Mathilde Kchessinska

Mathilde Kchessinska
Mathilde Kchessinska
	; Mathilde Kschessinskaya costumed for the title role in La Camargo, circa 1902
Born	31 August 1872; Ligovo, Petergof, Russian Empire
Died	December 6, 1971 (aged 99); Paris, France

Mathilda-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinskaya (31 August [O.S. 19 August] 1872–6 December 1971 (also known as Her Serene Highness Princess Romanova-Krasinskaya from 1921) was a Russian ballerina from a family of Polish origin. Her father Feliks Krzesiński and her brother both danced in St. Petersburg. She eventually attained the highest rank, that of prima ballerina assoluta.^[1] She was also a mistress of the future Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.^[2] She was known in the West as Mathilde Kschessinska or Matilda Kshesinskaya.^[3]

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↑ Mary Clarke and David Vaughan (eds) 1977. The encyclopedia of dance & ballet. Pitmans, London. p201
↑ Kshessinska 1960. Dancing in Petersburg. London, transl Haskell.
↑ The latter is Beaumont's version, The Diaghilev Ballet in London, 1940.

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[1] Mary Clarke and David Vaughan (eds) 1977. The encyclopedia of dance & ballet. Pitmans, London. p201

[2] Kshessinska 1960. Dancing in Petersburg. London, transl Haskell.

[3] The latter is Beaumont's version, The Diaghilev Ballet in London, 1940.

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Mathilde Kchessinska
Mathilde Kschessinskaya costumed for the title role in La Camargo, circa 1902
Born	31 August 1872(1872-08-31) Ligovo, Petergof, Russian Empire
Died	December 6, 1971 (aged 99) Paris, France