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Alexander II and Maria

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Alexander II (29 April 1818-13 March 1881) with his and Maria Alexandrovna's only surviving daugther Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (17 October 1853-24 October 1920). Alexander II was assassination in 13 March 1881 and he was bleeding to death in the Winter Palace. His daughter Maria married prince Albert of United Kingdom and she later become Maria of Saxen-Coburg Gotha.
The marriage, however, was not to become a happy one, and the bride was thought haughty by London Society. Furthermore, Tsar Alexander II's insistence that his daughter be styled "Her Imperial Highness" and have precedence over the then Princess of Wales infuriated Queen Victoria. The Queen insisted that the style "Her Royal Highness" Marie Alexandrovna acquired upon marriage, should always precede the style "Her Imperial Highness," which was hers by birth. For her part, the new Duchess of Edinburgh apparently resented the fact that the Princess of Wales, who was the daughter of The King of Denmark, took precedence over her, the daughter of The Emperor of Russia. After the marriage, Marie was varyingly referred to as Her Royal Highness, Her Royal & Imperial Highness, and Her Imperial & Royal Highness.
She was the mother of Maria(Queen of Romania), Victoria Melita (Grand Duchess of Russia), Alexandra (Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg) and Beatrice (Duchess of Galliera).
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I like that pose. Again he was a man who did not deserve the fate he got.