Prince Eugen Maximilianovich Romanowsky, 5th Duke of Leuchtenberg (8 February 1847 – 31 August 1901) was a son of

Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg Maximilian Joseph Eugene Auguste Napoleon de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Prince Romanowsky (2 October 1817 – 1 November 1852) was the husband of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna of Russia and first cousin of Emperors Napoleon III of ...

and his wife,

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 (Ali ...

Duke of Leuchtenberg Duke of Leuchtenberg was a title created twice by List of rulers of Bavaria, the monarchs of Bavaria for their relatives. The first creation was awarded by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria to his son Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, upon whose death ...

. He succeeded his brother Nicholas Maximilianovich as the next

, from 1891 until his death.

Early life

Eugen Maximilianovich was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

in 1847, as the second son and fifth child of

and

. After the death of his father in 1852, Eugen's older brother

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became the fourth Duke of Leuchtenberg. When Nicolas died without an heir in 1891, Eugen became the fifth Duke, until his death in 1901. He was then succeeded by his younger brother

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. On 18 December 1852, after the death of their father, all the children of Duke Maximilian were allowed to wear the princely name and title of Romanowsky (or Romanovskaya for the female descendants), and were styled ''Imperial Highness''.

Marriages

In 1869, he married Daria Konstantinova Opochinina, the granddaughter of

Mikhail Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky (; – ) was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. He served as a military officer and a diplomat under the reign of three Romanov monarchs: Empress Catherine II, and Emperors Paul ...

: she was made Countess of

Beauharnais The House of Beauharnais (or ''House of Leuchtenberg''; ) is a French noble family. It is now headed by the Duke of Leuchtenberg, descendant in male line of Eugène de Beauharnais. History Originating in Brittany, the Beauharnais (or Beau ...

(died 1870 in childbirth). * Daria, Countess de Beauharnais (19 March 1870,

- 4 November 1937,

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). She married, firstly, Prince Leon Kotchoubey (1862-1927) in

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on 7 September 1893; they divorced in 1911. Married, secondly, Waldemar, Baron von Grävenitz (1872-1916) in Saint Petersburg on 22 February 1911. Married, thirdly, Victor Markezetti (d. 15 January 1938). She had one child with her first husband: ** Prince Eugéne Kotchoubey de Beauharnais (24 July 1894, Peterhof - 6 November 1951,

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) In 1878 he married Zinaida Dmitrievna Skobeleva (also known as Zina) (died 1899), sister to the Russian general

Mikhail Skobelev Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev (; 29 September 1843 – 7 July 1882), a Russian general, became famous for his conquest of Central Asia and for his heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Dressed in a white uniform and mounted on ...

and a first cousin of Eugen's first wife Daria through their common descent from . Zina later had an open long-term affair with

Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (; in St. Petersburg – 14 November 1908 in Paris) was the fifth child and the fourth son of Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse), Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. ...

Career

Eugen was a

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in the

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. In 1872–1873, he participated in the attack on

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and was awarded the

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, fourth degree. Between 1874 and 1877 he was commander of the Alexandria 5th Hussars. For his work in the

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in 1877, he received the

Order of St. Vladimir The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir () was an Imperial Russian order established on by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of the Kievan Rus'. Grades The order had four ...

third class. He became a

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in 1886, and was commander of the 37th Infantry Division from 1888 until 1893. He died in 1901 in St. Petersburg, and is buried in the

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Honours and arms

* : Grand Cross of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig, ''14 October 1864'' * : Knight of the Royal

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, ''1869'' * : Grand Cross of the

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, ''1871''''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg'' (1877), "Königliche Orden" p
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: Knight of the

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, 1st Class, ''21 August 1890''

Ancestry

References

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