Who was the Russian Ballerina who was the mistress of Nicholas II?

Question

Who was the Russian Ballerina who was the mistress of Nicholas II?

Answer 1

if i remember it right its Mathilde Kschessinskaya,she performed at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre of St Petersburg with the renowned Imperial Ballet. Kschessinskaya made her début in a pas de deux from La Fille Mal Gardée during a graduation performance attended by Emperor Alexander III. After the performance the Tsar told the young Kschessinskaya to " .. become the glory and adornment of our ballet."

Answer 2

Mathilde Kschessinska 1872 - 1971

http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_06/...

Answer 3

Mathilde Kschessinskaya

Answer 4

Mathilde Kschessinskaya (19 August 1872 -7 June 1972) also known as Her Serene Highness Princess Romanova-Krasinskaya since 1921, was the first Russian prima ballerina assoluta in the world. Today, she is probably best known for her love affair with the future Emperor Nicholas II.

The scandals and rumours around her name persisted as she formed a Ménage à trois with two Grand Dukes of the Romanov family - Sergei Mikhailovich and his cousin Andrei Vladimirovich. In 1901 she gave birth to a son, Vova, who never knew for sure who his father was. She was first involved with the future Tsar Nicholas II, beginning in 1890 when she was just seventeen. Their relationship persisted for the next three years, until Nicholas married his true love in 1894, Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt—the future Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna.

Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilde_Ks...

Answer 5

Mathilda Tchessinskaya.  She was famous for Sleeping Beauty, but was not the first to perform the 64 fouettes.  That was Olga Prehobochenska (sp.?)