Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
She was the daughter of Ekaterina Petrovna Mussina-Pushkina (1 February 1816 - c 1897), whose beauty she inherited. Her father was either Ekaterina"s husband the cavalry lieutenant Prince Sergey Vasilyevich Trubetskoy (1814 - 12 May (30 April Old Style), 1859), making her their only child, or her lover Nicholas I of Russia.
They had four children:
Charlotte (1858-1883), married José Osorio y Heredia, Count of Corzana, had a son;
Auguste, Duke of Morny (1859-1920), married Carlotta Guzman y Ybarra, had three daughters;
Serge (1861-1922), became an officer in the French army, died unmarried;
Mathilde (1863-1944), married Jacques Godart, Marquis of Belbeuf, had no children
They lived cosmopolitan lives in Street St. Petersburg and Paris, with a love for exotic birds, monkeys and Japanese dogs. Her husband died suddenly on 26 February 1865 and she left their residence to live austerely in mourning. This lasted until she was looking through some documents and accidentally found a note for an assignation between Charles and his mistress - she then left mourning and slowly resumed her social life, in the course of which she met the Spanish nobleman José Osorio y Silva at his villa in Deauville, a major venue for the French aristocracy.
She organised social events, festivals and cultural gatherings to gain support and raise money for her husband"s plan to restoration the Spanish monarchy.
She was accepted into the Spanish aristocracy, becoming a dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa and introducing the tradition of the Christmas tree into Spain.
