Maria Alexandrovna

Maria Alexandrovna

Maria Alexandrovna (Russian: Мария Александровна), born Princess Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (8 August 1824 – 3 June 1880), was Empress of Russia as the first wife of Emperor Alexander II. Legally the daughter of Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and of Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, she was given a good education and raised in relative austerity, with an emphasis on simplicity, piety and domesticity. Her mother died when Marie was only twelve, and when she was fourteen, she caught the eye of Tsesarevich Alexander Nikolaevich, who was visiting her father's court while making his Grand tour of Western Europe. The couple were married after Marie turned sixteen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Alexandrovna has received more than 7,409 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Maria Alexandrovna is the 76th most popular nobleman (down from 75th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Germany (up from 350th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Nobleman.

Maria Alexandrovna was the wife of Alexander II of Russia and the mother of Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia. She was also the last tsarina of Russia.