Alexandra of Russia

Alexandra of Russia may refer to:

  • Three Empress consorts of Russia:
    • Irina Godunova (1557–1603), wife of Feodor I of Russia, who adopted the name Alexandra when she tooked the monastic vow
    • Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) (1798–1860), wife of Nicholas I of Russia
    • Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) (1872 – 1918), wife of Nicholas II of Russia
  • Four Grand Duchesses of Russia by birth:
    • Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783 – 1801), daughter of Paul I of ; first wife Archduke Joseph of Austria
    • Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825 – 1844), daughter of Nicholas I of Russia; first wife of Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel
    • Grand Duchess Alexandra Mikhailovna of Russia (1831–1832), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
    • Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (1842 – 1849), daughter of Alexander II of Russia
  • Three Grand Duchesses of Russia by marriage:
    • Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, (1870 – 1891), daughter of George I of Greece; wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia as Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia
    • Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830 – 1911), daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg; wife of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich of Russia as Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia
    • Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (1838 – 1900), daughter of Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg; wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaievich of Russia as Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia

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