Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) - Wikipedia
Maria Feodorovna (Russian: Мария Фёдоровна, romanized: Mariya Fyodorovna; 26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928), known before her marriage as Princess Dagmar of Denmark, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as the wife of Emperor Alexander III. She was the fourth child and second daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.
Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) - Wikipedia
Maria Feodorovna (Russian: Мария Фёдоровна; née Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg; 25 October 1759 – 5 November 1828 [OS 24 October]) became Empress of Russia as the second wife of Emperor Paul I. She founded the Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria.
Dowager Empress Marie - Blog & Alexander Palace Time Machine
One of the most tragic figures of European royalty is the Empress Maria-Feodorovna, widow of Alexander III, and mother of Nicholas II of Russia. Her parents were the impoverished Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg.
Marie Feodorovna (1847–1928) - Encyclopedia.com
Marie Feodorovna, dowager empress of Russia, died at the age of 81 at her residence on October 13, 1928. Her daughters, the Grand Duchesses Olga and Xenia, who had also escaped from Russia, were at her bedside.
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) - Simple English Wikipedia…
After his death, she became empress dowager as her eldest son Nicholas II, became emperor. Maria was the empress dowager from 1894 until the fall of the Russian Empire during the Russian Revolution in 1917. Nicholas and his family were murdered by Bolsheviks on July 17, 1918.
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia (Dagmar)
Sep 29, 2014 · The life of Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna (1847-1928), mother of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and sister of Britain’s Queen Alexandra, begins as the story of a real-life Cinderella when an obscure Danish princess is catapulted into the extravagant world of Imperial Russia, which she effortlessly conquers.
Maria Feodorovna – Russian History in Denmark
The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark, had spent over fifty years in Russia. After the revolution she lived in Denmark in retirement at Hvidøre north of Copenhagen.
Dagmar of Denmark – Her life as a Princess (Part one)
Oct 31, 2017 · The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna’s life was often marked by tragedy. She was from a junior branch of Denmark royalty, who suddenly found herself as a daughter of the king. Three of her siblings became kings and queens.
Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, née Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
Oct 24, 2024 · In 1822, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna moved into the renovated Yelagin Palace, but died in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg on 5 November 1828 at the age of 69. Her memory was revered by her children , who named their eldest daughters in her honour.
Sophie Dorothea Auguste Luise (von Württemberg) Feodorovna
Oct 9, 2021 · Dowager Empress. Maria Feodorovna loved all the arts and supported them generously. On the night of her husband's assassination, Maria Feodorovna thought to imitate the example of Catherine II and tried to proclaim herself Empress on the grounds that she had been crowned with Paul.