OTD March 30th.1852 Duchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg

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Duchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg was born on March 30th. 1852 in Saint Petersburg (Russia).

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Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg
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Her parents were Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg and Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg.

In 1879 Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg married  George Maximilianovich, also known as Prince Georgii Romanovsky or Georges de Beauharnais.

Both parnters where descendants of Tsar Paul I of Russia. They had German titles but they grew up in Russia. 


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George Maximilianovich
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On April 19th. 1883, Duchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg died.
Location: Russia

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