Frederick William George Adolphus, Landgrave of Hesse was the only son of Wilhelm I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim and Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark.
Frederik af Hessen Kassel 1820 1884 by G. Le Gray & Cie
Prince Frederick William's childhood home, Prince William Mansion, Copenhagen at Sankt Annæ Plads in Copenhagen.
Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia
Another image of Alexandra Nikolaevna
Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia was the youngest daughter and fourth child of Tsar Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, and his wife, Alexandra Feodorovna, née Charlotte of Prussia. Alexandra N
Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel
…Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Auguste Sophie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel. On 28 January 1844, Frederick married Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia at St Petersburg. Frederick had come to St Petersburg as a prospective bridegroom for her sister Olga, but fell in love with Alexandra instead on the…
Adini (right) with her older sister, Grand Duchess Olga.
Alexandra at age 15, four years before her marriage
Alexandra Nikolaevna by Christina Robertson, Hermitage Museum