Elizabeth Alexeievna, born Princess Louise of Baden, was Empress of Russia during her marriage to Emperor Alexander I.
Portrait by Madame Le Brun, 1795. The Empress later sent this portrait as a gift to her mother.
Elizabeth Alexeievna, praised for her beauty, would not find happiness in her marriage or fulfillment in her position in Russia
Louise of Baden in childhood, gouache and watercolour on ivory, Augustin Ritt, 1791
Elizabeth Alexeievna, by Jean-Laurent Mosnier
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexandrovna of Russia was the younger child of Alexander I of Russia and his wife, Empress consort Elizabeth Alexeievna.
Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)
…and his other studies of that period. On 16 November 1806, Elizabeth gave birth to a second daughter. There were rumors that the newborn, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexandrovna was not a child of Alexander but of Okhotnikov. After his death, Elizabeth Alexeievna felt more abandoned than ever and poured out all her affection…
Elizabeth's tombstone in Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, St. Petersburg. An identical tombstone rests above the tomb of her older sister, Grand Duchess Maria.