About
Best known as the Grand Duchess of Russia and the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II.
Before Fame
As a young teenager, she was given the rank of honorary colonel.
Trivia
During World War I, she trained to become a nurse. She tended to wounded soldiers on the grounds of Tsarskoye Selo from 1914 to 1917. She was a nurse until after the first Russian Revolution when her family was arrested.
Family Life
She is the second daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna. She was the younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga and the elder sister of Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duchess Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei.
Associated With
She and Anne Hyde were both duchesses.
