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Aleksanda Fedorovna of Hessen
Александра Фёдоровна
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Hessen-Darmstadt, Aleksandra Fedorovna, EMPRESS |
AKA: Viktoria ALIX Helena Luise Beatrice, Princess of Hessen und bei Rhein |
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Birth |
6 Jun 1872 |
Neues Palais, Darmstadt |
Death |
17 Jul 1918 |
Ipatiev House, Ekaterinburg |
Interred |
17 Jul 1998 |
Peter and Paul Cathedral, Sankt-Peterburg |
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Father |
Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hessen und bei Rhein (b. 1837) |
Mother |
Alice of the United Kingdom (b. 1843) |
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Spouse |
Nikolai II Aleksandrovich, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA (b. 1868) |
Marriage |
26 Nov 1894, Winter Palace, Sankt-Peterburg |
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Biography Notes |
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Conversion to the Orthodox faith in November 1894. Since 1905 intensely influenced by Monk Rasputin (1869-1916).
All seven members of the Imperial Family were executed in the Ipatiev House, Ekaterinburg. The remains of the Tsar and the Tsaritsa and three of their daughters were discovered in1991 and identified in 1998. The remaining two bodies (those of Tsarevich Aleksei and Maria/Anastasia) were discovered in 2007 and identified in 2009. |
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