Alexandra Fyodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
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| Tenure | 1 November 1894 – 15 March 1917 |
| Coronation | 14 May 1896 |
| Spouse | Nicholas II of Russia |
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| Father | Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse |
| Mother | Princess Alice of the United Kingdom |
| Born | 6 June 1872 Darmstadt, German Empire |
| Died | July 17, 1918 (aged 46) Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR |
| Burial | Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox prev. Lutheran |
Alix von Hessen und bei Rhein (later Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova (Russian: Императрица Александра Фёдоровна Романова Imperatrica Aleksandra Fyodorovna Romanova) (6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918), was Empress consort of Russia. She was the wife of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of the Russian Empire. She was the grand-daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. When she entered the Russian Orthodox Church, she changed her name to Alexandra Feodorovna. The Russian Orthodox Church canonized her as Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer in 2000.
Alexandra is best remembered as the last Tsarina of Russia. She was also one of the most famous royal people with haemophilia. She had a firm friendship for the Russian mysticGrigori Rasputin through her entire life. She was the mother of the famous Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia.
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[change] Other websites
Media related to Alexandra Fyodorovna (Alix of Hesse) at Wikimedia Commons- "Убийство Царской Семьи - Соколов Н. А. - The Murder of Russia's Imperial Family". gatchino.com. http://gatchino.com/literatura/sokolov_n_a/. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- "Letters of Alexandra from Exile in English and Russian". alexanderpalace.org. http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/alexandraexile.html. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
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