Europe’s royal families have long been related to each other. Queen Victoria’s family were closely entwined with the Romanovs of Russia, first through the marriages of the future Edward VII and the future Tsar Alexander III to two Danish sisters in 1863 and 1866. Then, in 1874, Victoria’s second son, Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, married Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander II. By the end of the century two of Victoria’s granddaughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Alix of Hesse, were married to Grand Duke Sergei, son of Alexander II, and to the future Tsar Nicholas II respectively.
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Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs: an intimate portrait of a doomed family
europe’s royal families have long been related to each other. queen victoria’s family were closely entwined with the romanovs of russia, fir...
David V Barrett
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