What is Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia?
{{About||the daughter of Nicholas I|Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg|other uses|Maria of Russia (disambiguation)}}{{family name hatnote|Nikolaevna|Romanova|lang=Eastern Slavic}}{{Infobox royalty|name=Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna|image=Maria Nikolaevna of Russia 1914.jpg|caption=Photo, c. 1914|birth_date={{birth date|1899|6|26|df=yes}}<ref>In 1900 and later, her birthday was celebrated on 26 June new style.</ref>|birth_place=[[Peterhof Palace]], Saint Petersburg, [[Russian Empire]]|death_date={{death date and age|1918|7|17|1899|6|26|df=y}}|death_place=[[Ipatiev House]], Yekaterinburg, [[Russian Soviet Republic]]|burial_date=17 July 1998|burial_place=[[Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg]], Russian Federation|full name=Maria Nikolaevna Romanova|house=[[Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov]]|father=[[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas ll]]|mother=[[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra Feodorovna]]|religion=[[Russian Orthodox]]|signature=Maria Nikolaevna of Russia 1914 Signature.png}} '''Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia''' ('''Maria Nikolaevna Romanova'''; [[Russian language|Russian]]: Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна, 26 June 1899{{spnd}}17 July 1918) was the third daughter of [[Nicholas II of Russia]] and Empress [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra Feodorovna]]. After she was murdered in the [[Russian Revolution]], she was [[canonization|canonized]] as a [[passion bearer]] by the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. During her lifetime, Maria, too young to become a [[Red Cross]] [[nurse]] like her elder sisters, Instead during [[World War I]], was patroness of a hospital and instead visited wounded soldiers. Throughout her lifetime she was noted for her interest in the lives of the soldiers. The flirtatious Maria had a number of innocent crushes on the young men she met, beginning in early childhood. She hoped to marry and have a large family. She was an elder sister of [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia]].<ref>Klier and Mingay (1995), p. 203</ref> Her