indigenous name "Kata Tjuta" was officially proclaimed in the 1980s. Later life Queen Olga was noted for her dignity and queenly demeanor. On a visit by the royal couple to Austria-Hungary in July, 1873, a lady-in-waiting to Empress Elisabeth of Austria noted, "He is most insignificant. She makes a most imposing appearance ... the only one who is a queen ..." In 1881, Olga wrote a memoir called Traum der Jugend goldener Stern (translated as The Golden Dream of My Youth) which described her childhood at the Russian Imperial Court, her grief at the loss of her sister Alexandra, and her early adult life, ending with her wedding to Karl. It is dedicated to her nieces, Grand Duchess Olga of Russia and Grand Duchess Vera of Russia. When her husband died on 6 October 1891, Olga became queen dowager. She died one year later, on 30 October 1892, in Friedrichshafen, aged 70. She was buried in the crypt of the Altes Schloss (Old Castle) in Stuttgart. Honours : Dame of the Order of Queen Saint Isabel, 28 June 1865 : Dame of the Order of Olga, 1871 Ancestry References Further reading Traum der Jugend goldner Stern. Aus den Aufzeichnungen der Königin Olga von Württemberg by Sophie Dorothee Podewils, Günther Neske Verlag, 1955. Königin Olga von Württemberg. Historischer Roman by Jetta Sachs-Collignon, Stieglitz-Verlag, 1991. Die württembergischen Königinnen. Charlotte Mathilde, Katharina, Pauline, Olga, Charlotte – ihr Leben und Wirken by Sabine Thomsen, Silberburg-Verlag, 2006. Road to Ekaterinburg: Nicholas and Alexandra's daughters 1913-1918 by ECS Banks, published by SilverWood Books, 2013. Road to Ekaterinburg from Amazon Marketplace Road to Ekaterinburg Kindle Edition UK Road to Ekaterinburg Kindle Edition US External links Koenigreich-Wuerttemberg.de 1822 births 1892 deaths Russian grand duchesses House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov Crown Princesses of Württemberg Queens consort of Württemberg Princesses of Württemberg Memoirists from the Russian Empire 19th-century writers from the Russian Empire 19th-century women writers from the Russian Empire Dames of the Order of Saint Isabel Daughters of Russian emperors Children of Nicholas I of Russia