Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Mukhrani was a daughter of Prince George Bagration of Mukhrani and his wife Helena. Her father descended patrilineally from the former reigning family of Georgia.
Princess Leonida was married on November 6, 1934 in Nice, France, to Sumner Moore Kirby (1895–1945), a wealthy American. They were divorced on November 18, 1937.
She was married on August 13, 1948 to Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, the head of the Russian Imperial House. Ordinarily he would have only been accorded the style of Prince of Russia as a male line great-grandson of a Russian Tsar, but used the title of Grand Duke in pretense as the pretender to the Russian imperial throne. Their marriage is still contested by Russian monarchists, with one camp viewing the marriage as "equal" and another camp viewing it as unequal, depending on whether Princess Leonida's family was still considered as a reigning family, even though it hadn't reigned in Georgia for some time.
Princess Leonida, as the consort of the pretender to the Russian imperial throne, used the title Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna. She had daughters by both marriages, her daughter by her second husband, Maria Vladimirovna, claims to have succeeded her father upon his death in 1992.
Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna requested to be buried next to her husband Vladimir Kirillovich in the Grand Ducal Mausoleum, in the Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg.
Princess Leonida was married on November 6, 1934 in Nice, France, to Sumner Moore Kirby (1895–1945), a wealthy American. They were divorced on November 18, 1937.
She was married on August 13, 1948 to Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, the head of the Russian Imperial House. Ordinarily he would have only been accorded the style of Prince of Russia as a male line great-grandson of a Russian Tsar, but used the title of Grand Duke in pretense as the pretender to the Russian imperial throne. Their marriage is still contested by Russian monarchists, with one camp viewing the marriage as "equal" and another camp viewing it as unequal, depending on whether Princess Leonida's family was still considered as a reigning family, even though it hadn't reigned in Georgia for some time.
Princess Leonida, as the consort of the pretender to the Russian imperial throne, used the title Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna. She had daughters by both marriages, her daughter by her second husband, Maria Vladimirovna, claims to have succeeded her father upon his death in 1992.
Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna requested to be buried next to her husband Vladimir Kirillovich in the Grand Ducal Mausoleum, in the Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg.
Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Mukhrani was a daughter of Prince George Bagration of Mukhrani and his wife Helena. Her father descended patrilineally from the former reigning family of Georgia.
Princess Leonida was married on November 6, 1934 in Nice, France, to Sumner Moore Kirby (1895–1945), a wealthy American. They were divorced on November 18, 1937.
She was married on August 13, 1948 to Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, the head of the Russian Imperial House. Ordinarily he would have only been accorded the style of Prince of Russia as a male line great-grandson of a Russian Tsar, but used the title of Grand Duke in pretense as the pretender to the Russian imperial throne. Their marriage is still contested by Russian monarchists, with one camp viewing the marriage as "equal" and another camp viewing it as unequal, depending on whether Princess Leonida's family was still considered as a reigning family, even though it hadn't reigned in Georgia for some time.
Princess Leonida, as the consort of the pretender to the Russian imperial throne, used the title Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna. She had daughters by both marriages, her daughter by her second husband, Maria Vladimirovna, claims to have succeeded her father upon his death in 1992.
Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna requested to be buried next to her husband Vladimir Kirillovich in the Grand Ducal Mausoleum, in the Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg.
Princess Leonida was married on November 6, 1934 in Nice, France, to Sumner Moore Kirby (1895–1945), a wealthy American. They were divorced on November 18, 1937.
She was married on August 13, 1948 to Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, the head of the Russian Imperial House. Ordinarily he would have only been accorded the style of Prince of Russia as a male line great-grandson of a Russian Tsar, but used the title of Grand Duke in pretense as the pretender to the Russian imperial throne. Their marriage is still contested by Russian monarchists, with one camp viewing the marriage as "equal" and another camp viewing it as unequal, depending on whether Princess Leonida's family was still considered as a reigning family, even though it hadn't reigned in Georgia for some time.
Princess Leonida, as the consort of the pretender to the Russian imperial throne, used the title Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna. She had daughters by both marriages, her daughter by her second husband, Maria Vladimirovna, claims to have succeeded her father upon his death in 1992.
Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna requested to be buried next to her husband Vladimir Kirillovich in the Grand Ducal Mausoleum, in the Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg.
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