Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia

Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna ( ru: Александра Николаевна ) of Russia (. .. . * 12 Junijul / June 24 1825greg in Saint Petersburg; † 29 Julijul / August 10 1844greg in Tsarskoye Selo ) was a member of the imperial family from the house of Romanov -Holstein -Gottorp, and was by marriage Hereditary Princess of Hesse- Kassel to Rumpenheim.

Life

Alexandra, known to her family " Adini ", was the fourth child and favorite daughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (1796-1855) and Alexandra Fyodorovna, his German -born wife née Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1798-1860), eldest daughter of the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm III. and Princess Louise of Mecklenburg -Strelitz. She was also a great-granddaughter of Empress Catherine II the Great.

On 16 Januarjul. / January 28 1844greg. Alexandra married in Saint Petersburg Landgrave Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse- Kassel to Rumpenheim (1820-1884), the only son of the Landgrave William of Hesse -Kassel- Rumpenheim and his Danish wife Louise Charlotte. Because the son was at this time the only legitimate aspirant of the Electorate of the House of Hesse -Kassel - an option that 1866 could no longer be at the end due to the annexation to Prussia, Hesse-Cassel implement - to Tsar Nicholas I hoped this marriage for his daughter the future role as the wife of the Elector of Hesse -Kassel.

The marriage lasted just over half a year. Shortly before their wedding Alexandra was already suffering from tuberculosis; soon after, she became pregnant. Three months before the actual due date she gave birth to a son, Friedrich Wilhelm Nicolaus. As the newborn Prince Alexandra died on the day of delivery. She was buried in the St. Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg. Her son is buried at Rumpenheim.

In 2000 a bank was built with a small bust of the Grand Duchess to commemorate Alexandra in the garden of the palace of Peterhof near St. Petersburg.

Worth mentioning

In a special exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts Berlin in 1997 and in 1998 Fasanerie silver and Gobelinarbeiten, fabrics and tablecloths, engravings and other objects from the dowry was shown that the Tsar sent along his daughter. From the dimension of documented in a catalog costly and lavishly produced dowry to the great importance attached to the Tsar a befitting representation of his court in the Electorate of Hesse and the future of his daughter, as well as the tragedy of the early death of the young Grand Duchess at the age of 19 opens years.