Category:Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)

Maria Alexandrovna
	wife of Alexander II of Russia
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Date of birth	27 July 1824; Darmstadt
Date of death	22 May 1880; Saint Petersburg natural causes; tuberculosis;
Place of burial	Peter and Paul Cathedral;
Country of citizenship	Russian Empire (1841);
Occupation	queen consort;
Noble title	princess;
Family	House of Hesse;
Father	Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse;
Mother	Princess Wilhelmine of Baden;
Sibling	Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse; Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine; Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine;
Child	Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia; Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsarevich of Russia; Alexander III of Russia; Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia; Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia; Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia; Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia; Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia;
Spouse	Alexander II of Russia (16 April 1841 – );
Award received	Order of St. Andrew; Order of Saint Catherine;
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Princess Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (8 August 1824 - 8 June 1880) was a princess of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and, as Maria Alexandrovna (in Russian Мария Александровна), Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia. She was born at Darmstadt, the capital of the Grand Duchy, and died at Saint Petersburg. The Mariinsky Theatre and the city Mariehamn in Åland is named after her.