Death of Melania IV

In the early hours of 14 June 1949, Melania IV succumbed to her injuries that occurred after being injured in a car crash on the E50 route in Donetsk. Her brother Bohdan, Duke of Lviv, sister Oksana, Duchess of Kirovohrad and the driver Heorhiy Bogdojević were also pronounced dead. Their bodyguard, Clarissa Jones, survived with non life-threatening injuries.