had just married his daughter,
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova; Russian language, Russian: Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна, 17 July 1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexand ...
.
Nicholas Maximilianovich, 4th Duke of Leuchtenberg, was created Duke of Leuchtenberg in the Russian Empire in 1890 by
Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III ( rus, Алекса́ндр III Алекса́ндрович, r=Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 18 ...
, as the
ducal
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked ...
family was by then composed of members of the extended
Russian Imperial Family
The House of Romanov (also transcribed Romanoff; rus, Романовы, Románovy, rɐˈmanəvɨ) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after the Tsarina, Anastasia Romanova, was married to th ...
. This creation once again confirmed the elevation of the style from ''Serene'' to ''Imperial Highness'', and was to be carried by all male line descendants of Nicholas born of marriages of the corresponding rank, of the incumbent Duke from 1852 to 1891. The title was largely ceremonial, with no lands or governance attached; the style and title became "Duke von (or of) Leuchtenberg, de Beauharnais".
Following the death of the 8th Duke in 1974, no remaining heirs of full dynastic status remained; the 8th Duke's parents' marriage was the last equal marriage entered into by a male dynast of the
House of Beauharnais
, type=Noble family, country=France, Sweden, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, Russia, estates= Château de La Ferté-Beauharnais Palais LeuchtenbergMariinsky Palace, titles=* Queen of Sweden
* Queen of Norway
* Viceroy of Italy
* French Prince
* Princ ...
. The title is claimed by
Nicolas de Leuchtenberg
Nicolas de Leuchtenberg (''Nikolaus Alexander Fritz de Beauharnais, Herzog von Leuchtenberg''; born 12 October 1933, Munich) is a claimant to the Dukedom of Leuchtenberg.Ettle, Elmar. Hoher Besuch in Kipfenberg», Donaukurier, 9 July 2016.
Fami ...
(born 1933),
[Ettle, Elmar. ]
Hoher Besuch in Kipfenberg
», Donaukurier, 9 July 2016. senior heir of the 4th Duke by a
morganatic marriage
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spous ...
, whose son. Nicolas Nikolaievitch (1868–1928) was titled Duke of Leuchtenberg in 1890 by edict of Tsar
Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III ( rus, Алекса́ндр III Алекса́ндрович, r=Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 18 ...
, with the style
Highness
Highness (abbreviation HH, oral address Your Highness) is a formal style used to address (in second person) or refer to (in third person) certain members of a reigning or formerly reigning dynasty. It is typically used with a possessive adjecti ...
.
[Belyakova, Zoia. ''Honour and fidelity: the Russian Dukes of Leuchtenberg'', Logos Publisher, 2010, pp. 18-75.]
Duke of Leuchtenberg, 1650 to 1705
, -
,
Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus1650–1705 , ,
![1638 Maximilian](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/1638_Maximilian.JPG)
, , 30 September 1638
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
,
Bavaria
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son of
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian I (17 April 157327 September 1651), occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he obtained the title of a Prince- ...
and
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria , , Maurita Febronia de la Tour d'Auvergne
1668
no children , , 20 March 1705
Turkheim, Bavaria
aged 66
Dukes of Leuchtenberg, 1817 to 1974
, -
,
Eugène de Beauharnais
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French nobleman, statesman, and military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Through the second marr ...
1817–1824
''styled Royal Highness
Royal Highness is a style used to address or refer to some members of royal families, usually princes or princesses. Monarchs and their consorts are usually styled ''Majesty''.
When used as a direct form of address, spoken or written, it takes ...
by personal grant'',
''French Prince (1804), Viceroy of Italy (1805), Prince of Venice (1807), heir to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
The Grand Duchy of Frankfurt was a German satellite state of Napoleonic creation. It came into existence in 1810 through the combination of the former territories of the Archbishopric of Mainz along with the Free City of Frankfurt itself.
Histor ...
(1810)'' , , , , 3 September 1781
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
,
France
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son of
Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and
Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie
Josephine may refer to:
People
* Josephine (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Josephine (singer), a Greek pop singer
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*Josephine, Texas, United States
*Mount Josephine (disambiguation)
* Josephine Coun ...
, ,
Princess Augusta of Bavaria
french: Auguste Amélie Louise Georgie
, spouse =
, issue = Joséphine, Queen of Sweden and Norway Eugénie, Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Auguste, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg Amélie, Empress of Brazil Théodoline, Countess Wilhelm of Wü ...
14 January 1806
7 children , , 21 February 1824
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
,
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
aged 42
, -
,
Auguste de Beauharnais
Auguste Charles Eugène Napoléon de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (9 December 1810 – 28 March 1835) was the first prince consort of Maria II of Portugal. Besides being the 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg and 2nd Prince of Eichstätt, he also h ...
1824–1835
''styled Serene Highness
His/Her Serene Highness ( abbreviation: HSH, second person address: Your Serene Highness) is a style used today by the reigning families of Liechtenstein, Monaco and Thailand. Over the past 400 years, it has also used as a style for senior members ...
, created Imperial and Royal Highness
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by his father-in-law''
''Duke of Santa Cruz
Duke of Santa Cruz was a title of nobility of the Empire of Brazil created by Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, dated from 5 November 1829, for his brother-in-law, Prince Auguste de Beauharnais, brother of Pedro's second wife Empress Amélie.
Five year ...
(1829), Prince Consort of Portugal (1834)'' , , , , 9 December 1810
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
,
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
son of
Eugène de Beauharnais
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French nobleman, statesman, and military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Through the second marr ...
and
Princess Augusta of Bavaria
french: Auguste Amélie Louise Georgie
, spouse =
, issue = Joséphine, Queen of Sweden and Norway Eugénie, Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Auguste, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg Amélie, Empress of Brazil Théodoline, Countess Wilhelm of Wü ...
, ,
Maria II, Queen of Portugal1 December 1834
no children , , 28 March 1835
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
,
Portugal
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aged 24
, -
,
Maximilian de Beauharnais1835–1852
''styled Serene Highness
His/Her Serene Highness ( abbreviation: HSH, second person address: Your Serene Highness) is a style used today by the reigning families of Liechtenstein, Monaco and Thailand. Over the past 400 years, it has also used as a style for senior members ...
, granted the style Imperial Highness His/Her Imperial Highness (abbreviation HIH) is a style used by members of an imperial family to denote ''imperial'' – as opposed to ''royal'' – status to show that the holder in question is descended from an emperor rather than a king ( ...
by his father-in-law'' , , , , 2 October 1817
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
,
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
son of
Eugène de Beauharnais
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French nobleman, statesman, and military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Through the second marr ...
and
Princess Augusta of Bavaria
french: Auguste Amélie Louise Georgie
, spouse =
, issue = Joséphine, Queen of Sweden and Norway Eugénie, Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Auguste, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg Amélie, Empress of Brazil Théodoline, Countess Wilhelm of Wü ...
, ,
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova; Russian: Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна, 17 July 1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. He ...
2 July 1839
7 children , , 1 November 1852
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russia
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aged 35
, -
,
Nicholas Maximilianovich de Beauharnais1852–1891
''styled Imperial Highness'' , ,
![Nikolaï Nikolaïevitch von Leuchtenberg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Nikola%C3%AF_Nikola%C3%AFevitch_von_Leuchtenberg.jpg)
, , 4 August 1843
son of
Maximilian de Beauharnais and
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova; Russian: Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна, 17 July 1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. He ...
, , Nadezhda Sergeevna Annenkova ''(morganatic)''
October 1868
2 sons , , 6 January 1891
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
aged 47
, -
,
Eugene Maximilianovich de Beauharnais1891–1901
''styled Imperial Highness'' , ,
![LeichtenbergEugen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/LeichtenbergEugen.jpg)
, , 8 February 1847
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
son of
Maximilian de Beauharnais and
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova; Russian: Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна, 17 July 1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. He ...
, , Daria Opotchinina ''(morganatic)''
20 January 1869
1 daughter
Zinaida Skobeleva ''(morganatic)''
14 July 1878
no children , , 31 August 1901
Saint Petersburg, Russia
aged 54
, -
,
George Maximilianovich de Beauharnais1901–1912
''styled Imperial Highness'' , , , , 29 February 1852
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russia
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son of
Maximilian de Beauharnais and
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova; Russian: Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна, 17 July 1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. He ...
, ,
Duchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg
, house =Holstein-Gottorp
, father =Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg
, mother = Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg
, birth_date =
, birth_place =St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
, death_date =
, death_pl ...
12 May 1879
one son
Princess Anastasia of Montenegro
Princess Anastasia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (4 January Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._23_December_1867.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/> O.S._23_December_1867">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html"_ ...
16 April 1889
2 children , , 16 May 1912
Paris
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,
France
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aged 60 (15)
, -
,
Alexander Georgievich de Beauharnais1912–1942
''styled Imperial Highness; reverted to Serene Highness following abolition of Russian titles in 1918; title held in pretense after abolition of German monarchy in 1919'' , , , , 13 November 1881
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
son of
George Maximilianovich and
Duchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg
, house =Holstein-Gottorp
, father =Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg
, mother = Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg
, birth_date =
, birth_place =St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
, death_date =
, death_pl ...
, , Nadezhda Nicolaevna Caralli ''(morganatic)''
22 January 1917
no children , , 26 September 1942
Salies-de-Béarn
Salies-de-Béarn (, literally ''Salies of Béarn''; oc, Salias) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
The name comes from its naturally occurring saline water ( Gascon ''salias'' for Standard Occitan '' ...
,
France
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aged 60
, -
,
Sergei Georgievich de Beauharnais1942–1974
''styled Serene Highness'' , , , , 4 July 1890
Peterhof,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
son of
George Maximilianovich and
Princess Anastasia of Montenegro
Princess Anastasia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (4 January Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._23_December_1867.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/> O.S._23_December_1867">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html"_ ...
, , never married , , 7 January 1974
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
,
Italy
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aged 83
Dukes of Leuchtenberg, morganatic branch (1890–present)
Genealogy
*
Eugène, married
Princess Augusta of Bavaria
french: Auguste Amélie Louise Georgie
, spouse =
, issue = Joséphine, Queen of Sweden and Norway Eugénie, Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Auguste, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg Amélie, Empress of Brazil Théodoline, Countess Wilhelm of Wü ...
, 7 children including:
**
Auguste, 2nd Duke,
Duke of Santa Cruz
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Five year ...
, married Queen
Maria II of Portugal
, image = Queen Maria II by John Simpson.jpg
, caption = Portrait by John Simpson, 1835
, succession = Queen of Portugal
, reign =
, predecessor = Pedro IV
, successor = Miguel I
, reg-type = Regents
, regent ...
, no issue
**
Maximilian
Maximilian, Maximillian or Maximiliaan (Maximilien in French) is a male given name.
The name " Max" is considered a shortening of "Maximilian" as well as of several other names.
List of people
Monarchs
*Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459 ...
, 3rd Duke, married
Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, 7 children, including:
***
Maria, Princess Romanowskaya (1841–1941) married
Prince William of Baden
Margrave Wilhelm of Baden (8 April 1792 in Karlsruhe – 11 October 1859 in Karlsruhe) was the second son of Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden and his second wife, Luise Karoline, Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg (26 May 1768 – 23 July 18 ...
(1829–1897)
**** ''
Prince Max of Baden
Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (''Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm''; 10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929),Almanach de Gotha. ''Haus Baden (Maison de Bade)''. Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1944, p. 18, (French). also known as Max von Baden, was a Ger ...
''
***
Nicholas Maximilianovich, 4th Duke of Leuchtenberg, prince Romanowsky (4 August 1843 in the dacha of Sergueïvskoïe – 6 January 1891, Paris), buried in a monastery near St Petersburg. On 5 July 1868, he married (
morganatically
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spou ...
)
Nadezhda Sergeevna Annenkova (1840–1891), thereupon known as Countess of Beauharnais. They had two children:
**** Nicholas Nikolaevich de Leuchtenberg (17 October 1868, Geneva – 2 March 1928, Vaucluse, France), member of the
White Army
The White Army (russian: Белая армия, Belaya armiya) or White Guard (russian: Бѣлая гвардія/Белая гвардия, Belaya gvardiya, label=none), also referred to as the Whites or White Guardsmen (russian: Бѣлогв ...
. He married Countess Maria Nikolaevna Grabbe (1869–1948) on 6 September 1894, and had 7 children, including:
***** Alexandra Nikolaevna de Leuchtenberg (1895–1960), princess Romanowskaya, in 1916 married Prince Levan Melikov (1893–1928) (divorced), in 1922 married Nicholas Tereshchenko (1894–1926).
***** Nicholas Nikolaevich de Leuchtenberg (1896, Gori, near Novgorod – 1937), married Olga Fomina (1898–1921), on 8 September 1919 at
Novocherkassk
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and then (after her death) remarried on 3 November 1928 at Munich, to Elisabeth Müller-Himmler (1906–1999). He had two children by his second marriage:
****** Eugénie Élisabeth de Leuchtenberg (1929–2006), in 1958, she married Martin von Bruch (1911–)
******
Nicolas de Leuchtenberg
Nicolas de Leuchtenberg (''Nikolaus Alexander Fritz de Beauharnais, Herzog von Leuchtenberg''; born 12 October 1933, Munich) is a claimant to the Dukedom of Leuchtenberg.Ettle, Elmar. Hoher Besuch in Kipfenberg», Donaukurier, 9 July 2016.
Fami ...
, current
claimant of the title, on 24 August 1962, he married Anne Bügge (1933–), and had two children:
******* Nicolas Maximilien de Leuchtenberg (1963–2002), died unmarried and without issue.
******* Constantin de Leuchtenberg (1965–),
heir apparent
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to his father, unmarried and without issue.
***** Nadejda Nikolaevna de Leuchtenberg, (1898, Gori, near Novgorod – 1962, San Francisco), in 1929, she married
Alexandre Yakovlevich Mogilevsky (1885, Odessa – 1953, Tokyo), and had one son:
****** Michael Alexandrovich de Beauharnais-Mogilevsky (1929–), married to Joan Russell (1931–), and had 3 children:
******* Michelle de Beauharnais Mogilevsky (1956–), first married to Jeffre Harrison in 1980, and then to Douglas Mock (1955–).
******* Anton de Beauharnais Mogilevsky (1960–) in 1995, he married Holly Jill Smith (1969–).
******* André Jon de Beauharnais Mogilevsky (1962–) married to Kimberly Potter.
***** Maximilien Nikolaevich de Leuchtenberg (1900–1905).
***** Sergei Nikolaevich de Leuchtenberg (1903–1966), founder of the
National Alliance of Russian Solidarists
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. In 1925, he married Anne Naumova (1900–?), (divorced in 1938, and had 4 daughters), in 1939 married Kira Wolkova (1915–), (divorced in 1942), and finally married Olga Wickberg (1926–), and had a son and a daughter. Altogether, he had six children by all his marriages:
******Maria Magdalena de Leuchtenberg (1926–), married to Joseph de Pasquale (1919–2015), and had four children.
******Anna de Leuchtenberg (1928–), married to Robert Stout (1931–) and had one son:
*******Eugene de Beauharnais Stout (1957–), married to Patricia Lynn Thompson (1959–), and had two children.
******Olga de Leuchtenberg (1931–2007), married to Ronald Newburg (1926–), and had two children:
*******George Alexander de Beauharnais Newburg (1958–)
*******Stephanie Anne de Beauharnais Newburg (1960–)
******Natalia de Leuchtenberg (1934–), married to Malcolm Baker Bowers (1933–), and had two children.
******Sergei Sergeevich de Leuchtenberg (1955–)
******Elizabeth Sergeevna de Leuchtenberg (1957–), married to John Craft (1954–), and had four children.
*****Michael Nikolaevich de Leuchtenberg (1905–1928), unmarried and without issue.
*****Maria Nikolaevna de Leuchtenberg (1907–1992), married to Nikolai Dmitrievich, Count von Mengden, Baron von Altenwoga (1899–1977).
****
George Nikolaevich de Leuchtenberg, (1872–1929), styled Duke of Leuchtenberg, prince Romanowsky; he is famous for having hosted
Anna Anderson
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in 1927, at
Castle Seeon. In 1895 he married
Princess Olga Nikolaevna Repnina (1872–1953), and had 6 children:
*****Elena Georgievna de Leuchtenberg (1896–1977), married to Arkadii Konstantinovich Ugrichist-Trebinsky (1897–1982), and had one daughter.
***** Dmitri Georgievich de Leuchtenberg (1898–1972), married to Catherine Alexeievna Arapova (1900–1991) in 1921, and had 2 children:
****** Elena Dmitrievna de Leuchtenberg (1922, Munich –2013), unmarried and without issue.
****** George Dmitrievich de Leuchtenberg (1927, Munich –1963,
Quebec
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), unmarried and without issue.
***** Natalia Georgievna de Leuchtenberg (1900–1995), married to Vladimir Feodorovich, Baron Meller-Sakomelsky (1894–1962).
***** Tamara Georgievna de Leuchtenberg (1901–?), married to Constantin Karanfilov (1905–1978), and had three daughters.
***** Andrei Georgievich de Leuchtenberg (1903,
St. Petersburg
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–1919,
Narva
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), unmarried and without issue.
***** Constantine Georgievich de Leuchtenberg (19 May 1905 in Russia–17 December 1983 in Ottawa, Canada), in 1929, he married Princess Daria Alexeievna
Obolenskaya (1903–1982), and had 2 daughters:
****** Xenia Constantinovna de Leuchtenberg (1930–), married to Dmitri, Count Grabbe (1927–2011), and had seven children.
****** Olga Constantinovna de Leuchtenberg (1932–); on 15 March 1952 she married Oleg Gaydebouroff in Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. They had 2 children.
***
Eugenia Maximilianovna, Princess Romanowskaya (1845–1925) m.
Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg
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, father =Duke Peter of Oldenburg
, mother =Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg
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(1844–1932)
****
Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg
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Biography
Early life
He was born in Saint Petersburg in the ...
, married
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
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Olga was raised at the ...
on 9 August 1901, without issue; marriage annulled in 1916 by
Nicholas II
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.
*** Eugène Maximilianovich, 5th Duke of Leuchtenberg (1847–1901), married (1) Daria Opochinina (1845–1870), married (2) in 1878 Zinaida Skobeleva (1856–1899); both his wives were titled Countess of Beauharnais. He had one daughter from his first marriage:
****Daria de Beauharnais (1870–1937), styled Countess of Beauharnais, married (1) Lev Mikhailovich, Prince Kochubey (1862–1927) in 1893, divorced in 1910; married (2) Vladimir, Baron von Graevenitz (1872–1916) in 1911; married (3) Victor Markezetti (1874–1938) in 1913. She had 2 children by her first marriage:
*****Eugène Lvovich, Prince Kochubey de Beauharnais (1894,
Peterhof –1951), married to Helen Geraldine Pierce (1898–1980), and had four daughters.
*****Natalia Lvovna, Princess Kochubey de Beauharnais (1899–1979), unmarried and without issue.
*** Sergei Maximilianovich, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1849–1877), killed in the Russo-Turkish war.
***
George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke von Leuchtenberg (1852–1912), married (1)
Duchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg
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, father =Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg
, mother = Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg
, birth_date =
, birth_place =St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
, death_date =
, death_pl ...
(1852–1883) in 1879 at
Stuttgart
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, and had one son, married (2)
Princess Anastasia of Montenegro
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(1868–1935) in 1889 at Peterhof, and had one son and a daughter:
****
Alexander Georgievich, 7th Duke von Leuchtenberg (1881–1942), married morganatically Nadejda Caralli (1883–1964) on 22 April 1917 at St. Petersburg, without issue.
****
Sergei Georgievich, 8th Duke von Leuchtenberg (1890–1974), unmarried and without issue.
****
Elena Georgievena, Princess Romanowskaya (1892–1971), married
Count Stefan Tyszkiewicz (1896–1976) in 1917 at
Yalta
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, she had one daughter:
*****Natalia Rose Marie, Countess
Tyszkiewicz
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Other peopl ...
(1921–2003), unmarried and without issue.
*** Alexandra Maximilanova, Princess Romanowskaya (1840–183), died young.
References
Bibliography
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Bayern, Prinz Adalbert, ''Die Herzen der Leuchtenberg: Chronik einer napoleonisch-bayerisch-europäischen Familie''. Munich, Neuausg, 1992, p. 384
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* Belyakova, Zoia. ''Honour and fidelity: the Russian Dukes of Leuchtenberg'', Logos Publisher, 2010. ASIN B00C40ONY8.
* Belyakova, Zoia. Вернувшиеся из забвения, Genio Loci, 2012, p.125. ISBN 978-5-903903-10-8.
* Fanning, Charles W. ''Dukes of Leuchtenberg: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Eugene de Beauharnais'', J.V. Poate, 1983, p. 106
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* Jahn, Cornelia ''et al''., ''Leuchtenberg: Zeit des Adels in Seeon und Stein, Kultur- und Bildungszentrum'', Kloster Seeon, 2008, p. 80. ISBN 978-3-00-024283-0.
*Martignac, Gérald Gouyé & Sementéry, Michel. ''La descendance de Joséphine impératrice des Français, Paris'', Christian, 1994, p. 225
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* Sakharov, Igor «Subjects of the French Kings → Bavarian Dukes → Members of the Russian Imperial House → Citizens of Germany, France, Canada, USA: The Beauharnais over the last 200 years», ''Genealogica & Heraldica'', Ottawa, 1996,
pp. 249-254.
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