Mariya Romanova

Grand duchess Maria Romanova during the visit to Odesa near the monument to founders of Odesa (the monument to Ekaterina II), on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Unofficial visit is the first visit of the representative of Russian imperial surname not only to Odesa but to also to Ukraine. The grand duchess believes that her main goals are peacemaking mission and strengthening of friendship between peoples, who made up the united state in former times. The daughter of prince Vladimir Kirilovich, grand daughter of grand duke Kiril Vladimirovich, who accepted a title of emperor in exile in 1924, grandgrand-granddaughter of Aleksandr II graduated from Oxford university. Besides Russian language she speaks English, French, Spanish languages. She lived in France for a long time. Now she lives in Spain. She gave birth to son Georgiy on March 13, 1981 in Madrid. Photo by Yevgeny Volokin/UNIAN