Friday 8 February 2013

HIM Empress Alexandra of all the Russias



Royal House
Hesse-Darmstadt (family)
Romanov (marriage)

Date & place of birth
6 June 1872 New Palace, Darmstadt

Born as
HGDH Princess of Hesse and by Rhine
Viktoria Alice Helena Luise Beatrice

Nickname
Alix and Sunny

Parents
Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and by Rhine
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Siblings
Sixth of seventh children (two brothers four brothers)

Empress Consort
26 November 1894-17 July 1918

Crowned
26 May 1896 Kremlin, Moscow

Tenure
24 years 233 days

Predecessor
Princess Dagmar of Denmark

Successor
Russian monarch abolished

Married
26 November 1894 Winter Palace, St. Petersburg

Spouse
HIM Emperor Nikolai II of all the Russias (then Czarevita of Russia)

Children (5)
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaievna of Russia
Grand Duchess Tatjana Nikolaievna of Russia
Grand Duchess Marie Nikolaievna of Russia
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaievna of Russia
Czarevitch Alexis Nikolaievitch of Russia

Date & place died
17 July 1918 Yekaterinburg, Russia (murdered)

Burial place
Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg (17 July 1998)

List of titles
HDGH Princess of Hesse and by Rhine
HIH Grand Duchess of Russia
HIH Czarevita of Russia
HIM Empress consort of all the Russias

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