Alix of Hesse and by Rhine

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Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, later known as Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, was the last Empress of Russia and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria whose marriage into the Romanov dynasty ended with the Russian Revolution and the execution of the imperial family.


Statements (59)
Predicate Object
instanceOf empress consort
human
member of royalty
member of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt
member of the House of Romanov
alsoKnownAs Alexandra Feodorovna
Alexandra Fyodorovna
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia
associatedWith Grigori Rasputin
birthName Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice of Hesse and by Rhine
burialPlace Peter and Paul Cathedral
canonization Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
canonizedAs Passion bearer
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
child Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
convertedTo Eastern Orthodoxy
countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Hesse
Russian Empire
dateOfBirth 1872-06-06
dateOfConversion 1894
dateOfDeath 1918-07-17
endTime 1917
era early 20th century
late 19th century
father Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
givenName Alix
grandmother Queen Victoria
mannerOfDeath execution by firing squad
mother Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
notableEvent February Revolution
October Revolution
Russian Revolution of 1917
execution of the Romanov family
placeOfBirth Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse
placeOfDeath Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Yekaterinburg
positionHeld Empress consort of All the Russias
religion Lutheranism
Russian Orthodox Church
residence Alexander Palace
Livadia Palace
Tsarskoye Selo
Winter Palace
sibling Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
spouse Nicholas II of Russia
startTime 1894
title Empress of Russia
Imperial Majesty
Tsaritsa of Russia

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine ("Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice of Hesse and by Rhine")
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna ("Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine")
birthName
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom ("Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine")
child
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna ("Alix of Hesse")
alsoKnownAs
House of Hesse-Darmstadt ("Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine")
member
Nicholas II of Russia
spouse

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