Īfter their father's death in 1852, Grand Duchess Maria morganatically remarried to Count Grigori Stroganov two years later. Hunting with horses and riding became hobbies she enjoyed throughout her life. She studied music, drawing, dancing and languages. Both of her parents were interested in artistic and scientific endeavors so Eugenia received a better education than most princesses of her time. Princess Eugenia (She was called Eugenie, the French form of her name, by her family) spent her childhood in the Mariinsky Palace with her siblings. As the daughter of a Russian grand duchess and an ennobled Russian prince, Eugenia and her siblings were always treated as grand dukes and duchesses, bearing the styles Imperial Highness. Maximilian was subsequently bestowed with the style Imperial Highness and given the title Prince Romanowsky. Petersburg, eventually winning the hand of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Nicholas I's eldest daughter. Eugenia's father, Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg, had traveled to St. She was the fourth child and third daughter of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. Princess Eugenia of Leuchtenberg was born on 1 April 1845 at the Mariinskiy Palace in Saint Petersburg. Princess Eugenia (on the right) with her mother and sister Maria.
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