Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna | |||||
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Born | 15 November [O.S. 3 November] 1895 Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire | ||||
Died | 17 July 1918 Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Russian Soviet Republic | (aged 22)||||
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 Orthodox |
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Olga Nikolaevna Romanova; 15 November 1895 – 17 July 1918) was the eldest child 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.
In the 1990s, her remains were identified through DNA testing and were buried in a funeral ceremony at Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg alongwith her parents and two of her sisters.