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  Expenses of Alexandra - Alexander Palace Time Machine
Alexandra was responsible for her own expenses, those of her children and the general running of the Tsar's 'home'.
On Alexandra Fyodorovna's name-day Nickolas II gave her as presents: a cross of 11 big diamonds (that was made of Bokhara piece of jewelry), a big brooch with 5 big and 9 small aquamarines, a comb "Galique" with 3 big and small diamonds.
Star of white enamel with a heart in the middle of it and 8...(?) in it from Duke of Hesse in memory of Princess Elizabeth of Hesse.
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 Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexandra is remembered as the last Tsarina of Russia, as one of the most famous genetic carriers of hemophilia, as well as for her support of authoritarian control over the country.
Alexandra was married relatively late for her rank in her era, having refused a proposal from Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (the eldest son of the Prince of Wales) despite strong familial pressure.
Alexandra, Nicholas and their children (except Alexei and one daughter, Anastasia, whose remains were missing) were reinterred in the Romanov family crypt in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in 1998, with much ceremony, on the 80th anniversary of the execution.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Princess_Alix_of_Hesse   (2242 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna of Russia (Russian: Елизавета Фёдоровна), née Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Elisabeth Alexandra Luise Alice of Hesse-Darmstadt (1 November 1864–18 July 1918), was the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna (née Princess Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt).
She was the second child and daughter of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, a daughter of Queen Victoria.
She was also the elder sister of Alexandra Fyodorovna, the last Empress of Russia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Duchess_Elizabeth_Fyodorovna   (408 words)

  
 Nicholas II of Russia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Nicholas fell in love with Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, a daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom.
Alice was herself a daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Alexandra bore him four daughters before their son Alexei was born on August 12, 1904.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Nicholas_II   (3011 words)

  
 Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Victoria Alix Helene Luise Beatrice Prinzessin von Hessen und bei Rhein) or Saint Alexandra, 6 June 1872 - 17 July 1918), under the title Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna (Russian: Императрица Александра Фёдоровна), was Empress consort of Russia.
Alexandra is remembered as the last Tsarina of Russia, as one of the most famous genetic carriers of hemophilia, as well as for her authoritarian control over the country.
Alexandra, Nicholas and their children (except Alexei and one daughter, whose remains were missing) were reinterred in the Romanov family crypt in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in 1998, with much ceremony, on the 80th anniversary of the execution.
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 Alexander Palace Time Machine - Nicholas II
* Princess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine
Alexandra's decision to marry him and share his uncertain future was a commitment he always appreciated.
Nicholas was a deeply religious and generally solitary person, who loved the faithful companionship of his dogs to the company of state ministers.
www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/AlexPalaceNRbio.html   (1561 words)

  
 Maria Fyodorovna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Fyodorovna and Alexander III posing during a sojourn in Denmark in 1893.
She was a younger sister of Alexandra, Queen Consort of King Edward VII and mother of George V of the United Kingdom.
Plays and films aside, Maria Fyodorovna never met the Anna Anderson claimant; indeed, to the end of her life, she refused to acknowledge that the massacre of her son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren had ever taken place.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dagmar_of_Denmark   (623 words)

  
 Darmstadt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
It was the residence of the counts of Hesse-Darmstadt, later as Grand Dukes of Hesse by the grace of Napoleon.
The Russian Chapel was built as a private chapel for the last Tzar of Russia, Nicholass II, whose wife Alexandra was born in Darmstadt.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darmstadt   (991 words)

  
 Nicholas II - MSN Encarta
The eldest son of Emperor Alexander III (reigned 1881-1894) and his Danish consort, Empress Maria Fyodorovna, Nicholas was educated at home with his brother George.
Partly for this reason, she cultivated a passionate belief in the loyalty of the Russian masses, which in her view contrasted with the disloyalty and lack of patriotism of upper- and middle-class Russians.
The regime’s prestige was fatally injured by Alexandra’s relationship with Rasputin, although the latter’s influence on government policy and ministerial appointments was greatly exaggerated.
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 Tsarina Alexandra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Alexandra, the grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, married Nicholas II, the Tsar of Russia, in October, 1894.
Alexandra was a strong believer in the autocratic power of Tsardom and urged him to resist demands for political reform.
Alexandra Fyodorovna, her husband and children, were executed on 16th July 1918.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RUSalexandra.htm   (1307 words)

  
 Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Alexandra is remembered as the last Tsaritsa of Russia, as one of the most famous genetic carriers of hemophilia, as well as for her authoritarian control over the country.
Alexandra was born on June 6, 1872 at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany.
Unfortunately, Alexandra was a carrier of hemophilia, inherited from Queen Victoria through her mother, Princess Alice.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Nicholas II of Russia
The son of Emperor Alexander III and his Empress Maria Fyodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of Denmark), Nicholas was the grandson of Christian IX of Denmark through his mother, and of Emperor Alexander II through his father.
Nicholas fell in love with Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, but his father did not approve the match, hoping instead for a marriage with a princess of the House of Orleans, to consummate Russia's newfound alliance with the French Republic.
A blood sample from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, whose maternal grandmother was Alexandra's sister, was used to identify the Empress and her daughters through their mitochondrial genes.
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 Princess Alix of Hesse: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Alexandra was married relatively late for her rank in her era, EHandler: no quick summary.
At this point Alexandra took the advice of her intimate friend Anna Vyrubova[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] and sent a telegram to Grigori Rasputin[Click link for more facts about this topic].
Nicholas and alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which tells the story of czar nicholas ii of russia and his wife, the czarina alexandra, the last of...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/princess_alix_of_hesse.htm   (3050 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova
Russian: Великая Княжна Анастасия Николаевна) (June 18, 1901 - July 17, 1918) was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra.
Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, in Russian: Великая Княжна Анастасия Николаевна)(June 5th, 1901 – July 17, 1918) or sometimes nicknamed Nastya, or Nastas, or Nastenka, was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse.
Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, in Russian: Великая Княжна Анастасия Николаевна) (June 18, 1901 - July 17, 1918) was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Anastasia-Nicolaievna-Romanova   (480 words)

  
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Nicholas fell in love with Hesse">Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, a daughter of Hesse and by Rhine">Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom">Princess Alice of the United Kingdom.
Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Victoria Alix Helene Luise Beatrice Prinzessin von Hessen und bei Rhein) or Saint Alexandra, 6 June 1872 - 17 July 1918), under the title Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, was Empress consort of Russia.
Her father was Hesse and by Rhine">His Royal Highness Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine, the ruling grand duke.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Princess-Alix-of-Hesse.htm   (311 words)

  
 Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
His paternal grandparents were Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
Nicholas II and his Empress consort Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse were parents to four daughters: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, and Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia.
The birth of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia to Nicholas II and Alexandra resulted in the newborn becoming Heir Apparent to his father.
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 Nicholas II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He is also known both as Nicholas the Martyr for having been executed without trial and as Bloody Nicholas for the tragic events during his coronation.
Nicholas was born in Saint Petersburg, the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and Maria Fyodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of Denmark).
His paternal grandparents were Alexander II of Russia and his first consort Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia   (3242 words)

  
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Alexandra, the grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, was a strong believer in the...
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Alexandra was a grand daughter of Victoria, Queen of England.
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 Grigori Rasputin Vita @ FolkArtMuseum.com (Folk Art Museum)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Tsar and Tsarina considered him to be a man of God and a religious prophet, and Alexandra believed God spoke to her through Rasputin.
Another important factor was probably the Tsarina's German-Protestant origin: she was highly fascinated by her new Orthodox religion -- which puts a great deal of faith in the healing power of prayer -- but seems to have lacked some discernment regarding its practices.
Rasputin’s influence over the royal family was used against him and the Romanovs by politicians and journalists who wanted to weaken the integrity of the dynasty, make the Tsar give up his absolute political power, and separate the Russian Orthodox Church from the state.
www.folkartmuseum.com /encyclopedia/Grigori_Rasputin   (3043 words)

  
 Alexandra Of Hesse - Espn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Nicholas's wife Alexandra was born Alix, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt, the daughter of Princess Alice of England and Grand Duke Louis of Hesse.
Alexandra was seen by many as cold and remote, but she had started life as a warm,...
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 Grigory Efimovich Rasputin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Alix von Hesse am Rhein (Alice of Hesse-by-Rhine), or Alix von Hessen-Darmstadt, was a minor princess of Germany, the daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Alice, Princess of Ireland.
She married Tsar Nikolai II of Russia in 1894, and converted to the Russian Orthodox Church, and was christened Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna.
Alexandra, whose maternal grandmother was Queen Victoria of Great Britian, carried the gene for hemophilia and passed it on to Alexei.
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 Alexandra Feodorovna (tsarina) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Alexandra Feodorovna (tsarina)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
She was the former Princess Alix of Hessen and granddaughter of Britain's Queen Victoria.
She was shot with the rest of her family by the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution.
Alexandra Christina, Princess of Denmark, Countess of Frederiksborg
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 Miek's Fabergé Timeline
Nicholas (II) is born to Alexander III and Maria Fyodorovna.
At the Nordic Exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden, Karl Fabergé is appointed "Goldsmith to the Court of the King of Sweden and Norway".
Tsarevich Alexei (heir to the throne) is born to Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra.
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 Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia Portion @ AnimeAndCartoons.com (Anime and Cartoons)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 1889 he married HRH Princess Alexandra of Greece, who bore him two children: HIH Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia and HIH Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia.
In 1893, the young widower became close to a commoner, Olga Valerianovna Karnovich, and years later requested Nicholas II's permission to marry her, but it was refused, and the couple settled in Paris.
However, he was one of the few members of the Imperial Family who remained quite close to the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna during the final days of the old régime.
www.animeandcartoons.com /encyclopedia/Grand_Duke_Paul_Alexandrovich_of_Russia   (673 words)

  
 Romanov - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A gigantic and imposing, if somewhat dull man, with great stamina and poor manners, Alexander, fearful of the fate which had befallen his father- death by an extremist's bomb- strengthened autocratic rule in Russia, and many of the reforms the more liberal Alexander II had pushed through were reversed.
Nicholas's wife Alexandra Fyodorovna, although devoutly Orthodox, was particularly hated by the populace.
Alexandra Fyodorovna brought to the Romanov family a mutated gene of her grandmother, Queen Victoria, which was responsible for her son's (the long-awaited heir to the throne, Alexei) hemophilia.
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 Home - Anastacia Romanov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Alexander III died in November of that year, and Nicholas became Tsar of all the Russias at the age of twenty-six Tsar Alexander III Alexandra and Nicholas married on November 26, 1894 at the Winter Palace in St.
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.
Tsesarevich (Tsarevich) Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia (In Russian Царевич Алексей Николаевич) (August 12, 1904 - July 17, 1918), of the House of Romanov, was a Tsarevich of Russia and was the youngest child of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra of Hesse.
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