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Alexandra Feodorovna was the last empress of Russia as the consort of Nicholas II from their marriage on 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March [O.S. 2 March] 1917.
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culture · Empress of Russia from 1894 to 1917 · consort · regent · painter · nurse · also Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Alix Viktoria Helene Luise Beatrix of Hesse and by Rhine, Saint Alexandra Romanova, Alix Viktoria Helene Luise Beatrix, Alice Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice
Born 6 June 1872 · Died 17 July 1918 · Q152094
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
About Prince John of the United Kingdom, the youngest son of King George V, in which Alexandra is played by Lithuanian actress Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alexandra was canonized as a saint and passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church, together with her husband, their children and others including her sister Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna and the Grand Duchess's f
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
With much ceremony, on the eightieth anniversary of the execution
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alexandra and her immediate family were recognised as martyrs by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
“I am more happy than words can express. At last, after these five sad years!”
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Died 1918-07-17.
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Career landmark: execution of the Romanov family.
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Were moved to Bolshevik-controlled Yekaterinburg
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Following the Tsar's abdication, Alexandra burnt the entirety of her correspondence with Queen Victoria, and therefore the veracity of these letters cannot be confirmed as there are no extant letters between Queen Victor
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alexandra's lady-in-waiting wrote that she was asked "in all seriousness whether the Grand Duke of Hesse was not hidden in the cellars of the palace
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
To take personal command of the army he left Alexandra in charge as regent in the capital
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Refused Boris's proposal for the hand of Grand Duchess Olga
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alexei suffered a life-threatening haemorrhage in the thigh while the family was at Spała in Poland
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Her daughters' tutor Pierre Gilliard wrote that "the Tsarina was still a beautiful woman at that time
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alexandra and Nicholas decided to support the canonisation of Seraphim of Sarov
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Won: Ottoman Empire (July 1902).
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alix openly wept at her memorial service in Saint Petersburg and shocked the Russian courtiers who considered her cold and unfeeling
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Won: Empire of Japan (March 1896).
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Won: Kingdom of Portugal (April 1896).
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Won: Kingdom of Prussia (September 1896).
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Awarded Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa (1896).
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Won: Spain (April 1896).
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Launched the "Help Through Handwork" project
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Career landmark: coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna.
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alexandra and Nicholas went on a European tour
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Won: Russian Empire (April 1894).
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Career landmark: Consort of Russia (1894–1917).
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alexander III decided to allow Nicholas to marry Alix so that he could secure the succession
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
“Do you think there can exist any happiness in the whole world without you!”
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Career landmark: engagement.
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Career landmark: Wedding of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna.
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Career landmark: Grand Mistress of the Order of Saint Catherine (1894–1918).
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Queen Victoria tried to arrange a match between Alix and Prince Maximilian of Baden
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Victoria invited Alix and Eddy to Balmoral in hopes that they would fall in love
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Won: Grand Duchy of Hesse (March 1888).
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alix attended the wedding of her sister Elisabeth to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in St
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Born 1872-06-06.
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