Caroline Graham, Duchess of Montrose Caroline Graham, Duchess of Montrose Caroline Graham, Duchess of Montrose (10 August 1770 – 24 March 1847), formerly Lady Caroline Maria Montagu, was the second wife of James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose. She was the daughter of George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Dashwood. She married Montrose on 24 July 1790, at Kensington Palace. He was fifteen years her senior, and had previously been married to Lady Jemima Elizabeth, daughter of John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham; their only child had died in infancy. The duke and duchess had six children: The duke,
Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg at her own expense. After the end of the war, Grand Duke Nicholas spent most of his time in Crimea with his mistress while Grand Duchess Alexandra continued to live at their St Peterburg palace. In 1879, determined to get rid of his wife, Grand Duke Nicholas expelled Alexandra from the Nicholas Palace publicly accusing her of infidelity with her confessor Vasily Lebedev. Grand Duchess Alexandra, leaving behind her jewelry, clothes and possessions, had to move to her parents' house. The same year, Alexandra suffered a carriage accident which left her almost completely paralyzed. She could move neither her legs