Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
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Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova; Russian: Великая Княжна Татьяна Николаевна; 10 June 1897 – 17 July 1918) was the second daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. After she was murdered in the Russian Revolution, she was canonized as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna | |||||
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Born | (1897-06-10)10 June 1897[1] Peterhof Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
Died | 17 July 1918(1918-07-17) (aged 21) Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Russian Soviet Republic | ||||
Burial | 17 July 1998 Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation | ||||
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House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | ||||
Father | Nicholas ll | ||||
Mother | Alexandra Feodorovna | ||||
Religion | Russian Orthodoxy | ||||
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Tatiana was the younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga and the elder sister of Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duchess Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei.
During World War I, she chaired many charitable committees and along with her older sister Olga, trained to become a nurse. She tended to wounded soldiers on the grounds of Tsarskoye Selo from 1914 to 1917.