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Full Name	Anna Anderson (also known as Franziska Schanzkowska)
Date of Birth	16 December 1896
Place of Birth	Borzenche, Pomerania, German Empire
Date of Death	12 February 1984
Place of Death	Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Citizenship / Country of Residence	German (birth), United States (residence)
Education	-
Profession	Claimant to the identity of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Years of Activity	c. 1920 - 1984
Brief Information	Anna Anderson was the most prominent of several women who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II. Her claim, which began in the early 1920s, led to decades of public fascination, legal disputes, and extensive investigations into her true identity. Posthumous DNA testing conclusively identified her as Franziska Schanzkowska, a Polish factory worker with a history of mental illness.