Grand Duchess Olga of Russia - Grand Duchesses of Russia By Birth

Grand Duchesses of Russia By Birth

  • Grand Duchess Olga Pavlovna of Russia (1792–1795), fifth daughter of Paul I of Russia
  • Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822–1892), second daughter of Nicholas I of Russia; wife of Charles I of Württemberg
  • Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851–1926), eldest daughter of Grand Duke Constantine of Russia; wife of George I of Greece
  • Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882–1960), daughter of Alexander III of Russia; wife of Peter of Oldenburg & Nicholas Kulikovsky
  • Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895–1918), eldest daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Alix of Hesse and by Rhine

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