Maria Alexandrovna of Russia – Mistress in her own Kingdom (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
Maria Alexandrovna of Russia – Mistress in her own Kingdom (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 […]
Queen Victoria & Prince Alfred – The 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 […]
Dagmar of Denmark – Her life as a 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 […]