| Nadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven | |
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| Nadejda de Torby, c. 1914 | |
| Spouse | Prince George of Battenberg, |
| Issue | |
| Lady Tatiana Elizabeth Mountbatten David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven |
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| House | House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
| Father | Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia |
| Mother | Sophie, Countess von Merenberg. |
| Born | 28 March 1896 Russian Empire |
| Died | 22 January 1963 (aged 66) Cannes, France |
Nadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (28 March 1896 – 22 January 1963) was the second daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and his morganatic wife Sophie, Countess von Merenberg. She was a younger sister of Countess Anastasia de Torby.
Her paternal grandparents were Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and Princess Cecily of Baden. Michael was the seventh and last child of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. Her mother was a granddaughter of Aleksandr Pushkin, who in turn was a great-grandson of Peter the Great's African protégé, Abram Petrovich Gannibal.
Nicknamed "Nada," she married Prince George of Battenberg, later the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, in London, England, on 15 November 1916. They had two children:
During the 1934 Gloria Vanderbilt custody trial, a former maid of Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt's offered testimony regarding a possible lesbian relationship between Lady Milford Haven and her former employer. Lady Milford Haven also appeared as a witness at the trial.[1][2][3] Before leaving for the United States to testify, Lady Milford Haven publicly denounced the maid's testimony as "a set of malicious, terrible lies".[4]
Nada and her sister-in-law, Edwina Mountbatten (wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten), were extremely close friends and the two frequently went together on rather daring adventures, traveling rough in difficult and often dangerous parts of the world. Rumours surrounding the nature of their relationship abounded.[5]
Lady Milford Haven died in Cannes, France, in 1963.
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