Alexander II of Russia
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Alexander II was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881. He is also known as Alexander the Liberator because of his his
Formal portrait, c. 1874
Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich, by Franz Krüger, 1830
Procession of Alexander II into Dormition Cathedral from the Red Porch during his coronation
The coronation of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna on 26 August/7 September 1856 at the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, painting by Mihály Zichy. The painting depicts the moment when the Emperor crowned the Empress.
Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, born Princess Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, was Empress of Russia as the first wife of Emperor Alexander II.
Alexander II of Russia
…but he agreed to do so because Vasily Zhukovsky insisted that his entourage was exhausted and needed a rest. During dinner, he met and was charmed by Princess Marie, the 14-year-old daughter of Louis II. He was so smitten that he declared that he would rather abandon the succession than not marry her. He wrote to…
Photographed in the 1860s
Marie of Hesse with her family in 1841: The statue portrays her grandfather Ludwig I. Her father Ludwig II stands in the left center; her uncle Georg is to the left of Ludwig; her uncle Friderich is between them; and her uncle Emil stands on the extreme right. The portrait shows her mother Wilhelmine. Her eldest brother Ludwig III is the tall man in the center behind her sister-in-law, his wife Mathilde. Her brother Karl is on the extreme left, behind his wife
Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna
Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) with her daughter Maria Nikolaevna and her daughters-in-law: Grand Duchesses Maria Alexandrovna and Alexandra Iosifovna, 1853.