Alexandra Feodorovna

Description: (Empress Consort of Russia (1894 - 1917))

The granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and the Empress consort of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna was as the wife of Nicholas II and the last Tsaritsa of the Russian empire. Alexandra was a maternal great-aunt of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and first cousin to his wife Queen Elizabeth II. She became a faithful convert of the Russian Orthodox Church and was later consecrated as Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer. She is known in history as one of the bearers of the fatal disease, Hemophilia; a fact which came into the public eye when it was found that her son and the heir apparent to the Russian throne suffered from the disease. She is also known for her liaisons with Gregori Rasputin, the mystic healer. She also bore four daughters and is remembered as a loving and caring mother. By the time the first world war had started, she became very unpopular with the common people of Russia as not only was Germany her place of birth but the contemporary German emperor was her cousin. She and her family were imprisoned during the Russian civil war or the February Revolution and were shot to death by Bolsheviks at the Ipatiev House

Overview

Birthday June 6, 1872 (Gemini)
Born In Germany
Alternative names Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer, Alice Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice
City Darmstadt, Germany
Died on July 17, 1918
Spouse/Ex- Nicholas II of Russia
Parents Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Children Alexei Nikolaevich, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Tsarevich of Russia
Relatives Ernest Louis, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, Grand Duke of Hesse, Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
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