Draft:Mariya Dolgorukova

Countess Mariya Dolgorukova (11 April,1849 - 12 February,1907) was a Russian princess under the Romanov Dynasty, being the younger sister of Catherine Dolgorukova who was the mistress and wife of Tsar Alexander II.

Biography
Dolgorukova was born on 11 April,1849 in Moscow to Mikhail Mikhailovich Dolgorukov and Vera Gavrilovna Vishnevskaya. She was raised on her family's estate and attended the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens in Saint Petersburg.

On January 1, 1870, she married Prince Emmanuel Nikolaevich Meshchersky and was given 1 million rubles by the Tsar as a gift. However, the couple suffered as a result of the Prince's gambling addiction. Meshchervsky died of gunfire in the Russo-Turkish war in 1877, she later remarried to Count George Gustavovich Berg.

She passed away on 12 February, 1907 in Paris, France.