Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830–1911)

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Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830–1911)

Russian royal. Name variations: Elizabeth Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. Born Alexandra Fredericka Henrietta Pauline Marianne Elizabeth on July 8, 1830; died on July 6, 1911; daughter of Joseph, duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Amelia of Wurttemberg (1799–1848); married Constantine Nicholaevitch (son of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia ), on September 11, 1848; children: Nicholas (b. 1850); Olga Constantinovna (1851–1926, who married George I, king of the Hellenes); Vera Constantinovna (1854–1912); Constantine Constantinovitch (b. 1858); Dmitri (b. 1860); Vladislav (b. 1862).

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