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| | The Tsar's Mother: Marie Feodorovna (1847-1928) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia was a tall, well-built, strong man. Remembered by his family for his ability to bend iron rods, Alexander had been secretly in love with his deceased brother's future wife. |
 | | While revolution spread throughout Russia, Marie-Feodorovna was joined in her seaside refuge by Grand Duke Alexander and Grand Duchess Xenia, their six sons, Prince Youssoupov, his parents and his wife Grand Duchess Irina, daughter of Xenia and Alexander, and Grand Duchess Olga and her new husband Colonel Koulikovsky. |
 | | Grand Duke Michael was also apprehended and eventually executed while in prison. |
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