For other people with the same name, see Anastasia of Russia.
Countess 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
Died
7 December 1977(1977-12-07) (aged 85) 15 Grosvenor Square, London, England
Spouse
Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt
(m. 1917; died 1973)
Issue
George Wernher Georgina, Lady Kennard Myra, Lady Butter
House
Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia
Mother
Countess Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg
Lady Anastasia Mikhailovna WernherCBE (néeCountess 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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