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She was born in Athens as a younger sister to Constantine I Of Greece , Prince George Of Greece , Alexandra Georgievna Of Greece and Prince Nicholas Of Greece . She was an older sister of Prince Andrew Of Greece and Prince Christopher Of Greece . On April 30 , 1900 , Maria was married to Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Of Russia in Corfu . The Grand Duke was the second surviving son of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaievich Of Russia and Olga Fedorovna Of Baden . His paternal grandparents were Nicholas I Of Russia and Empress Consort Charlotte Of Prussia . His maternal grandparents were Leopold, Grand Duke Of Baden and Sophie Of Sweden . The couple had two daughters:
She became a widow on January 30 , 1919 . On December 16 , 1922 , Maria was remarried to Pericles Ioannides in Wiesbaden . She died in her native Athens during the Greco-Italian War ( October 28 , 1940 - April 30 , 1941 ). Her daughter Xenia lived for years in Long Island with her alleged cousin Anna Anderson . Anna claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Of Russia , a daughter of Nicholas II Of Russia and granddaughter of Alexander III. |
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