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Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia

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Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: 18 April [O.S. 6 April] 1890 – 13 December 1958), known as Maria Pavlovna the Younger, was a granddaughter of Alexander II of Russia and a paternal first cousin of Nicholas II, Russia's last Tsar.

In exile, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna lived briefly in Bucharest and London, then she settled in Paris in 1920. In 1942, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna moved to Argentina where she spent the years of World War II. She returned permanently to Europe in 1949 and died in Konstanz, Germany in 1958.