Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
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Maria Feodorovna, born Princess Dagmar of Denmark (26 November 1847–13 October 1928) was Empress Consort of Russia.
She was the second daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Her eldest sister was Alexandra of Denmark. After her marriage to Alexander III of Russia, she became the Empress Consort of Russia as Maria Feodorovna (Cyrillic: Mapия Фёдopoвна). Among her children was the last Russian monarch, the Emperor Nicholas II, whom she outlived by ten years.
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Alexandra of Denmark and Dagmar of Denmark, the future Queen of the United Kingdom and the future Tsarina of Russia |
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Maria Fjodorovna and with Alexander III of Russia in Denmark, 1893 |
Portrait of Maria Fyodorovna, born Princess Dagmar of Denmark , wife of tsar Alexander III of Russia, painted by Iwan Nikolajewitsch Kramskoj |
Maria Feodorovna with her son Nicholas II of Russia |
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left to right: Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), London 1903 |
God's blessing on you. The family of Alexander III of Russia before Christ, painting by Ivan Makarov |
coffin of Empress Dagmar, married to tsar Alexander III in the cathedral of Roskilde |