Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg

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Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia (8 July 1830 Altenburg - 6 July 1911 Saint Petersburg), born Princess Alexandra Friederike Henriette of Saxe-Altenburg was the fifth daughter of Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Amelie Theresa Luise, Duchess of Württemberg. She married Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, second son of Nicholas I of Russia on 11 September 1848. It was said that Alexandra looked so much like her husband's sister, the Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolayevna, who died in childbirth, that her mother-in-law burst into tears at their first meeting.

Konstantin and Alexandra had 6 children:

• Nikolai Konstantinovich 1850-1918.
• Olga Konstantinovna 1851-1926.
• Vera Konstantinovna 1854-1912.
• Constantin Konstantinovich 1858-1915.
• Dmitry Konstantinovich 1860-1919.
• Vyacheslav Konstantinovich 13 July 1862 - 27 February 1879.