Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Monday, June 26, 1899. Birth of Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia.

Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova) born. She was the third child of Czar Nicholas II of Russia and Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna and was murdered with the rest of her family on July 17, 1918. She was 19 years old at the time.  She was canonized as a Passion Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church as a result.

Of some interest, her parents were second cousins, and her mother, who was a Lutheran German, initially did not want to marry her father due to religious reasons. Her mother was ultimately persuaded to change her mind partially due to it being represented that she did not have to renounce Lutheranism in order to convert to Orthodoxy, although she ultimately became quite devout.

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Sunday, June 25, 1899. The Great Wall of China Hoax.

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