Alexandra Feodorovna

Empress

Birthday June 6, 1872

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Darmstadt, Germany

DEATH DATE Jul 17, 1918 (46)

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About

The last Tsarina of Russia from 1894 to 1917 who was murdered with the rest of her family by members of the Bolshevik Revolution. She and her reliance on the mystic Rasputin were used as scapegoats by the Russian people for many of the country's ills. 

Before Fame

She fell ill to diphtheria when she was young and her mother and youngest sister died of the disease.

Trivia

She is one of the most famous royal carriers of the hemophilia disease, which her son Alexei was born with and was most likely caused by all the inbreeding within the Royal Family.

Family Life

In 1894 she married Nicholas II of Russia. One of her children was Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna.

Associated With

She was a big supporter of the controversial mystic Grigori Rasputin because she believed he could heal her son's hemophilia.