Mathilde Kschessinska
Ballet Dancer, Noble person
1872 – 1971
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Who was Mathilde Kschessinska?
Mathilda-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinskaya also known as Her Serene Highness Princess Romanova-Krasinskaya from 1935) was a Russian ballerina from a family of Polish origin. Her father Feliks Krzesiński and her brother both danced in St. Petersburg. She eventually attained the highest rank, that of prima ballerina assoluta. She was also a mistress of the future Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
She was known in the West as Mathilde Kschessinska or Matilda Kshesinskaya.
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- Born
- Aug 31, 1872
Ligovo - Spouses
- Nationality
- Russia
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 6, 1971
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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