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.
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.
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia was the sixth child and only surviving daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine; she was Duchess of Edinburgh and later Duchess of
Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
…commission. He left the country, returning to Heiligenberg, the siblings' childhood home. In October 1853, Maria had a much-awaited second daughter, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna. The first time I set eyes on the Grand Duchess, she was already twenty-eight years old, but still looked very young. She retained that youthful…
Portrait by Charles Bergamasco, 1876
From left to right: Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, Emperor Alexander II with Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in his lap, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich on the table with his arms crossed, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich and Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna wearing the traditional dress of ladies of the Russian Imperial court
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna and Prince Alfred around the time they met, 1868