Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

Maria Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia

Daughter Alexander II. Emperor of Russia  (1818-1881) and his wife Marie (Maria Alexandrovna), Princess of Hesse and Rhine (1824-1880)

Born: Tsarskoye Selo 17. Oct 1853

Married: Winter Palace, St. Petersburg 23. Jan 1874 Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, who succeeded as Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1893 (1844-1900), son of Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861) and Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901).

Issue:

• Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874-1899)

• Princess Marie of Edinburgh (1875-1937) m. 1893 Ferdinand I. King of Romania (1865-1927)

• Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1876-1936) m. 1894 (div. 1901) Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1868-1937); m. 1905 Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1876-1938)

• Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1878-1942) m. 1896 Ernst II., Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863-1950)

• Stilborn son (b. and d. 13. Oct 1879)

• Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884-1966) m. 1909 Don Alfonso de Orléans y Borbón, Prince d'Orléans, Infante of Spain, Duque de Galliera (1886-1975)   

Died: Zürich 24. Oct 1924

Buried: Ducal Mausoleum, Glockenburg Cemetery, Coburg

   

  

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