Alexandra of Russia

Alexandra of Russia may refer to:

  • Three Empress consorts of Russia:
    • Irina Godunova (1557–1603), wife of Feodor I of Russia, who adopted the name Alexandra when she tooked the monastic vow
    • Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) (1798–1860), wife of Nicholas I of Russia
    • Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) (1872 – 1918), wife of Nicholas II of Russia
  • Four Grand Duchesses of Russia by birth:
    • Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783 – 1801), daughter of Paul I of ; first wife Archduke Joseph of Austria
    • Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825 – 1844), daughter of Nicholas I of Russia; first wife of Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel
    • Grand Duchess Alexandra Mikhailovna of Russia (1831–1832), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
    • Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (1842 – 1849), daughter of Alexander II of Russia
  • Three Grand Duchesses of Russia by marriage:
    • Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, (1870 – 1891), daughter of George I of Greece; wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia as Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia
    • Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830 – 1911), daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg; wife of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich of Russia as Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia
    • Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (1838 – 1900), daughter of Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg; wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaievich of Russia as Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia

Famous quotes containing the word russia:

    In Russia there is an emigration of intelligence: émigrés cross the frontier in order to read and to write good books. But in doing so they contribute to making their fatherland, abandoned by spirit, into the gaping jaws of Asia that would like to swallow our little Europe.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)