Her Imperial Majesty Empress Maria Feodorovna
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Her Imperial Majesty Empress Maria Feodorovna |
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| Birth: | Friday | November 14, 1847 | November 26, 1847 | in Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. Father: His Serene Highness Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Mother: Her Highness Princess Louise, nèe HH Princess of Hesse. Their second daughter was born Her Serene Highness Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke DAGMAR of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. |
| Highness: | Sunday | July 19, 1853 | July 31, 1853 | was granted the title Princess of Denmark with the style of Highness by The King of Denmark. |
| Royal Highness: | Tuesday | December 9, 1858 | December 21, 1858 | was granted the style of Royal Highness by The King of Denmark. |
| Conversion: | Wednesday | October 12, 1866 | October 24, 1866 | in Winter Palace, St. Petersburg converted from Lutheran faith into Orthodoxy and received the name Maria Feodorovna. |
| Betrothal: | Thursday | October 13, 1866 | October 25, 1866 | in Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, to His Imperial Highness the Pious Lord Heir Caesarevich and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich. |
| Grand Duchess: | Thursday | October 13, 1866 | October 25, 1866 | was granted Grand Duchess and Imperial Highness. |
| Marriage: | Friday | October 28, 1866 | November 9, 1866 | in Winter Palace, St. Petersburg. Bridegroom: His Imperial Highness the Pious Lord Heir Caesarevich and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich. |
| Caesarevna: | Friday | October 28, 1866 | November 9, 1866 | was granted the title Caesarevna. |
| Empress: | Sunday | March 1, 1881 | March 13, 1881 | when Her spouse succeeded as Emperor Alexander III. |
| Coronation: | Sunday | May 15, 1883 | May 27, 1883 | in Moscow. |
| Death: | Saturday | September 30, 1928 | October 13, 1928 | at 17:20 in Hvidøre near Klampenborg, Denmark. |
| Burial: | Monday | October 6, 1928 | October 19, 1928 | in Roskilde Domkirke, Denmark. |
