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Mathilda-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinskaya (Polish: , Russian: (31 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 Krzesinski and her brother both danced in St. Petersburg. She eventually attained the highest rank, that of prima ballerina assoluta. She is also remembered for having served as mistress of the future Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.