Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna | |
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Born | Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | 30 August 1842
Died | 10 July 1849 Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | (aged 6)
Burial | Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Alexander II of Russia |
Mother | Marie of Hesse and by Rhine |
Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (30 August 1842 – 10 July 1849) was the eldest child and first daughter of Tsar
Life and death
She was nicknamed "Lina" or "Sashenka" within her family. Her father enjoyed having her keep him company while he worked in his study. Her death from infant meningitis at the age of six and a half devastated her parents. Her mother was still brought to tears by the mention of her eldest child decades after her death.[1][2] Her father placed a dried flower from her funeral mass in his diary and marked the page in black to signify mourning.[3] They were thrilled when they had a second daughter, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, because they had so missed having a little girl.[4]
Ghostly visit
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A portrait and mementoes on display
A blue
Name considered unlucky
Eagar also wrote that the name Alexandra was considered unlucky in the
Ancestry
Ancestors of Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia |
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Notes
- ^ Zeepvat (2004), p. 178
- ^ Radzinsky (2005), p. 121
- ^ Radzinsky (2005), pp. 92–93
- ^ Zeepvat (2004), pp. 25, 94
- ^ Radzinsky (2005), pp. 120–121
- ^ Eagar, Margaret (1906). "Six Years at the Russian Court". alexanderpalace.org. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
References
- Margaret Eagar, Six Years at the Russian Court, 1906.
- Radzinsky, Edvard (2005). Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar. Free Press, a division of Simon and Schuster, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7432-7332-9
- Van Der Kiste, John (2004). The Romanovs 1818–1959 Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3459-X
- Zeepvat, Charlotte (2004). The Camera and the Tsars. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3049-7