Marga Boodts

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Marga Boodts, (died 1976), claimed to be Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia. Boodts lived in a villa at Lake Como in Italy. Money supporting her was said to come from the Pope and Kaiser Wilhelm.[1] Olga's first cousin, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, was convinced of the authenticity of Boodts' claim. He introduced her to the Prince of Oldenburg, a Godson of the Kaiser, who lent her financial support. Most historians do not accept her claim.[2] Michel Wartelle a french canadian historian wrote a book including new testimonies from high rank people that Marga Boodts was really the Grand-Duchess Olga Nicolaievna, L'Affaire Romanov ou le mystère de la maison Ipatiev, Louise Courteau, Quebec, Canada,2008.

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  1. ^ Massie, Robert K., The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Random House, 1995, ISBN 394-58048-6, p. 147
  2. ^ Mangold, Anthony, and Summers, Tom, The File on the Tsar, Harper and Row Publishers, 1976, ASIN B000M8V2LQ, p. 374