Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia
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.jpg/180px-Princess_Alexandra_of_Greece_and_Denmark_(August_30,_1870–September_24,_1891).jpg) Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna
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| Born | August 30, 1870 Corfu, Greece |
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| Died | September 24, 1891 (aged 21) Russia |
| Occupation | Royalty |
| Spouse | Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia |
| Children | Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich |
| Parents | George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia |
Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (Александра Георгиевна), née Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (August 30, 1870–September 24, 1891) was born in Corfu, Greece. She was the firstborn daughter of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, herself the daughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia. She was a sister to Constantine I of Greece, and thus aunt of three kings and two queens, Constantine's three sons, who all became kings of Greece, and two of his daughters, who were queens, in name, of Romania and Croatia, respectively. She is also an aunt of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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[edit] Marriage and Children
Alexandra, whose nicknames were "Greek Alix" or "Aline", was well-loved by her family. "She had one of those sweet and lovable natures that endeared her to everybody who came in touch with her," recalled her brother Prince Nicholas of Greece. "She looked young and beautiful, and ever since she was a child, life looked as it had nothing but joy and happiness in store for her."[1] When she was nineteen years old, she was married to Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, the eighth child and sixth son of Emperor Alexander II and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. They had become close when Grand Duke Paul spent winters in Greece due to his frequent respiratory illnesses. The Greek royal family also frequently spent holidays with the Romanov family on visits to Russia or Denmark.[2]
They had two children:
[edit] Death
Seven months into her second pregnancy, Alexandra took a walk with her friends on the bank of the Moskva River and jumped directly into a boat that was permanently moored there, but fell as she got in. The next day, she collapsed in the middle of a ball from violent labor pains brought on by the previous day's activities. She gave birth to her son, Dmitri, lapsed into a fatal coma, and she died six days later. Her grieving husband had to be restrained from throwing himself into the grave with her.[3]
Her husband later morganatically remarried Olga Karnovich.
[edit] Titles from birth to death
- Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
- Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia
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[edit] References
- Mager, Hugo (1998). Elizabeth: Grand Duchess of Russia. Carroll and Graf Publishers Inc. ISBN 0-7867-0678-3
- Zeepvat, Charlotte (2004). The Camera and the Tsars: A Romanov Family Album. Sutton Publishing Inc. ISBN 0-7509-3049-7
