Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna
Duchess of Leuchtenberg
Portrait by Christina Robertson, 1841
Born	(1819-08-18)18 August 1819 Krasnoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	21 February 1876(1876-02-21) (aged 56) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial	Grand Ducal Burial Vault
Spouse	Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg ​ ​ (m. 1839; died 1852)​ Count Grigori Aleksandrovich Stroganov ​ ​ (m. 1854)​
Issue	Princess Alexandra Maximilianova of Leuchtenberg Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg Prince Nicholas Maximilianovich, 4th Duke of Leuchtenberg Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg Prince Eugen Maximilianovich, 5th Duke of Leuchtenberg Prince Sergei Maximilianovich of Leuchtenberg Prince George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg Count Grigori Grigorievich Stroganov Countess Elena Grigorievna Stroganova
House	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Nicholas I of Russia
Mother	Princess Charlotte of Prussia

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Мария Николаевна) (18 August 1819 – 21 February 1876) was a daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and sister of Alexander II. In 1839 she married Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg. She was an art collector and President of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.