Saint Martyr
Her Imperial Majesty Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
|
Saint Martyr
|
|
| Birth: | Thursday | May 25, 1872 | June 6, 1872 | at 3¾ a.m. in Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy Hesse and by Rhine. Father: His Grand Ducal Highness Hereditary Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine. Mother: Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, nèe Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Saxe. Their fourth daughter was born Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Victoria ALIX Helena Louise Beatrice of Hesse and by Rhine. |
| Christening: | Monday | June 19, 1872 | July 1, 1872 | in Darmstadt. |
| Conversion: | Friday | October 21, 1894 | November 2, 1894 | at 10 a.m. in Livadia Palace Church converted from Lutheran faith into Orthodoxy and received the name Alexandra Feodorovna. |
| Grand Duchess: | Friday | October 21, 1894 | November 2, 1894 | was granted Grand Duchess and Imperial Highness. |
| Marriage: | Monday | November 14, 1894 | November 26, 1894 | in Winter Palace Church, St. Petersburg. Bridegroom: His Imperial Majesty Emperor Nicholas Alexandrovich. |
| Empress: | Monday | November 14, 1894 | November 26, 1894 | when married Emperor Nicholas II. |
| Coronation: | Tuesday | May 14, 1896 | May 26, 1896 | in Moscow. |
| Death: | Wednesday | July 4, 1918 | July 17, 1918 | assassinated in Ipatiev's House, Voznesenskaya Sq., Yekaterinburg. |
| Burial: | Friday | July 4, 1998 | July 17, 1998 | in Semi-Chapel of St. Catherine, St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg. |
