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3 days ago · Dagmar gradually developed a romantic attraction toward Alexander. They then married in October 1866, and Dagmar took the name "Maria Feodorovna" after converting to Russian Orthodoxy. Maria and Alexander would go on to have six children together, one of whom, Alexander, did not survive past infancy.
2 days ago · Maria Feodorovna was the daughter of King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark. Nicholas was christened in the Chapel of the Resurrection of the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo on 1 June [ O.S. 20 May] 1868 by the confessor of the imperial family, protopresbyter Vasily Borisovich Bazhanov.
2 days ago · The couple married in November 1866, with Dagmar converting to Orthodoxy and taking the name Maria Feodorovna. [citation needed] Alexander grew estranged from his second son, Grand Duke Alexander. Alexander's favorite child was his daughter, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna. He reflected that his daughter had "never caused us anything but joy.
5 days ago · In the July account much finishing work is charged for, and the house is swept and cleaned. The queen-mother, Henrietta-Maria, landed in England at the end of July and proceeded to Greenwich, where she stayed until alterations to the larger and more convenient palace of Denmark House were completed.
2 days ago · 2024 is proving a momentous year for the Danish royal family. Queen Margrethe ended 2023 with a bang, declaring in her New Year's Eve address that she would be abdicating the throne, with heir Crown Prince Frederik to become King – with Australian-born wife Mary by his side as Queen.
4 days ago · King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark may have faced a challenging year, from public spats with Prince Joachim to rumours about the state of their marriage. Yet as they visited Greenland with two of their children this week, they appeared to put all of their troubles behind them.
5 days ago · Princess Marie Bonaparte was the wife of Prince George of Greece and Denmark, the second son of King George I of the Hellenes and Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. She was born on July 2, 1882, in Saint-Cloud, France, the only child of Prince Roland Bonaparte and Marie-Félix Blanc.
