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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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Alexandra Feodorovna was consort of the Russian Czar Nicholas II. Her rule precipitated the collapse of Russia's imperial government. She was murdered, along with her entire family,...
Jul 13, 2024 · A granddaughter of Queen Victoria and daughter of Louis IV, grand duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, Alexandra married Nicholas in 1894 and came to dominate him. She proved to be unpopular at court and turned to mysticism for solace.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 11, 2022 · Alexandra Feodorovna was born Princess Victoria Alix Helena Louise Beatrice in Darmstadt, Germany, on June 6, 1872. Her royal ties to England’s Queen Victoria as her granddaughter gave her clout in Europe and she enjoyed all the trappings of a charmed life.
- William Delong
Left: Queen Victoria with Princess Victoria, Elizabeth and Alix of Hesse, in 1879. Princess Alix used to say, in after years, that her earliest recollections were of an unclouded, happy babyhood, of perpetual sunshine, then of a great cloud. . . .
On November 26, 1894, the strikingly beautiful Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, married the 26-year-old Nicholas Romanov who had just become Nicholas II, tsar of Russia.
It was the house Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland," the second daughter of Queen Victoria, wife of Prince Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt, had built for herself when her first home proved too small for her rapidly increasing family.
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