Wedding of the Heir Tsarevich Alexander Nikolaevich and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna
Marie of Hesse and by Rhine

Royal Wedding Recollections – Marie of Hesse and by Rhine & the future Alexander II of Russia

In 1839, Tsarevich Alexander Nikolaevich, the future Alexander II of Russia, visited Darmstadt and was instantly attracted to the 14-year-old Princess Marie of Hesse. She was the daughter of Princess Wilhelmine of Baden and Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, who had acknowledged her as his daughter; however, it was more likely that August von [read more]
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Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Queen Victoria’s granddaughter (Part one)

Alexandra of Edinburgh was born on 1 September 1878 at Schloss Rosenau as the fourth child and third daughter of Alfred, the future Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (then known as The Duke of Edinburgh) and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. Her siblings were Alfred (born 15 October 1874), Marie (born 29 October 1875), [read more]