Anastasia de Torby

Anastasia Mikhailovna
Countess de Torby
Lady Anastasia Mikhailovna Wernher
Portrait by Philip de László, 1913
Born(1892-09-09)9 September 1892
Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died7 December 1977(1977-12-07) (aged 85)
15 Grosvenor Square, London, England
Spouse
(m. 1917; died 1973)
IssueGeorge Wernher
Georgina, Lady Kennard
Myra, Lady Butter
HouseHolstein-Gottorp-Romanov
FatherGrand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia
MotherCountess Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg

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 wife, Countess Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg. She was the owner of Charlottown, winner of the 1966 Epsom Derby.


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