Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg

Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna
Duchess Alexander of Oldenburg
Born(1845-04-01)1 April 1845
Mariinskiy Palace, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died4 May 1925(1925-05-04) (aged 80)
Biarritz, France
Burial
Cimetière du Sabaou, Biarritz, France
Spouse
(m. 1868)
IssueDuke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg
HouseHouse of Beauharnais
House of Holstein-Gottorp
FatherMaximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
MotherGrand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
ReligionRussian Orthodox

Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (Russian: Евгения Максимилиановна Лейхтенбергская) (1 April 1845 – 4 May 1925) was the daughter of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. Although she was a member of the French House of Beauharnais, she was born and raised in her mother's native country, Russia.

In 1868, she married her distant cousin, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg. The couple had an only child, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg. Princess Eugenia and her husband were particularly noted for their extensive philanthropy throughout Russia; so much so in fact that by 1914, a newspaper source could claim that "there [were] probably not two who are so universally beloved as the Duke and Duchess of Oldenburg".