Marie Alexandrovna … Grand DuchessAge: 671853–1920
- Name
- Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
- Given names
- Marie Alexandrovna
- Name suffix
- Grand Duchess
| Birth | 17 October 1853 35 29 St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Australian History | 1853 Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 2 months) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1855 (Age 14 months)
paternal grandfather -
Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1855 (Age 14 months) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 2) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a brother | 1857 (Age 3)
younger brother -
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1857 (Age 3) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 4) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 5) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Birth of a brother | 1860 (Age 6)
younger brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1860 (Age 6)
paternal grandmother -
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1860 (Age 6) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 7) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 8) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 9) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Death of a brother | 1865 (Age 11)
elder brother -
Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Marriage of a brother | Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia - View family 1866 (Age 12)
elder brother -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
sister-in-law -
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 13) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 14) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 15) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 1872 (Age 18)
half-brother -
George Romanov
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 18) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 19) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage | Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince - View family 23 January 1874 (Age 20) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1874 (Age 20)
son -
Alfred … Prince
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| Birth of a half-sister | 1874 (Age 20)
half-sister -
Olga Romanov
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| Marriage of a brother | Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1874 (Age 20)
elder brother -
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
sister-in-law -
Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
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| Birth of a daughter #2 | 29 October 1875 (Age 22) Eastwell Park, Kent, England |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 21) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1876 (Age 22) Malta
daughter -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1878 (Age 24)
daughter -
Princess Alexandra …
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| Birth of a half-sister | 1878 (Age 24)
half-sister -
Catherine Romanov
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 24) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 25) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Death of a mother | 1880 (Age 26)
mother -
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 26) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Death of a father | 13 March 1881 (Age 27) |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 28) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 29) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 1884 (Age 30)
daughter -
Beatrice … Princess
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| Marriage of a brother | Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1884 (Age 30)
younger brother -
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
sister-in-law -
Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 33) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Marriage of a brother | Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov - View family 1889 (Age 35)
younger brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
sister-in-law -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 35) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 36) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 37) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 38) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha - View family 10 January 1893 (Age 39) Sigmaringen, Germany |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 15 October 1893 (Age 39) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania
grandson -
Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 39) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 12 October 1894 (Age 40) Pelesch, Romania
granddaughter -
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
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| Marriage of a daughter | Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 1894 (Age 40)
son-in-law -
Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse
daughter -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Death of a brother | 1 November 1894 (Age 41) Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia
elder brother -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Burial of a brother | 19 November 1894 (Age 41) Cathedral Of The, Fortress Of P&P, St. Petersburg, Russia
elder brother -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 40) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 41) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 42) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 43) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 44) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Death of a son | 1899 (Age 45)
son -
Alfred … Prince
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| Australian History | 1899 (Age 45) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 1900 (Age 46)
granddaughter -
Marie Hohenzollern
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| Death of a husband | 30 July 1900 (Age 46) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
husband -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 46) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 47) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Marriage of a brother | Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov - View family 1902 (Age 48) Leghorn, Italy
younger brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
sister-in-law -
Olga Karnovich Princess
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 48) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1903 (Age 49)
grandson -
Nicholas Hohenzollern
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 49) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 50) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Marriage of a daughter | Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 1905 (Age 51) Tegernsee, Bavaria
daughter -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Death of a brother | February 1905 (Age 51)
younger brother -
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 52) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 1907 (Age 53)
granddaughter -
Grand Duchess Maria … Of Russia
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| Death of a brother | 1908 (Age 54)
elder brother -
Alexis Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 54) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 1909 (Age 55)
granddaughter -
Ileana Hohenzollern
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| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 1909 (Age 55)
granddaughter -
Grand Duchess Kira … Of Russia
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| Death of a brother | 1909 (Age 55)
elder brother -
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 55) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 56) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 57) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 58) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 1913 (Age 59)
granddaughter -
Mircea Hohenzollern
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| Death of a half-brother | 1913 (Age 59)
half-brother -
George Romanov
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 59) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 59) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 60) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 61) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Death of a granddaughter | 2 November 1916 (Age 63)
granddaughter -
Mircea Hohenzollern
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| Australian History | 1916 (Age 62) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | 30 August 1917 (Age 63) Near Borga, Finland, Finland
grandson -
Vladimir Cyrilovitch Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1917 (Age 63) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania - View family 31 August 1918 (Age 64) Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
grandson -
Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania
grandson's wife -
Joana Maria Valentina Lambrino
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| Australian History | 1918 (Age 64) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Death of a brother | January 1919 (Age 65) Fortress Of, Peter And Paul, Russia
younger brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 65) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 66) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Death | 25 October 1920 (Age 67) Zurich, Switzerland |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 1818 22 20 Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63) Loading...
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6 years mother |
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
Birth 1824 Death 1880 (Age 56) Loading...
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Marriage: 1840 |
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2 years #1 elder sister |
Alexandra Alexandrovna Romanov
Birth 1842 24 18 Death 1849 (Age 7) Loading...
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1 year #2 elder brother |
Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov
Birth 1843 25 19 Death 1865 (Age 22) Loading...
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2 years #3 elder brother |
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 1845 27 21 Death 1 November 1894 (Age 49) Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia Loading...
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2 years #4 elder brother |
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1847 29 23 Death 1909 (Age 62) Loading...
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3 years #5 elder brother |
Alexis Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1850 32 26 Death 1908 (Age 58) Loading...
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4 years #6 herself |
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Birth 17 October 1853 35 29 St. Petersburg, Russia Death 25 October 1920 (Age 67) Zurich, Switzerland Loading...
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3 years #7 younger brother |
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1857 39 33 Death February 1905 (Age 48) Loading...
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3 years #8 younger brother |
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
Birth 1860 42 36 Death January 1919 (Age 59) Fortress Of, Peter And Paul, Russia Loading...
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| Father’s family with Princess Catherine Yourievska - View family |
| father |
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 1818 22 20 Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63) Loading...
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29 years step-mother |
Princess Catherine Yourievska
Birth 1847 Death 1922 (Age 75) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 half-brother |
George Romanov
Birth 1872 54 25 Death 1913 (Age 41) Loading...
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2 years #2 half-sister |
Olga Romanov
Birth 1874 56 27 Death 1925 (Age 51) Loading...
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4 years #3 half-sister |
Catherine Romanov
Birth 1878 60 31 Death 1959 (Age 81) Loading...
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| Family with Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince - View family |
| husband |
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
Birth 6 August 1844 24 25 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Death 30 July 1900 (Age 55) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany Loading...
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9 years herself |
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Birth 17 October 1853 35 29 St. Petersburg, Russia Death 25 October 1920 (Age 67) Zurich, Switzerland Loading...
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Marriage: 23 January 1874 — Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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-1 months #1 son |
Alfred … Prince
Birth 1874 29 20 Death 1899 (Age 25) Loading...
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22 months #2 daughter |
Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Birth 29 October 1875 31 22 Eastwell Park, Kent, England Death 10 July 1938 (Age 62) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania Loading...
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2 months #3 daughter |
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 1876 31 22 Malta Death 1936 (Age 60) Loading...
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2 years #4 daughter |
Princess Alexandra …
Birth 1878 33 24 Death 1942 (Age 64) Loading...
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6 years #5 daughter |
Beatrice … Princess
Birth 1884 39 30 Death 1966 (Age 82) Loading...
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Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia + Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe
Parents Michael Romanov + Cecily (Olga) …
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
Internal reference
I6264
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