Biography of Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov 1853-1920
Paternal Family Tree: Holstein-Gottorp
Maternal Family Tree: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken 1721-1774
On 16 Apr 1841 [her father] Tsar Alexander II of Russia (age 22) and [her mother] Maria Alexandrovna Hesse Darmstadt (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke (age 63) and Princess Wilhelmine Baden. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 17 Oct 1853 Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov was born to Tsar Alexander II of Russia (age 35) and Maria Alexandrovna Hesse Darmstadt (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.67%.
On 02 Mar 1855 [her grandfather] Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (age 58) died. His son [her father] Tsar Alexander II of Russia (age 36) succeeded II Tsar Russia. [her mother] Maria Alexandrovna Hesse Darmstadt (age 30) by marriage Tsarina Russia.
On 01 Jul 1862 Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 24) and [her future sister-in-law] Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 19) were married at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. She the daughter of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 43).
On 24 May 1866 [her future husband] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 21) was created 1st Duke Edinburgh.
Before 14 Apr 1867 Prince Frederick Christian Oldenburg (age 36) and [her future sister-in-law] Helena Windsor (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 47). He the son of Christian August Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 68) and Louise Sophie Danneskiold Samsøe Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
Around 1871. Franz Xaver Winterhalter (age 65). Portrait of Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 17).
On 23 Jan 1874 Unknown Painter. The Wedding of [her husband] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 29) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 20).
On 23 Jan 1874 Prince Alfred Windsor (age 29) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 20) were married. He the son of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 54). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
The Times. 02 Feb 1874. THE MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURIG. Jan 31 Yesterday the [her husband] Duke (age 29) and Duchess of Edinburgh (age 20), the [her brother-in-law] Prince (age 32) and Princess of Wales (age 29), and [her brother-in-law] Prince Arthur (age 23) were present with all the Imperial family at the ball given by the Cesarewvitch. The Prince of Wales (age 32) wore the uniform of the Norfolk Militia and Prince Arthur (age 23) that of the Rifle Brigade. This evening a grand dinner, to which 400 guests are invited, will be given by the British Ambassador to the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany and Prince Arthur. Later on in the evening all the English Princes will go to the ball given at the Hall of the Nobles at 9:30.
On 15 Oct 1874 [her son] Alfred Windsor was born to [her husband] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 30) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 20) at Buckingham Palace [Map]. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 29 Oct 1875 [her daughter] Marie Windsor was born to [her husband] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 31) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 22) at Eastwell Park, Kent. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 25 Nov 1876 [her daughter] Victoria Melita Windsor was born to [her husband] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 32) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 23). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 01 Sep 1878 [her daughter] Alexandra Windsor Princess was born to [her husband] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 34) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 24). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 01 Sep 1878 [her son] Stillborn Windsor was born to [her husband] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 34) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 24). He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 14 Dec 1878 [her sister-in-law] Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 35) died.
On 03 Jun 1880 [her mother] Maria Alexandrovna Hesse Darmstadt (age 55) died.
On 18 Jul 1880 [her father] Tsar Alexander II of Russia (age 62) and Catherine Dolgoroky were married. She by marriage Tsarina Russia. He a great x 4 grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 13 Mar 1881 [her father] Tsar Alexander II of Russia (age 62) was assassinated. He died at the Winter's Palace, St Petersburg. His son [her brother] Tsar Alexander III of Russia (age 36) succeeded III Tsar Russia. Dagmar aka Maria Feodrovna Glücksburg (age 33) by marriage Tsarina Russia.
As he was known to do every Sunday for many years, the emperor went to the Mikhailovsky Manège for the military roll call. A young member of the Narodnaya Volya ("People's Will") movement, Nikolai Rysakov, threw a bomb which explosion Alexander survived. A second young member of the Narodnaya Volya, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, threw a second bomb killing the Tsar.
On 20 Apr 1884 [her daughter] Beatrice Windsor Duchess Galliera was born to [her husband] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 39) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 30) at Eastwell Park, Kent. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 23 Jul 1885 Henry Mountbatten (age 26) and [her sister-in-law] Princess Beatrice (age 28) were married at St Mildred's Church, Whippingham. She the daughter of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 66).
On 06 Feb 1889 [her son] Alfred Windsor (age 14) died.
On 10 Jan 1893 [her son-in-law] Ferdinand "The Unfier" Hohenzollern Sigmaringen (age 27) and [her daughter] Marie Windsor (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Prince Alfred Windsor (age 48) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 39). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 19 Apr 1894 [her son-in-law] Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 25) and [her daughter] Victoria Melita Windsor (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Prince Alfred Windsor (age 49) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 40). He the son of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were first cousins. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 20 Apr 1896 [her son-in-law] Ernst Hohenlohe Langenburg II Prince (age 32) and [her daughter] Alexandra Windsor Princess (age 17) were married at Ehrenburg Palace. She the daughter of Prince Alfred Windsor (age 51) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 42). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 30 Jul 1900 [her husband] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 55) died. Duke Edinburgh extinct.
In 1901 [her son-in-law] Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 32) and [her daughter] Victoria Melita Windsor (age 24) were divorced.
On 08 Oct 1905 [her son-in-law] Cyril Vladimirovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 28) and [her daughter] Victoria Melita Windsor (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Prince Alfred Windsor and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 51). They were first cousins. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 15 Jul 1909 [her son-in-law] Alfonso Orléans Galliera Duke Galliera (age 22) and [her daughter] Beatrice Windsor Duchess Galliera (age 25) were married at Coburg. She by marriage Duchess Galliera. She the daughter of Prince Alfred Windsor and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 55). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 24 Oct 1920 Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 67) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick IV Duke of Holstein Gottorp 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Frederick Duke of Holstein Gottorp 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedvig Sophia of Sweden 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter III of Russia 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Paul Emperor of Russia 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Tsar Nicholas I of Russia 3 x Great Grand Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Eugene Württemberg Duke Württemberg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Empress Sophie Dorothea of Russia 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Friederike Sophie Dorothea Hohenzollern Great Grand Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea Hohenzollern Grand Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Father: Tsar Alexander II of Russia 4 x Great Grand Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus William Hohenzollern Grand Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick William II King Prussia Great Grand Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick William II King Prussia 2 x Great Grand Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Queen Frederica Louisa of Prussia 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken
Great x 3 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
GrandMother: Charlotte Hohenzollern 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis I Grand Duke of Hesse 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken
Great x 2 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
GrandFather: Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Maria Alexandrovna Hesse Darmstadt 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden
Great x 1 Grandfather: Prince Charles Louis of Baden 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Princess Wilhelmine Baden 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken
Great x 2 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken