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She was a mistress of the future Emperor Nicholas II of Russia before his marriage, and later the wife of his cousin Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia. She was known in the West as Mathilde Kschessinska or Matilda Kshesinskaya.
Nicholas II’s first passion, ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya, remains the subject of much debate: Did she have a child with the emperor as some people claim? Probably not. A single meeting...
In 2017 controversy has erupted in Russia over a new film. Matilda, directed by Aleksei Uchitel, dealt with the love affair between the future Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia, and the young Polish ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska (Matilda Kshesinskaya) of the Imperial Ballet in St Petersburg. The affair, which began slowly and reached ...
- Nicholas II and Mathilde Kschessinska. It was the tsarevich's father, Emperor Alexander III, who became the inadvertent initiator of the affair by sitting the pretty graduate of the choreographic school next to his son at a gala dinner.
- Paul I and Anna Lopukhina. Catherine II's son Paul I was a Grand Master of the Maltese Order and considered himself a real knight, and every knight needs a ladylove.
- Alexander I and Maria Naryshkina. The heart of Alexander I, who ruled Russia for the first quarter of the 19th century, belonged to Maria Naryshkina, a scion of a noble Polish family.
- Alexander II and Yekaterina Dolgorukova. Emperor Alexander II was 28 years older than his mistress. He knew Dolgorukova when she was still a little girl, from his visits to her father's estate.
Kschessinska was a close friend of both Nicholas II, who was executed in 1918, and his cousin the grand duke André, whom she married in 1921. She left Russia in 1920 and, for 30 years, taught in Paris; her pupils included Tatiana Riabouchinska and Margot Fonteyn.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 11, 2016 · A Russian TV series devoted to the tragic love affair between Tsar Nicholas II and ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska has been chosen to compete at an international TV contest in Cannes.
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Aug 31, 2016 · Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, reigned from November 1894 until he was forced to abdicate on 15 March 1917. Long before his reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire, however, he was a...
