The Year of Queen Victoria – Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (Part two)
Read part one here. Maria quickly fell pregnant and gave birth to her first child – a son named Alfred – in October 1874. On […]
Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
The Year of Queen Victoria – Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (Part one)
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna was born on 17 October 1853 as the daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and his first wife, Empress Maria […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
On 6 August 1844, Queen Victoria gave birth to her fourth child whom they named Alfred Ernest Albert. The labour was long and gruelling, and […]
Empress Maria Feodorovna – Her Life as Princess (Part one)
The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna’s life is often marked by tragedy. She was from a junior branch of Denmark royalty, who suddenly found herself as […]
Queen Marie of Romania’s heart finally goes home
Marie of Edinburgh was born a British Princess as the daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia on […]
