Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia
| Princess Alexandra | |
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| Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia | |
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| Born |
8 July 1830 Altenburg, Saxe-Altenburg |
| Died | 6 July 1911 (aged 80) St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Burial | Grand Ducal Mausoleum |
| Spouse | Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich |
| Issue |
Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich Olga Constantinovna, Queen of the Hellenes Vera Constantinovna, Duchess Eugen of Württemberg Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich Grand Duke Vyacheslav Constantinovich |
| House | Saxe-Altenburg |
| Father | Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg |
| Mother | Amelia of Württemberg |
| Religion |
Eastern Orthodox, prev. Lutheran |
Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia (8 July 1830 Altenburg – 6 July 1911 Saint Petersburg), born Princess Alexandra Friederike Henriette of Saxe-Altenburg was the fifth daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Amelie Theresa Luise, Duchess of Württemberg. She was the paternal great-grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh through her elder daughter Olga.
Alexandra's parents were married on 24 April 1817, at Kirchheim unter Teck.
They had six children, all daughters:
1. Alexandrine Marie Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Therese Henriette Luise Pauline Elisabeth Friederike Georgine (b. Hildburghausen, 14 April 1818 - d. Gmunden, 9 January 1907), married on 18 February 1843 to King George V of Hanover.
2. Pauline Friederike Henriette Auguste (b. Kirchheim unter Teck, 24 November 1819 - d. Hildburghausen, 11 January 1825).
3. Henriette Friederike Therese Elisabeth (b. Hildburghausen, 9 October 1823 - d. Altenburg, 3 April 1915).
4. Elisabeth Pauline Alexandrine (b. Hildburghausen, 26 March 1826 - d. Oldenburg, 2 February 1896), married on 10 February 1852 to Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg.
5. Alexandra Friederike Henriette Pauline Marianne Elisabeth [upon her marriage, she took the name Alexandra Iosifovna in a Russian Orthodox baptism] (b. Altenburg, 8 July 1830 - d. St. Petersburg, 6 July 1911), married on 11 September 1848 to Constantine Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia.
6. Luise (b. Altenburg, 4 June 1832 - d. Hummelshain, 29 August 1833).
Alexandra's portrait was painted by the fashionable court artist Joseph Karl Stieler.
In the summer of 1846, she met Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia when he visited Altenburg. He was the second son of Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, née Princess Charlotte of Prussia.
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