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Alexandra Feodorovna

American  
[al-ig-zan-druh fyaw-duh-rawv-nuh, -rov-, -zahn-, uh-lyi-ksahn-druh fyaw-duh-ruhv-nuh] / ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə ˌfyɔ dəˈrɔv nə, -ˈrɒv-, -ˈzɑn-, ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə ˈfyɔ də rəv nə /
Also Aleksandra Fyodorovna

noun

  1. 1872–1918, empress of Russia (wife of Nicholas II).


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Ceremonies at the Winter Palace come to startling, tactile life within the folds of rosettes tracing the back of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna’s court dress from 1860, or in the sweeping velvet train of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna’s blue-and-gold gown.

From New York Times

He has been called a "sex machine" and "lover" of the Tsarina, Alexandra Feodorovna.

From BBC

Rasputin was a 19th century faith healer alleged to have been close to Alexandra Feodorovna, the wife of Russian Tzar Nicholas II. He was loathed by some of that period's Russian officials.

From US News

In 1998, in St. Petersburg, Nicholas II; his wife, Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna; daughters Olga, Tatiana and Anastasia; and the four retainers killed with them were buried together in St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, where all the czars since Peter the Great lie.

From New York Times

Russia’s Investigative Committee is taking another look at the 1918 murders of the Romanov royal family in the hope that new genetic testing can finally confirm the identity of remains thought to belong to Russia’s last emperor, Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra Feodorovna and their five children.

From Time