Countess Sophie of Merenberg
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Countess Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg, Countess de Torby, was the elder daughter of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau and his morganatic Russian wife, Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina.
Countess Sophie of Merenberg, Countess de Torby
Grand Duke Michael Mikailovich of Russia (right) with his children (from left to right) Nadejda, Michael and Anastasia de Torby
Countess Sophie and her husband's grave at Hampstead Cemetery (2025).
Anastasia de Torby
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Lady Anastasia Mikhailovna Wernher, also known as Lady Zia Wernher, was a German-born Russian-British aristocrat and thoroughbred racehorse owner.
Countess Sophie of Merenberg
…They had two daughters and one son: Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby, known as "Zia" (9 September 1892 – 7 December 1977); married, in 1917, Major Harold Wernher (later Major-General Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet…
Portrait by Philip de László, 1913
Grand Duke Michael Mikailovich of Russia (right) with his children (from left to right) Nadejda, Michael and Anastasia