HRH Princess Marie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Royal House

Romanov (family) Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (marriage)

Date & place of birth

17 October 1853 Tsaeskoe Selo, Russia

Born as

HIH Grand Duchess of Russia

Maria Alexandrovna

Parents

Emperor Alexander II of Russia (then Tsarevich of Russia)

Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine)

Siblings

Fourth of eight children (six brothers one sister)

Consort

Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 23 August 1893-30 July 1900

Predecessor

Princess Alexandrine of Baden

Successor

Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg- Glucksburg

Married

23 January 1874 Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

Spouse

HRH Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Children (5)

Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom

Princess Mary of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom

Princess Alexandra of the United Kingdom

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

Date & place died

24 October 1920 Zurich

Burial place

Royal mausoleum, Glockenburg Cemetery of Coburg

List of titles

HIH Grand Duchess of Russia

HRH Princsse of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony, Duchess of Edinburg, Countess of Kent and Ulster

HRH Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony, Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Kent and Ulster