Category:Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna

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Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia (Russian: Александра Петровна; June 2 1838 – April 25 1900) was a daughter of Duke Peter of Oldenburg and a great granddaughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia. She married Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831-1891), the elder, and was the mother of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856-1929), the younger. After the break up of her marriage, she retired from court life and eventually became a nun.