Living The Life Of a Grand Duchess

Wilhelmina Anastasia-marie Romanov

Her name,meaning ; wil ( desire) helm ( protection). Marie ( star of the sea). Anastasia ( resurrection).

A young girl turned into a woman of strong nature.
a change made possible by the apparent trials life threw at her, wilhelmina-marie was the first daughter of the tsar sergei the third of russia, whom he had with his mistress,yekaterina dolgorukova.

Wilhelmina had a total of three siblings born of tsarina vladimirova Alexandra the first of russia namely; the first born son of the tsar,crowned prince Ivan the I of russia, Grand Duke prince Alexei of Saint Petersburg, Grand duchess princess natalja of russia.

She was widely known as the illegitimate daughter of the tsar which caused her to become estranged to the rest of the family.
The fact that she hadn't been seen since she was 3 further complicated the matter,it allowed for speculation to take flight.
After Wilhelmina 's mother suffered from pregnancy complications that led to the death of her son she became sick with tuberculosis after a trip to france where her sick mother lived when Wilhelmina was just 5 and died when she was 7,the emperor became angry that he had lost a son and a mistress, in his fit of anger he sent for his 7 year old daughter.
After the burial of her mother, the poor grief struck Wilhelmina arrived at the Capital of her father's tsardom, Moscow ,where she was met with a great multitude of eyes scrutinizing, prodding and poking at her every move leading to the formation of a subtle anxiety,she was further diagnosed and suspected to have a split personality disorder.
oblivious
of course,the court was to the severity of her condition one part the original Wilhelmina and the other part a strong willed Katerina rostova from modern day Russia.

Katerina assumed full control of the body after the incident that caused Wilhelmina to roll down a flight of stairs during the coming of age celebration of the second prince of Russia, prince Alexei.