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In March 1892, when Alix was nineteen years old, her father Grand Duke Louis IV, died of a heart attack. [13] According to her biographer, Baroness Buxhoeveden, Alix regarded the death of her father as the greatest sorrow of her life.
Oct 10, 2019 · 10th October 2019. Princess Alix of Hesse, sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and her husband, Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, was...
Apr 2, 2014 · The sixth child of Grand Duke Louis IV and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, she was called Alix by her family. Her mother died when she was six and she spent most of her holidays with her...
Jan 11, 2022 · While engaged in royal lessons, the sixth child of Grand Duke Louis IV and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Alexandra lost her mother when she was six years old. After that, she spent most of her time with cousins in England.
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On 14th December, 1878, when she was six years old, Alix’s mother died of a diphtheria epidemic. Alix and her three other siblings survived the disease but her youngest sister Princess Marie succumbed to it.
Jul 11, 2022 · 1878 (16th November) Alix’s sister, Marie, died from diphtheria. 1878 (14th December) Alix’s mother, Princess Alice, died from diphtheria. 1879 (during) After her mother’s death, Alix became close to her grandmother, Queen Victoria of Britain.
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The young princess was a child with a happy disposition—her childhood nickname was "Sunny," and Nicholas used it in writing to her throughout their 24-year marriage. But tragedy entered her life in 1878 when first her small sister, then her mother Alice Maud Mary, died of diphtheria.
