Maria Meshcherskaya
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Princess Maria Elimovna Meshcherskaya was a Russian noblewoman. She is known for her love affair with the future Alexander III of Russia, who attempted to renounce his place as heir to the throne in o
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Princess Maria Elimovna Mescherskaja on horseback
Princess Meshcherskaya and Alexandra Zhukovskaya for a walk in Tsarskoye Selo Park, 1865
Maria Elimovna Mescherskaja 1864
Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato was a Russian industrialist, jurist, master of the hunt at Russian imperial court, philanthropist and nobleman of the House of Demidov. He was the onl
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…Alexander III of Russia, who attempted to renounce his place as heir to the throne in order to marry her, a plan he was forced to abandon. She married Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato in 1866. Princess Maria Elimovna Meshcherskaya was born into an old House of Meshchersky. She was the daughter of the diplomat and poet Prince Elim…
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Aurora Demidova with son Paul by L. H. de Liomenil, 1840's. Sold by the Demidoff family at Christie's in New York, 2007.
Paul Demidoff, Prince of San Donato. Gustave Ricard, 1859.