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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 of Russia (Russian: Марія Александровна, romanized: Mariya Aleksandrovna; 17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1853 – 24 October 1920) was the fifth child and only surviving daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine; she was Duchess of Edinburgh and later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as the wife of Alfred, Duke of Saxe ...
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
Alexandra Alexandrovna: Alexander Nikolaievich: 30 August 1842: 10 July 1849: Died in infancy. Olga Konstantinovna: Konstantin Nikolaievich: 3 September 1851: 18 June 1926: George I, King of the Hellenes (m. 1867; d. 1913) Maria Alexandrovna: Alexander Nikolaievich: 17 October 1853: 24 October 1920: Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (m. 1874; d ...
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
Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (Russian: Мария Александровна Ульянова; née Blank; 6 March [O.S. 22 February] 1835 – 25 July [O.S. 12 July] 1916) [1] was the mother of Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, who in 1922 founded the Soviet Union. She was born in Saint Petersburg as Maria Alexandrovna Blank, one of six ...
Her parents were Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. Marie's early years were spent in Kent, Malta and Coburg. After refusing a proposal from her cousin, the future King George V, she was chosen as the future wife of Ferdinand, then crown prince of Romania, in ...
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Павел Александрович; 3 October 1860 – 28 January 1919) was the sixth son and youngest child of Emperor Alexander II of Russia by his first wife, Empress Maria Alexandrovna. He was a brother of Emperor Alexander III and uncle of Nicholas II, Russia's last monarch.