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.
Louis II was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 6 April 1830 until 16 June 1848. He was the son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
…1824 – 3 June 1880), was Empress of Russia as the first wife of Emperor Alexander II. Known as Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, she was born to Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and his wife Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, she was given a good education and raised in relative austerity, with an emphasis on simplicity, piety and…
Portrait by Gotthelf Leberecht Glaeser, c. 1850