Articles related to "Tsarina"

The life, reign and death of one of Russia's most colorful rulers.

Tsarina Elizabeth Petrovna (also known as Yelizaveta and Yelisavet) was the Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1761.

Russia was not content to call its royal leader simply "king." "Tsar" and "emperor" more accurately described the position of the supreme ruler of the Russian Empire.

On the subject of Romanovs one must also include the mystery of the man often referred to as the Mad Monk, Gregori Rasputin.

Prince Felix Youssoupov believed it was his patriotic duty to kill Rasputin, the malevolent 'holy man', and deliver Russia from her most dangerous internal enemy.

Tsar Alexander III of Russia's marriage to Princess Dagmar of Denmark, the future Tsarina Marie Feodorovna, was successful, and produced Tsar Nicholas II.

The assassination of the Romanov family was the result of political factors which led not only to the death of the Tsar but also the collapse of the country.

The marriage of Princess Alice of Great Britain and the future Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and by Rhine was happy, but marred by political troubles and family deaths.

Grand Duke Louise IV of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of Great Britain, Queen Victoria's daughter, had seven children, including Tsarina Alexandra of Russia.

Grigori Rasputin rose from the lowest rung of society to become perhaps the most hated man in Russia.

Besides the splendor of the art and architecture of Saint Petersburg, the history specific to this city draws visitors from all over the world.

Queen Victoria's descendants have sat on the thrones of ten countries, and still rule Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Spain, and Denmark.

The German royal family of Battenberg began from the morganatic marriage of Prince Alexander of Hesse to Countess Julie Hauke, who was then made Princess of Battenberg.

Anna Anderson claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov. Supporters say she was, indeed, the last Tsar's daughter. Others say she was a fraud.

The 1996 HBO film Rasputin takes on one of the most controversial and puzzling figures of Russian history, and in telling his story, reveals post-Cold War anxieties.

Queen Victoria of Great Britian and her husband Prince Albert had five daughters, the Princesses Victoria, Alice, Helena, Louise, and Beatrice.

The marriage of Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria's second son, to Grand Duchess Marie of Russia was unhappy, producing five children but never a content family.

Princess Thyra of Denmark, the youngest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark, married Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, heir to the deposed throne of Hanover.

Thrust into a war against the greatest military mind of the time, Alexander, his army and the Russian winter succeeded where no other had.

King Christian IX of Denmark's descendants have sat on the thrones of eleven countries, and still rule Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Spain.