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Princess Kira Auguste Viktoria Friederike of Prussia (27 June 1943 – 10 January 2004) was the fourth child and second daughter of Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia. Princess Kira was born in Cadienen, East Prussia (today Kadyny, Poland).
- 10 January 2004 (aged 60), Berlin, Germany
- Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia
- Early Life
- World War I and Russian Revolution
- Family
- After World War II
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Grand Duchess Kira Kirilovna of Russia was born on 9 May 1909, at her parents' house on Avenue Henri Martin in Paris. Named after her father, she was the second child of Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia, and his wife, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her parents were then living in exile because their marriage had not be...
The family was spending the summer of 1914 on their yacht in the Gulf of Finland and were in Riga when the war broke out. During World War I, Kira's father served as the commander of a unit of the Naval Guards, while her mother oversaw a motorized ambulance. At the outbreak of the Russian revolution, Kira's father marched to the Tauride Palace at t...
The family eventually left Finland and headed first to Coburg and then to Saint-Briac, France. Kira was born Princess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, but her father later gave her the title "Grand Duchess" when he declared himself Guardian of the Throne in 1924. Blonde-haired, blue-eyed Kira, high-spirited and straightforward,also had an even temper. Sh...
Kira was called upon to testify in the case of Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. Kira had met Anderson briefly in 1952 at the urging of her mother-in-law, Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia, who believed Anderson's claim. Kira was not convinced. She found the woman "repellent" and "not a lady" a...
Peter Kurth, Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson, Back Bay Books, 1983, ISBN 0-316-50717-2Michael John Sullivan, A Fatal Passion: The Story of the Uncrowned Last Empress of Russia, Random House, 1997, ISBN 0-679-42400-8John Van der Kiste, Princess Victoria Melita, Sutton Publishing, 1991, ISBN 0-7509-3469-78 de set. de 2018 · Princess Kira of Prussia, also known as Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna, passed away on this day in 1967. The second daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Edinburgh , the Princess was born in exile in Paris, due to the scandal of her parent’s marriage, after ...
Foundation. Since 2005 the Kira A. Princess of Prussia Foundation supports artists and musicians by funding and organizing performances, video and audio recordings, artist monograph publications, scholarships, artist in residence projects and exhibitions.
Maria Kirillovna of Russia (2 February 1907 – 25 October 1951) was the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh. She was born in Coburg when her parents were in exile because their marriage had not been approved by Tsar Nicholas II .
- 25 October 1951 (aged 44), Madrid, Spain
- Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
The Princess Kira of Prussia Foundation sponsors a free holiday retreat at Hohenzollern Castle for children and young people, which includes a music education programme. Over 14,000 children and young people have stayed at our castle since the foundation began its work.
Kira Auguste Viktoria Friederike Prinzessin von Preußen (* 27. Juni 1943 in Cadinen; † 10. Januar 2004 in Berlin) war die zweitälteste Tochter von Louis Ferdinand von Preußen (1907–1994) und dessen Gemahlin, der früheren russischen Großfürstin Kira Romanowa (1909–1967). Leben.
