HIM Empress Maria Alexandrovna of all the Russias

Royal House

Hesse-Darmstadt (family)

Romanov (marriage)

Date & place of birth

8 August 1824 Damstadt

Born as

HGDH Princess of Hesse and by Rhine

Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie

Parents

Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Wilhelmine of Baden

Siblings

Youngest of seven children

Consort

Czarevita of Russia 28 April 1841-2 March 1855

Empress Consort

2 March 1855-3 June 1880

Crowned

7 September 1856 Kremlin, Moscow

Tenure

24 years 92 days

Predecessor

Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)

Successor

Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Marie Fedorovna)

Married

28 April 1841 Winter Palace, St. Petersburg

Spouse

HIM Emperor Alexander II Nikolaievitch of all the Russias (then Czarevitch of Russia)

Children (8)

Grand Duke Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia

Grand Duke Nikolai alexandrovitch of Russia

Czarevitch Alexander Alexandrovitch of Russia (Emperor Alexander III)

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia

Grand Duke Aleksej Alexandrovich of Russia

Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia

Grand Duke Georgij Alexandrovich of Russia

Date & place died

3 June 1880 St. Petersburg (age 55)

Burial place

St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg  

List of titles

HGDH Princess of Hesse and by Rhine

HIH Czarevita of Russia

HIMEmpress Consort of all the Russias

*HGDH=Her Grand Ducal Highness

*Became Maria Alexandrovna following her conversion to the Russian Orthodox faith