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However, in 1894, Olga's father became increasingly ill, and the annual trip to Denmark was cancelled. [14] On 13 November 1894, he died at the age of 49. The emotional impact on Olga, aged 12, was traumatic, [ 15 ] and her eldest brother, the new Tsar Nicholas II , was propelled into a role for which, in Olga's later opinion, he was ill-prepared.
Following the death of his second cousin King Frederick VII 11 years later, Christian became King of Denmark. [1] Due to Christian's German background, he was unpopular among his subjects during the start of his reign. [2] He nearly abdicated in 1864 after Denmark's loss in the Second Schleswig War. Christian's popularity recovered, however, as ...
Countess Olga Alexandrovna Orlova: 1807–1880 ... (Dagmar of Denmark) (1881–1894) No. Appointment date Portrait Name Years of life Note 1 28 March 1882
In 1864, the Russian Empress Maria Alexandrovna announced that her son would visit Denmark, and during the summer Nicholas, or "Nixa" as he was known in his family, arrived at Fredensborg Palace, where the Danish royal family was staying. Nicholas had never met Dagmar, but had for a number of years collected photographs of her, and both ...
Xenia Alexandrovna: Alexander Alexandrovich: 6 April 1875: 20 April 1960: Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (m. 1894; d. 1933) Elena Vladimirovna: Vladimir Alexandrovich: 29 January 1882: 13 March 1957: Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (m. 1902; d. 1938) Olga Alexandrovna: Alexander Alexandrovich: 13 June 1882: 24 November 1960: Duke Peter ...
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960) ∞ Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (1868-1924) div. ∞ Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky (1882-1958) Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920) ∞ Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (1857-1905) ∞ Princess Elizabeth of Hesse (1864-1918)
Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky [2] (5 November 1881 – 11 August 1958) was the second husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, the sister of Tsar Nicholas II and daughter of Tsar Alexander III.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia; Tsar Alexander III of Russia; Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (later Frederik VIII) Louise, Crown Princess of Denmark (later Queen Louise) King George I of Greece (born Prince Wilhelm of Denmark) Princess Thyra of Denmark; Princess Alexandra of Greece; Queen Olga of Greece; Princess Marie of Greece