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Maria Feodorovna, known as Princess Dagmar of Denmark before her marriage, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as the wife of Emperor Alexander III. She was the fourth child and second daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Maria’s eldest son, Nicholas II, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917.
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culture · Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 · consort · painter · nurse · aristocrat · also Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), Princess Dagmar of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Dagmar of Denmark, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Maria Fedrovna, Mary Federovna
Born 26 November 1847 · Died 13 October 1928 · Q153601
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and President Vladimir Putin of Russia and their respective governments agreed that the Empress's remains should be returned to St
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Died 1928-10-13.
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Visited the Russian Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Church in Copenhagen a church she had originally supported for the last time
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Maria Feodorovna "looked old and tired … she lost her appetite and strength
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Offered her the locum tenens of the Russian throne but she declined with the evasive answer "Nobody saw Nicky killed" and therefore there was a chance her son was still alive
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
The former Empress Dowager Maria at first refused to leave Russia
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
First with the February Revolution, then with Nicholas II's abdication on 15 March
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Maria faced trouble with her youngest son, when he secretly married his mistress, much to the outrage and scandal of both Maria Feodorovna and Nicholas
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Maria Feodorovna attempted, unsuccessfully, to get her sister, now Queen Dowager Alexandra, to claim a position of precedence over her daughter-in-law, Queen Mary
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Following the death of their father, King Christian IX, she and her sister, Alexandra, who had become queen-consort of the United Kingdom in 1901, purchased the villa of Hvidøre
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
The German Kaiser Wilhelm II wrote to Nicholas II accusing the Tsar's mother of (in collusion with Alexandra and Edward VII) fomenting anti-German sentiment at the Russian court through the diplomat Alexander von Bencken
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
And she reportedly told that candidate, the liberal reformist Pyotr Sviatopolk-Mirsky, to accept by saying: "You must fulfil my son's wish; If you do, I will give you a kiss"
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Maria arranged Olga's disastrous marriage to Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Maria's second son, George, died of tuberculosis in the Caucasus
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Won: Empire of Japan with Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Catherine, 1864 (January 1889).
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Won: Spain with Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Catherine, 1864 (January 1887).
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Founded many establishments called Marie schools to give young girls an elementary education
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Won: Kingdom of Portugal with Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Catherine, 1864 (May 1881).
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Career landmark: Grand Mistress of the Order of Saint Catherine (1880–1894).
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
And her husband visited Helsinki and were greeted by cheers, most of which were "directed to the wife of the heir apparent
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Maria, Alexander, and their two eldest sons made a journey to the United Kingdom
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Contrived to have George spend time with Olga
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Won: Mexican Empire with Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Catherine, 1864 (April 1865).
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
The Russian Empress Maria Alexandrovna announced that her son would visit Denmark, and during the summer Nicholas, or "Nixa" as he was known in his family, arrived at Fredensborg Palace, where the Danish royal family was
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
A sentiment also expressed by her sister, Alexandra
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Dagmar's father became King of Denmark, as she turned 16 years old
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Was given the title Prince of Denmark and he and his family were given an official summer residence, Bernstorff Palace, north of Copenhagen
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Dagmar's father became heir-presumptive to the throne of Denmark, largely due to the succession rights of his wife Louise as niece of King Christian VIII
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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Born 1847-11-26.
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