Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna was born in 1953, December 23, in Madrid.Currently, it is well-known Russian public figure.
line
Hereditary Grand Duchess Father - Vladimir Kirillovich Romanov.He was the head of the Imperial family (Russian) home in exile.Mother Maria Vladimirovna - Princess Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani.With the death of his father interrupted last male line of the dynasty.The Romanov family lost the last heir.Ascension to the throne under Article 30 of the Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire continued through the female line.Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna was the head of the Imperial family home.
biography
Grand Duchess Romanovs have always been well educated.Many of them have completed the famous higher educational institutions of the world.Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna was educated at Oxford University.For some time she lived in France.Currently, the head of the Imperial House is located in Spain.Heir to the throne Maria Vladimirovna, a photo that is presented in the article, was proclaimed by his father in 1989.After his death in 1992, she issued a manifesto on the adoption of the supremacy of the Imperial House.Heir-Tsarevich with the Duchess Maria Romanov announced his son - George.
Marriage
Duchess Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna was married to Franz-Wilhelm (in Orthodoxy - Mikhail Pavlovich) of Prussia.In Madrid, they had a son (1981) - George.In 1985, the marriage was dissolved, and Prince Franz Wilhelm returned again to Lutheranism.Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna and her ex-husband, sister and brother are in the sixth lap.They are both descendants of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Title
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna calls himself the head of the Imperial (Russian) home.The legitimacy of the use of the title is controversial for the branch "Nikolaevich."He began to express opposition to a descendant of Britain's Queen Victoria.Nikolai Romanovich also does not recognize the rights of the princess.The Romanovs, representing the second branch of descendants, at some point, and the complexity and lack of clarity on the issue of equal marriage, which, in fact, was born on the head of the Imperial House.However, there are those who this morganatic marriage is not recognized.Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna proves right, using the law "of succession" and the establishment of "On the royal family."As an argument, it causes the article 30, according to which inherited the throne.As she says heiress Imperial house consists of her and her son.The rest of the ladies that make up the Romanov family, it considered born into a morganatic marriage.This definition should apply to those persons whose fathers recognized in 1930 Cyril claimant to the throne and who were given high titles.
recognition in Russia
As head of the Imperial House, Grand Duchess recognized the ROC and some socio-political associations.These include, in particular, the Russian monarchist movement, Imperial Union-Order, the organization of "For Faith and Fatherland" and "Russian Nobility Assembly."Princess and recognition received from the foreign public.The official status of Russian Imperial House still has not.Efforts, however, several attempts to get it in one form or another.In 2011, December 22, Smirnov (president of the unrecognized Moldovan (Dniester) Republic) signed a decree, according to which the territory of the breakaway Imperial House recognizes the unique historical institution without the rights of legal entities.This status allows you to take part in the spiritual, moral and patriotic education of citizens of the Republic, preservation of traditions, historical and cultural heritage of the Transnistrian society.
activism
Duchess Maria from the beginning of the 1990s.regularly visits Russia.It happens in Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Transdniestria.Prestolonaslednitsa conducts business related to child and church charity.For example, in 2010, she gave a particle of the Lord's Cross at St. John's Monastery (Karpivka, St. Petersburg), St. Catherine's Cathedral in Tsarskoye Selo - the relics of St.Catherine.Princess visited Russia for the first time with his son in 1992, in April.Then she took her father's funeral.Since that time, the head of the House of Romanov visited the homeland of more than fifty times.
relationship with Russia
In all their statements heir to the throne, underlines the desire to serve the good of the Fatherland.Grand Duchess said that her actions have no intention to impose the inhabitants of Russian monarchy.She also notes that it is not planning to exercise the political opposition or activity.In its activities, the Princess Mary is ready to use all the historical and spiritual potential of the Imperial (Russian) home.
question of rehabilitation of the murdered royal family
In 2005, December 1, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Imperial House representative sent a statement.This was an application for family rehabilitation shot Nikolai II, as victims of political repressions.Prosecutor General's Office stated that the present case does not correspond to a number of provisions of the law.In particular, the rehabilitation is not possible due to the fact that the royal family was not arrested for political reasons, and the decision to execute was not accepted in court.Despite this, in 2008 the Presidium of the Supreme Court decided to satisfy the requirements of the Imperial House.In the same 2008 it has been exonerated 52 people from the royal entourage.This decision was made Attorney General's Office.
chronology of some events
Since December 2008, under the auspices of the Imperial House is the State Trade and Economic University of Russia.In early July 2011, together with his son, Grand Duchess attended a secular celebrations and church services in honor of the wedding of Monaco Albert II and Charlene Wittstock.In 2012, April 25, was transferred under the patronage of the Imperial House patrol ship "Yaroslav the Wise."In 2013, the Grand Duchess became the head of a number of cultural, scientific, charitable and social activities abroad and in Russia, which were dedicated to Romanovsky quatercentenary home.In mid-July of that year, the heiress to the throne received a commendation from the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church for their participation in the events.In 2014 Duchess Maria Vladimirovna is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Foundation of the Imperial Cancer Research.
opportunity to attend Russian
In 2009, July 28, the director of the Office of the Imperial House Sunsets conveyed a desire to head back to Russia.As explained by the lawyer, since 1917, the organization in exile.And the desire to return to the land of our fathers is a desire to restore the institution.As an example, the director of the Office of the results of the ROC and its status in Russia.The Church, in this case separated from the state, but nevertheless has a certain prestige and influence, take part in social activities.In response to the appeal made by the Rev. W. Chaplin.He said that the status of a religious association, as is the Russian Orthodox Church, the Imperial House is not suitable, however, through dialogue with the authorities and society can be found in the form of the presence of Russia.
views
Grand Duchess considered consistent monarchist.At the time, it is quite actively opposed the restrictions on two presidential terms in Russia.According to the Grand Duchess, try the monarchy to Russia in its present state is premature.However, it does not exclude the possibility of reviving the best in local traditions.Heir to the Throne says that the restrictions on the President in office for two terms can be equated to the restriction of the people's will.As for the return of the Imperial House in Russia, the princess believes that this will be possible only after the issue will be decided on its legal status as a historical association.Among other things, the heiress quite principled on the issue of nationalization.The princess is opposed to restitution, under no circumstances did not think to request or ask back anything from the nationalized property.Moreover, the heir to the throne in any case does not recommend it to anyone to do.
Imperial House: a brief historical background
It consisted direct representatives of the Romanov dynasty, who occupied the throne in Russia.The rights and obligations of members determined by the relevant laws.One of the key was to "On the royal family."In addition, actually, the Romanov house included representatives of Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Leuchtenberg dynasties as the heirs to the throne through the female line.In accordance with the law, the royal family was a very special class.He stood out from the estate system on certain grounds.In particular, members of his Law at regulated conditions are encouraged to inherit the throne, or marriage with persons who have the right to the throne.By virtue of certain circumstances over time in Russia were formed and other, additional branches of the Romanov dynasty.They were more than forty people.More about ten persons of concern to the side and to the families of morganatic media names.
