Princess Alix of Hesse, as Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918) Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice, 6 June 1872 - 17 July 1918), was the consort of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar of Russia. ...
Tsarina Alexandra of Russia (nee Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Alix von Hessen und bei Rhein) (Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice), (6 June 1872 - 17 July 1918), was the consort of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar of Russia.
Her mother was The Grand Duchess of Hesse (nee HRH The Princess Alice), the second eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
As a daughter of the Grand Duke of Hesse, she was titled Princess Alix of Hesse with the style Her Grand Ducal Highness.
Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Victoria Alix Helene Luise Beatrice Prinzessin von Hessen und bei Rhein) or Saint Alexandra, 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918, under the title Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna (Russian: Императрица Александра Фёдоровна), was Empress consort of Russia.
Alix spent much of her early years in the United Kingdom, and frequently stayed with her English relatives at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.
Alix of Hesse accompanied the Imperial family as they returned to St. Petersburg with the body of the Tsar, and it is said that the people greeted their new Empress-to-be with ominous whispers of "She comes to us behind a coffin".