NOBLEMAN

Maria Alexandrovna

1824 - 1880

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Maria Alexandrovna (Russian: Мария Александровна), born Princess Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (8 August 1824 – 3 June 1880), was Empress of Russia as the first wife of Emperor Alexander II. 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. The new tsesarevna did not initially enjoy court life because of her withdrawn nature, and the fact that she found the splendor and extravagance of the Russian court daunting after the frugality that she was accustomed to. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Alexandrovna is the 120th most popular nobleman (down from 89th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 406th in 2019) and the 13th 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.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Maria Alexandrovna ranks 120 out of 1,415. Before her are Ramesses IV, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, Fatma Sultan, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, and Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly. After her are Miguel I of Portugal, Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Ramesses VI, and George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Maria Alexandrovna ranks 8. Before her are Bedřich Smetana, Alexandre Dumas fils, Anton Bruckner, Gustav Kirchhoff, Stonewall Jackson, and Jean-Léon Gérôme. After her are Eugène Boudin, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Paul Broca, Dayananda Saraswati, Pierre Janssen, and Carl Reinecke. Among people deceased in 1880, Maria Alexandrovna ranks 4. Before her are Gustave Flaubert, Jacques Offenbach, and William Lassell. After her are Henryk Wieniawski, George Eliot, Paul Broca, Emperor Norton, Michel Chasles, Ned Kelly, Anselm Feuerbach, and James Craig Watson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maria Alexandrovna ranks 472 out of 7,253. Before her are Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Joachim Löw (1960), Ernst Busch (1885), Ananda Mahidol (1925), Erich Kästner (1899), and Herbert Kroemer (1928). After her are Friedrich Fromm (1888), Heinrich Mann (1871), Konrad Zuse (1910), Joachim Peiper (1915), Louis the Child (893), and August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Maria Alexandrovna ranks 13. Before her are Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660), and Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845). After her are Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573), George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1582), Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria (1843), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), and Robert the Strong (900).

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