Maria Fyodorovna and Alexander III posing during a sojourn in Denmark in 1893.

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Most of her life, she was known as Maria Fedorovna (in Russian Мария Фёдоровна) which name she took when converting to the Orthodoxy immediately before her marriage to the future Tsar Alexander III. She was the mother of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II of the Romanov Dynasty. She was baptized Lutheran and born as a daughter of relatively impoverished princely cadet line. Her father became, 6 days after her marriage, king Christian IX, who, because of the brilliant marriages of his children, was finally known as the "Father-in-law of Europe," was the king of Denmark (1863-1906). Painting of Tsar Alexander III (1886), by Ivan Kramskoi (1837-1887), original, 41 x 36 in. ... Tsar (Bulgarian цар, Russian царь,  listen; often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to... Tsar Nicholas II (18 May 1868 – 17 July 1918)1 was the last crowned Emperor of Russia. ... The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, pronounced Ro-MAH-nof), the second and last royal dynasty of Russia, which ruled Muscovy and the Russian Empire for five generations from 1613 to 1762. ... Christian IX of Denmark ( April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906) was King of Denmark from November 15, 1863 to January 29, 1906. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

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Styles

Her father became king of Denmark only after her marriage. At the time of her marriage, his father was HRH Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, hereditary prince of Denmark (the last title, and HRH epithet granted by a recent Danish succession law settling the succession to him and the children of his marriage with Louise of Hesse after the possible extinction of the male line of the yet living Frederick VII and that of Frederick V).

1. At birth: HSH Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
2. After the new succession law: HRH Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
3. After wedding: HIH Grand Duchess of Russia, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
4. After father's accession: HIH Grand Duchess of Russia, Royal Princess of Denmark, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
5. After husband's accession: HM Empress of All Russias etc, Royal Princess of Denmark, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
6. After husband's death, until own death: HM The Empress Dowager of All Russias etc, Royal Princess of Denmark, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Adult life

She was married to Alexander III. Pretty and popular, Maria Fyodorovna rarely interfered with politics, preferring to devote her time and energies to her family, to her charities, and to the more social side of her position. Her one exception to this "hands off" policy was her militant dislike of Germany. Painting of Tsar Alexander III (1886), by Ivan Kramskoi (1837-1887), original, 41 x 36 in. ...

Despite the overthrow of the monarchy (1917), the Empress Maria at first refused to leave Russia: it was only in 1919, at the urging of her sister Alexandra, that she grudgingly departed. After a brief visit to London, she returned to her native Denmark, choosing as her home Hvidøre, her former holiday villa near Copenhagen. There she remained until her death in 1928; following services in Copenhagen's Orthodox church, she was interred at Roskilde Cathedral. As of this writing (May, 2005), following years of negotiations between the Danish and Russian governments, permission has been granted for the Empress's remains to be returned to St. Petersburg, where seventy-seven years after her death, she will finally be interred next to her beloved husband. 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... City nickname: none Location in Denmark Area  - Total  - Water 526 km² xxx km² xx% Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density 502,204 1,116,979 954/km2 [including water] xxx/km2 [land only] Time zone Eastern: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 55°43 N 12°34 W Copenhagen (Danish: København) is... Roskilde (population 52,572) is an ancient city in Denmark, situated in the island of Zealand, 30 km west of Copenhagen. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland...

Plays and films aside, Maria Fedorovna never met any of the Anastasia claimants; indeed, to the end of her life, she refused to acknowledge that the massacre of her son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren had ever taken place. Russian: Великая Княжна Анастасия Николаевна ) (June 18, 1901 - July 17, 1918) was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra. ...

The children of Tsar Alexander III and Maria Fedorovna:

• Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (June 7, 1867 - May 2, 1870).
• Tsar Nikolai II (May 6, 1868 - July 17, 1918).
• Grand Duke Georgi of Russia (May 6, 1871 - August 9, 1899).
• Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (April 6, 1875 - April 20, 1960).
• Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich (November 28, 1878 - c. June 12, 1918).
• Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (June 13, 1882 - November 24, 1960).