First Marriage
On 17 June 1889, in St. Petersburg, he married Princess Alexandra of Greece, who bore him two children:
- Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890–1958)
- Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891–1941)
Alexandra's mother was a granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I and Princess Charlotte of Prussia, and therefore Paul Alexandrovich's first cousin.
Alexandra died just hours after Dmitri's birth. She had carelessly stepped into a waiting boat, causing premature labour; Dimitri was born in the hours following the accident. Alexandra slipped into a coma and never came out.
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