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| | Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Alexandra and Nicholas married on November 26, 1894 at the Winter Palace in St. | | | She was hurt by their unenthusiastic reception, and declared herself to be tired of the loose morals and etiquette of the Russian court. | | | Alexander III died in November of that year, and Nicholas became Tsar of all the Russias at the age of twenty-six |
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| | Talk:Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | "Alexandra Feodorovna of Hesse" is a horrible abortion, I can't believe y'all are serious about it. | | | Alexandra Feodorovna married Emperor Nicholas II of Russia immediately after her conversion, and became Russian Empress. | | | This leaves those non-voted options "disapproved" by that voter's vote. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alexandra_Fyodorovna_of_Hesse
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| | Nicholas II of Russia Online Research :: Information about Nicholas II of Russia |
| | Alexandra bore him four daughters before their son Tsarevich Alexei of Russia was born on August 12, 1904. | | | Witte, unable to grasp the seemingly insurmountable problems of reforming Russia and the monarchy wrote to Nicholas on April 14 1906 resigning his office (however, other accounts have said that Witte was forced to resign by the Tsar). | | | Nicholas was seen as too soft by his hard, demanding father who, not anticipating his own premature death, did nothing to prepare his son for the crown. |
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| | Miek's Fabergé Timeline |
| | At the Nordic Exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden, Karl Fabergé is appointed "Goldsmith to the Court of the King of Sweden and Norway". | | | 1899 - Grand Duchess Marie (third daughter) is born to Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra. | | | Nicholas (II) is born to Alexander III and Maria Fyodorovna. |
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| | I2036: Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice Of Hesse (Princess) (6 JUN 1872 - JUL 1918) |
| | Coming from a small German principality, plus being young and unsophisticated in Russian court politics, Aleksandra was baffled and dismayed by the constant gossip and criticism. | | | The death of her father deeply troubled Alix. | | | Growing up together in the close proximity of the nursery, Alix was closest to her brother, Ernst-Louis, who laterfollowed his father as Grand Duke of Hesse. |
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http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.battysmith/Database/D0015/I2036.html
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| | The Russian Monarchy |
| | There were 6 children born of this marriage, including the future Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918). | | | Daughter of Tsar Ivan V Alexeevich (1666-1696) and Tsaritsa Praskovia Fyodorovna, nee Saltykova (1664-1723). | | | Petr I was married twice: his first marriage was to Eudoxia Fyodorovna Lopukhina (1669 - 1731) by whom he had a son, Tsarevich Alexis (1690-1718) who was executed in 1718, and also two other sons who died in childhood. |
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| | the romanov portal |
| | Nicholas asked his parents if he could marry Alix, but they refused. | | | Alexandra gave birth to four daugthers Olga (1895), Tatiana (1897), Maria (1899) and Anastasia (1901). | | | They were devoted parents and their children grew up with the presence, different from other royal children of the age. |
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| | Grigori Rasputin |
| | He also convinced Alexandra to fill some government offices with his own handpicked candidates. | | | Especially on Alexandra he had a considerable personal and political influence. | | | Many blamed Alexandra and Rasputin, because of his influence over her, for this. |
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http://www.infothis.com/find/Grigori_Rasputin
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| | Nicholas and his family transferred from Tsarskoye Selo to Tobolsk by decision of the interim government. | | | Nicholas enrolled as lieutenant in the Life Guards of the Erevan Regiment. | | | Nicholas, Alexandra Fyodorovna and daughter Maria transferred (new calendar) from Tobolsk to Yekaterinburg. |
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| | The widespread gossip of "Rasputinism" and "dark forces" in the court made even the most fantastic slander seem probable. | | | Having lost her mother at an early age, the young Princess Alisa of Hesse was raised at court by her grandmother, the British Queen Victoria. | | | This inner strength and unbreakable will of the former Empress was obvious even to the guards at their last refuge, the Ipatiev house, and caused them to unwittingly respect and even fear her. |
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| | Tsar Alexander: Biography |
| | Alexander's youth and early manhood were overshadowed by the overpowering personality of his dominating father, from whose authoritarian principles of government he was never to free himself. | | | The future Alexander II was the eldest son of the grand duke Nikolay Pavlovich (who, in 1825, became the emperor Nicholas I) and his wife, Alexandra Fyodorovna (who, before her marriage to the Grand Duke and baptism into the Orthodox Church, had been the princess Charlotte of Prussia). | | | A period of repression after 1866 led to a resurgence of revolutionary terrorism and to Alexander's own assassination. |
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| | Tsarina: Insights on Alexander |
| | This morning I tried to gain calm and strength for the separation. | | | Alexandra was troubled by the requirement she renounce her Lutheran faith, as a Russian Tsarina had to be Orthodox; but she was persuaded and eventually became a fervent, even fanatic convert. | | | Our amble ended at the Museum of Fine Arts where, mouths agape, we wandered through a dazzling exhibition of the private possessions and artifacts of Tsar Nicholas and his Tsarina, Alexandra. |
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http://alexanderii.flowalexander.com/tsarina
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| | The Tsar was shot as he stood forward to defend his family. | | | Amid screams, the children were shot, clubbed and bayoneted, in an act of indescribable brutality. | | | His parents were the then-Tsarevich (heir) Alexander Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Marie Fyodorovna. |
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| | Gennadi Obatnin: Arkaismin diskurssi venäläisessä kulttuurissa |
| | On becoming Russian Empress she developed an interest in the American Presbyterian minister James Russel Miller), leaving hundreds of pages of synopses | | | Nicholas had mystical leanings, as evidenced by his association with Rasputin who, even after his murder, the imperial family believed to be saintly. | | | The young Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, as Princess Alice of Hesse, occupied herself with the dry mysticism of the English philosopher-moralist David Strauss. |
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http://www.slav.helsinki.fi/studies/huttunen/mosaiikki/en/own-alien/go1_eng.htm
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| | Tsarina Alexandra |
| | Alexandra Fyodorovna, her husband and children, were executed on 16th July 1918. | | | This resulted in her becoming an unpopular person in Russia and this intensified during the First World War. | | | Nicholas and his family were moved to the remote Siberian city of Ekaterinburg where he was held captive by a group of Bolsheviks. |
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| | Tsaritsa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Several Tsaritsas were the rulers of Russia including Catherine I, Catherine the Great and Elizabeth I. Others who gained the title by marrying a Tsar were Elizabeth Alexeevna, Alexandra Fyodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse-Rhein), and Marie Romanova. | | | The last Tsaritsa was Alexandra of Hesse who was married to Nicholas II of Russia. |
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| | Alexandra - Britannica Concise |
| | Elizabeth II - Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952. | | | Rasputin, Grigory (Yefimovich) - Russian mystic influential at the court of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra. | | | Alexandra - queen consort of King Edward VII of Great Britain. |
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http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9354955?tocId=9354955
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| | Darmstadt - Psychology Central |
| | A polytechnical school, which later became a Technical University now known as TU Darmstadt, was established in 1877. | | | The Russian Chapel was built as a private chapel for the last Tzar of Russia, Nicholass II, whose wife Alexandra was born in Darmstadt. | | | The seat of the ruling landgraves (1567-1806) and thereafter (to 1918) to the Grand Dukes of Hesse, the city grew in population during the 19th century from little over 10,000 to 72,000 inhabitants. |
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| | Alexander Palace - Expenses of Alexandra Fyodorovna - Palace Archives |
| | Alexandra was responsible for her own expenses, those of her children and the general running of the Tsar's 'home'. | | | Stalin had good reason to conduct his search. | | | This discovery of jewels triggered a vast investigation in which all surviving witnesses to the exile of the Romanovs in Russia were ferreted out and interrogated by the Secret Police. |
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| | BIGpedia - Tsaritsa - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online |
| | Others who gained the title by marrying a Tsar were Yelizaveta Alexeevna, Alexandra Fyodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse-Rhein), Marie Romanova and Eleonore, Princess Reuss-Köstritz, who became Tsaritsa of Bulgaria following her marriage to Tsar Ferdinand. | | | The last Russian Tsaritsa was Princess Alix of Hesse who was married to Nicholas II of Russia. |
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| | RNW: Tsarist splendour |
| | Nicholas Romanov and Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse-Darmstadt were crowned tsar and tsarina of Russia in 1896. | | | Tsar Nicholas II, his wife the tsarina Alexandra, and their five children were murdered in 1918. | | | Given their dramatic fate and the controversy that has surrounded the last imperial family to this day, it is truly surprising that so many of their personal possessions have survived the turmoil of the past century. |
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| | Olga III of RUSSIA was born in 1896 in Russia - dtr of Tsar Nicholas II. | | | Alexandra of HESSE-DARMSTADT Tsarina of Russia was born on 6 Jun 1872 in Hesse - dtr of Louis IV - aka Alix or Alicky. | | | Alexandra of HESSE-DARMSTADT Tsarina of Russia and Tsar Nicholas II of RUSSIA had the following children: |
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| | The State Hermitage Museum: Exhibitions |
| | Empress Alexandra Fiodorovna and her daughters worked in the hospital as nursing assistants. | | | In 1915, during the First World War, the state rooms of the Great Enfilade were converted into a military hospital named in honour of the heir to the throne. | | | On his accession, Nicholas II was keen to return to the residence in the capital. |
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| | Grigory Efimovich Rasputin |
| | Nikolai and Alexandra had five children, Olga, Maria, Tatiana, Anastasia, and the Tsarevich Alexei. | | | When Nikolai abdicated in 1917, Alexandra and her family moved permanently into the summer palace at Tsarskoe Selo, where they had lived during most of Nikolai's early reign. | | | Nikolai, Alexandra, and all five children were canonized as martyrs by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2001. |
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| | Anastasia's Parents |
| | Emperor Nicholas II Anastasia's father, by the Grace of God, His Imperial Majesty Nicholas II, Tsar, Emperor, and All-Russian Autocrat was born on May 6th, 1868 in the Alexander Palace to Tsar Alexander III and Tsarina Marie Fyodorovna. | | | Her Imperial Majesty, Alexandra Fyodorovna, Tsarina of all the Russias was born on June 6th, 1872 in the Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. | | | Although Alexander III died before Anastasia's parents' wedding, Anastasia along with her three other sisters and younger brother often went to visit their dear grandmother, Marie Fyodorovna who lived mostly at the Anichov Palace or at Gatchina ("Anastasia: My Parents" 2). |
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| | Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia - |
| | This page was last modified 19:19, 22 January 2006. | | | Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova) (In Russian Великая Княжна Татьяна Николаевна) Tanya, Tatya or Tanushka (June 10, 1897 - July 17, 1918) was the second daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse. |
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| | Alexandra Feodorovna - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Alexandra Feodorovna |
| | Alexander III gave his son little training in affairs of state, and Nicholas proved to be a charming but ineffective and easily influenced ruler. | | | During World War I, when Nicholas took command (Sept., 1915) of the forces at the front, Alexandra Feodorovna assumed control in St. Petersburg and prevailed upon her husband to replace independent and liberal ministers with those favored by Rasputin. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | The Escape of Alexei. Son of Tsar Nicholas II |
| | Their first child, Olga, was born in 1895, followed by Tatiana in 1897, Marie in 1899, Anastasia in 1901, and a son, Alexei, in 1904. | | | Russia was in the throes of World War I, fighting against, and losing to, Austria and Germany. | | | She could hardly have supposed they would shoot her children, but she did think the precious jewels would provide for her children's support if the family were split up. |
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| | The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights |
| | This important event was depicted by the Danish painter Laurits Tuxen in his Marriage of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1895). | | | In November 1894, the young Emperor Nicholas II married Princess Alice of Hesse-Darmstadt, who took the name Alexandra Feodorovna after her adoption of the Russian Orthodox religion. | | | Noteworthy are the icon St. Nicholas and St. Tsaritsa Alexandra, presented to the royal family by the icon-painter A. Tsepkov, and the icon Selected Saints, representing the patron saints of members of the royal family. |
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| | Nicholas II of Russia - OrthodoxWiki |
| | In 2000, after some 8 years of study, the council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church voted unanimously to recognize Nicholas, Alexandra and their five children as saints. | | | He received an excellent education under the supervision of his father, speaking fluently Russian, English, French, German, and Italian, and learning Russian and world history, Russian literature, and the art of warfare. | | | Together with his wife, Alexandra Fyodoronova, formerly Alexandra of Hesse-Darmstad, and their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexey, and their servants Doctor Evgeni Botkin, cook Ivan Kharitonov, attendant Aleksey Trupp and attendant Anna Demidova, they are recognized as Passion-bearers by the Russian Orthodox Church. |
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| | Tsaritsa: Encyclopedia topic |
| | The last Russian Tsaritsa was Princess Alix of Hesse (Alix of Hesse: more facts about this subject) who was married to Nicholas II of Russia (Nicholas II of Russia: more facts about this subject). |
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| | Miek's Fabergé 1896 Egg with Revolving Miniatures |
| | The monograms of the Tsarina as the Princess Alex of Hesse-Darmstadt before her marriage, and as Alexandra Fyodorovna, Tsarina of Russia, each surmounted by their respective crown, appear as separate formal patterns encircling this plinth. | | | Each miniature represents a place of significance in the Tsarina's life; for Germany the Palaces in and near Darmstadt Hesse, for the UK, Windsor Castle, Balmoral Castle and Osborne House on the British Isle of Whight, Queen Victoria's (Alix' grandmother) favorite residence. | | | A book is lowered and folds the miniatures back like the pages of a book, so that two of the miniatures can be fully seen. |
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| | Forum 18 Search/Archive |
| | Uzbek authorities have banned the relics of two saints, recognised by the Russian Orthodox Church, from entering the country. | | | Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fyodorovna was the first martyr of the Imperial Family to die at the hands of the Bolshevik authorities. | | | In 1921 the Grand Duchess' remains were secretly taken to Jerusalem and deposited in the burial vault of the Church of St Mary Magdalen. |
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| | <<Alix>> ---------- <<Lost in the Abyss>> |
| | While there, Alix met, for the first time, Tsarevitch Nicholas, and as they say, the rest is history. | | | Alexandra Fyodorovna Romanova, Empress of All the Russias |
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| | Crimson Garden Products |
| | Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia Winterhalter -- Empress Maria married Emperor Alexander II, eldest son of Emperor Nicholas I (1796-1855) and Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna (1798-1860). | | | Also the same wife of Ferdinand who sent Columbus sailing in the Golden age of Spanish history. |
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| | The Alexander Palace Discussion Board - Vasili Filatov |
| | Hey tsaria, it'd be really cool if you had a picture of his sister Irene--you've made me curious!! | | | I think Filatov looks absolutely NOTHING like Alexei--infact, Anna Anderson has much more credibility in the looks department than Filatov--but the teenage picture of one of his daughters (I believe it was Nadezhda and it was placed right next to a young picture of Alexandra) did bear somewhat of a resemblance to Alix. | | | But, nonetheless, I enjoyed the book; it made fascinating entertainment. |
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| | Agoniya_(1981)_Agony_CD1_23,976fps |
| | who in Russia took the name of Marie Fyodorovna. | | | Nicholas II succeeded to the throne in 1894. |
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| | 1918 - Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia * 1918 - Tsarevich Alexei of Russia * 1918 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia * 1918 - Tsarina Alexandra of Russia |
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