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Princess Kira Auguste Viktoria Friederike of Prussia (27 June 1943 – 10 January 2004) was the fourth child and second daughter of Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia. Princess Kira was born in Cadienen, East Prussia (today Kadyny, Poland).
- 10 January 2004 (aged 60), Berlin, Germany
- Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia
- Early Life
- World War I and Russian Revolution
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- After World War II
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Grand Duchess Kira Kirilovna of Russia was born on 9 May 1909, at her parents' house on Avenue Henri Martin in Paris. Named after her father, she was the second child of Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia, and his wife, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her parents were then living in exile because their marriage had not be...
The family was spending the summer of 1914 on their yacht in the Gulf of Finland and were in Riga when the war broke out. During World War I, Kira's father served as the commander of a unit of the Naval Guards, while her mother oversaw a motorized ambulance. At the outbreak of the Russian revolution, Kira's father marched to the Tauride Palace at t...
The family eventually left Finland and headed first to Coburg and then to Saint-Briac, France. Kira was born Princess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, but her father later gave her the title "Grand Duchess" when he declared himself Guardian of the Throne in 1924. Blonde-haired, blue-eyed Kira, high-spirited and straightforward,also had an even temper. Sh...
Kira was called upon to testify in the case of Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. Kira had met Anderson briefly in 1952 at the urging of her mother-in-law, Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia, who believed Anderson's claim. Kira was not convinced. She found the woman "repellent" and "not a lady" a...
Peter Kurth, Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson, Back Bay Books, 1983, ISBN 0-316-50717-2Michael John Sullivan, A Fatal Passion: The Story of the Uncrowned Last Empress of Russia, Random House, 1997, ISBN 0-679-42400-8John Van der Kiste, Princess Victoria Melita, Sutton Publishing, 1991, ISBN 0-7509-3469-78 set 2018 · September 8, 2018 ~ Saad719. Embed from Getty Images. Princess Kira of Prussia, also known as Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna, passed away on this day in 1967. The second daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Edinburgh, the Princess was born in exile in Paris ...
Since 2005 the Kira A. Princess of Prussia Foundation supports artists and musicians by funding and organizing performances, video and audio recordings, artist monograph publications, scholarships, artist in residence projects and exhibitions.
Since the 1950s, the Princess Kira of Prussia Foundation has committed itself to helping disadvantaged children and young people in Germany and around the world. During these more than 70 years, the foundation has offered them opportunities to spend holidays and work on creative projects at Hohenzollern Castle and other locations.
Principessa Xenia di Prussia. Kira Kirillovna Romanova ( Parigi, 9 maggio 1909 – Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, 8 settembre 1967) è stata la seconda figlia del Granduca Kirill Vladimirovič di Russia e della Granduchessa Vittoria Fëdorovna. Sposò il principe Luigi Ferdinando di Prussia .
The Princess Kira of Prussia Foundation sponsors a free holiday retreat at Hohenzollern Castle for children and young people, which includes a music education programme. Over 14,000 children and young people have stayed at our castle since the foundation began its work.
