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Empress Maria Alexandrovna wearing a mourning dress. The Mariinskyi Palace as it appeared in 1918. As Empress consort, Maria Alexandrovna had to attend many state functions, but from the 1860s her health declined. The doctors advised her to spend the winters in a warm climate and stop intercourse with her husband in an effort to prolong her life.
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna was born on 17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1853 at the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo. [1] [2] She was the sixth child and only surviving daughter among the eight children of Emperor Alexander II and his first wife, Empress Maria Alexandrovna (née Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine).
Became Empress when her husband succeeded as Nicholas I in 1825. Charlotte of Württemberg Elena Pavlovna: Mikhail Pavlovich: 19 February 1824: 9 January 1807: 2 February 1873 Marie of Hesse and by Rhine Maria Alexandrovna: Alexander Nikolaievich: 28 April 1841: 8 August 1824: 3 June 1880: Became Empress when her husband succeeded as Alexander ...
In 1864, the Russian Empress Maria Alexandrovna announced that her son would visit Denmark, and during the summer Nicholas, or "Nixa" as he was known in his family, arrived at Fredensborg Palace, where the Danish royal family was staying. Nicholas had never met Dagmar, but had for a number of years collected photographs of her, and both ...
Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) (1824–1880), princess of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and Empress consort of Tsar Alexander II of Russia; Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853–1920), daughter of the above, also a Duchess of Edinburgh and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Maria Alexandrovna Sechenova (1839–1929), first female ...
Chamerlain to Empress Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) 23 21 April 1836 Countess Maria Dmitrievna Nesselrode: 1786–1849 Married Count Karl Nesselrode: 24 5 December 1837 Countess Tatyana Vasilievna Vasilchikova: 1793–1875 Married Count Illarion Vasilievich Vasilchikov in 1816 The couple were granted princley status in 1839 25 5 December 1837
The baby was named after her late paternal grandmother, the Empress Maria Alexandrovna, and her paternal aunt, maternal grandaunt, and godmother, the Empress Maria Feodorovna, and was known by the nickname "Marisha" [2] [3] Maria was not yet two years old when her mother died from complications after giving birth to Maria's younger brother ...
Alexandra Feodorovna (Russian: Александра Фёдоровна; 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1872 – 17 July 1918), born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, was the last Empress of Russia as the consort of Tsar Nicholas II from their marriage on 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March [O.S. 2 March] 1917.