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Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess of Russia 1853–1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Oct 1853

Birth Location: Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire

Death Date: 24 Oct 1920

Death Location: Zürich, Switzerland

Father: Alexander Russias

Mother: Maximilienne Hesse-Darmsdadt

Spouse(s): Alfred Kingdom

Children(s): Victoria Gotha, Marie Edinburgh, Alfred Gotha, Alexandra Gotha, Beatrice Gotha

In 1853, Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess of Russia entered the world in Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, born to Alexander Ii Of All The Russias And Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie De Hesse Darmsdadt. Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess of Russia married Alfred Of The United Kingdom, and had children including Alexandra Sandra Louise Olga Victoria Of Saxe Coburg And Gotha, Alfred Hereditary Prince Of Saxe Coburg And Gotha, Beatrice Baby Bee Of Saxe Coburg And Gotha, Marie Missy Of Edinburgh, Victoria Melita Ducky Of Saxe Coburg And Gotha. Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess of Russia passed away in 1920 in Zürich, Switzerland.

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Biography

  • In 1853, Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess of Russia entered the world in Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, born to Alexander Ii Of All The Russias And Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie De Hesse Darmsdadt.
  • Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess of Russia married Alfred Of The United Kingdom, and had children including Alexandra Sandra Louise Olga Victoria Of Saxe Coburg And Gotha, Alfred Hereditary Prince Of Saxe Coburg And Gotha, Beatrice Baby Bee Of Saxe Coburg And Gotha, Marie Missy Of Edinburgh, Victoria Melita Ducky Of Saxe Coburg And Gotha.
  • Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess of Russia passed away in 1920 in Zürich, Switzerland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Maria Russia's Ancestors

Self
Maria Russia
1853–1920
Birth Place: Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Parents
Alexander II of All the Russias
1818–1881
Moscou, Russie
Maximilienne (Wilhelmine Marie de) Hesse-Darmsdadt
1824–1880
Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Confederation
Grandparents
Nicholas (I of All the) Russias
1796–1855
Charlotte (of Prussia (Alexandra) Feodorovna)
1798–1860
Grand (Duke of Hesse Ludwig) II
1777–1848
Darmstadt
Wilhelmine (of) Baden
1788–1836
Great-Grandparents
Paul Russias
1754–1801
Sophie Feodorovna)
1759–1828
Friedrich Preussen
1770–1840
Luise Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1776–1810
Grand I
1753–1830
Louise Hesse-Darmstadt
1761–1829
Karl Baden
1755–1801
Amalie Hesse-Darmstadt
1754–1832
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Russias
1728–1762
Catherine Russia
1729–1796
Friedrich Württemberg
1732–1797
Friederike Brandenburg-Schwedt
1736–1798
Friedrich Prussia
1744–1797
Grand II
1741–1816
Friederike Hesse-Darmstadt
1752–1782
Landgrave IX
1719–1790
Caroline Palatinate-Zweibrücken
1721–1774
George Hesse-Darmstadt
1722–1782
Maria Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
1729–1818
Karl Baden
1728–1811
Caroline Hesse-Darmstadt
1723–1783
Landgrave IX
1719–1790
Caroline Palatinate-Zweibrücken
1721–1774

Maria Russia's Descendants

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Maria (Alexandrovna Grand Duchess of) Russia (17 Oct 1853–24 Oct 1920) m. Alfred (of the United) Kingdom (06 Aug 1844–30 Jul 1900)
  1. 1. Victoria (Melita (Ducky) of Saxe-Coburg and) Gotha 1876–1936 m. Kirill (Vladimirovich Grand Duke of) Russia 1876–1938 m. Ernst (Ludwig of Hesse and by) Rhine 1868–1937
    1. 1. Kira (Kirillovna of) Russia 1909–1967 m. Louis (Ferdinand Viktor Prinz von) Preussen 1907–1994
      1. 1. Louis (Ferdinand Prinz von) Preußen 1944–1977 m. Donata (Gräfin zu) Castell-Rüdenhausen 1950–2015
      2. 2. Friedrich (Wilhelm Prinz von) Preußen 1939–2015 m. Waltraud Freydag 1940–2010
    2. 2. Vladimir (Kirillovich Grand Duke of) Russia 1917–1992 m. Leonida (Bagration of) Mukhrani 1914–2010
    3. 3. Maria (Kirillovna Grand Duchess of) Russia 1907–1951 m. Karl (zu) Leiningen 1898–1946
      1. 1. Margarita (Ileana Viktoria zu) Leiningen 1932–1996 m. Friedrich (Wilhelm von) Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1924–
      2. 2. Emich (Kyrill Ferdinand zu) Leiningen 1926–1991 m. Eilika (von) Oldenburg 1928–2016
  2. 2. Marie ((Missy) of) Edinburgh 1875–1938 m. Ferdinand (I of) Romania 1865–1927
    1. 1. Elisabeth (of) Romania 1894–1956 m. George (II of) Greece 1890–1947
    2. 2. Carol (II of) Romania 1893–1953 m. Helen (of Greece and) Denmark 1896–1982 m. Magda Lupescu 1895–1977 m. Joanna (Marie Valentina (Zizi)) Lambrino 1898–1953
      1. 1. Michael (I of) Romania 1921– m. Anne (of) Bourbon-Parma 1923–2016
  3. 3. Alfred (Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and) Gotha 1874–1899
  4. 4. Alexandra ((Sandra) Louise Olga Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and) Gotha 1878–1942 m. Ernst (Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Maximilian von) Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1863–1950
    1. 1. Gottfried (Hermann Alfred von) Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1897–1960 m. Margarita (of Greece and) Denmark 1905–1981
  5. 5. Beatrice ((Baby Bee) of Saxe-Coburg and) Gotha 1884–1966 m. Alfonso (María Francisco de Orleans y) Borbón 1886–1975
    1. 1. Alvaro (de Orleans y) Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha 1910–1997 m. Carla Parodi-Delfino 1909–2000

Maria Russia's Timeline

2 Records

1853
17 Oct 1853
Birth of Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess of Russia in Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
1920
24 Oct 1920
Age 67
Death of Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess of Russia in Zürich, Switzerland
Zürich, Switzerland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Oct 1853
    Event Place: Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Oct 1920
    Event Place: Zürich, Switzerland

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