Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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’s eldest son, Nicholas, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. Maria lived for 10 years after Bolshevik functionaries killed Nicholas and his immediate family in 1918.
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Tenure | 13 March 1881 – 1 November 1894 | ||||
Coronation | 27 May 1883 | ||||
Born | Princess Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1847-11-26)26 November 1847 Yellow Mansion, Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
Died | 13 October 1928(1928-10-13) (aged 80) Hvidøre House, Klampenborg, Denmark | ||||
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House | Glücksburg | ||||
Father | Christian IX of Denmark | ||||
Mother | Louise of Hesse-Kassel | ||||
Religion | Russian Orthodoxy prev. Lutheranism | ||||
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