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Anastasia de Torby. Lady Anastasia Mikhailovna Wernher CBE ( née Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby; 9 September 1892 – 7 December 1977), also known as Lady Zia Wernher, was a German-born Russian-British aristocrat and thoroughbred racehorse owner. She was the elder daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia by his morganatic ...
Dec 13, 2018 · Sacha’s maternal grandmother was born Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby, known as Zia, a daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia. She and her siblings were born in Baden Baden in Germany ...
Nadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (née Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby, until 1917 Princess George of Battenberg; 28 March 1896 – 22 January 1963), was a member of the Russian imperial family who married a German prince but became a British subject and aristocrat. She was a close relative of the British ...
Wernher. Russian nobility, born Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby. “WERNHER. On December 7th, peacefully at 15 Grosvenor Square, the lady Zia Wernher, CBE, widow of Major-General Sir Harold Werhner, Bart, GCVO. Beloved mothr of Gyna and Myra. Funeral at St Mary’s Church, Luton, at 11 am, on Saturday, December 10th.
Dec 7, 1977 · Anastasia de Torby Index Anastasia de Torby Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Torby, CBE (9 September 1892 – 7 December 1977), otherwise styled Lady Zia Wernher, was the elder daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, by Countess Sophie of Merenberg.[1]
- Female
- September 9, 1892
- Harold Augustus Wernher 3rd Bt
- December 7, 1977
5520 x 3680 px (46.74 x 31.16 cm) - 300 dpi - 7 MB. Racehorse owner Lady Zia Wernher, aka Anastasia de Torby after her horse Charlottown won the 187th Derby Stakes trophy at Epsom, UK, 25th May 1966. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images.
Sophia was created Countess de Torby in 1891 by her uncle, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The title was extended to all three of her children. They had two daughters and one son: Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby, known as "Zia" (9 September 1892 – 7 December 1977); married, in 1917, Major Harold Wernher (later Major-General Sir ...
