Countess Natalia Brasova

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Countess Natalia Brasova was a Russian noblewoman best known as the morganatic wife of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II, whose controversial marriage contributed to their political and social marginalization in the final years of the Russian Empire.

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Countess Brasova 2
Countess Natalia Brasova canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian noblewoman
human
associatedWith Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
birthName Natalia Sergeyevna Sheremetevskaya
burialPlace Batignolles Cemetery
causeOfPoliticalMarginalization controversial morganatic marriage to Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich
child George Mikhailovich Brasov
citizenshipAfterExile stateless refugee in Western Europe
conflictWith Tsar Nicholas II over her marriage to Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
countryOfDeath France
era Russian Revolution
World War I
late Russian Empire
familyName Brasova
Sheremetevskaya
Wulfert
givenName Natalya
surface form: Natalia
knownFor attempts to secure recognition and support for her son George Mikhailovich Brasov
life in exile after the Russian Revolution
languageSpoken French
Russian
legalStatusOfMarriage morganatic marriage under Russian imperial law
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOfNobleFamily Russian nobility
name Natalia Sergeyevna Brasova
notableEvent secret marriage to Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich in Vienna in 1912
notableFor morganatic wife of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
patronymicName Sergeyevna
placeOfBirth Moscow
placeOfDeath Paris
politicalEffect contributed to the exclusion of Grand Duke Michael from the line of succession in practice
positionHeld Countess Natalia Brasova self-linksurface differs
surface form: Countess Brasova
religion Russian Orthodox Church
residence England
France
Gatchina
St. Petersburg
surface form: St Petersburg
sexOrGender female
socialStatus socially ostracized at the imperial court
spouse Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
Savva Mamontov
surface form: Sergei Mamontov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Wulfert
stepChild Natalia Mamontova
Natalia Sergeyevna Wulfert
surface form: Tatiana Wulfert
title Countess Natalia Brasova self-linksurface differs
surface form: Countess Brasova

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Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia spouse Countess Natalia Brasova
George Mikhailovich Brasov mother Countess Natalia Brasova
Countess Natalia Brasova positionHeld Countess Natalia Brasova self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Countess Brasova
Countess Natalia Brasova title Countess Natalia Brasova self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Countess Brasova