#princess maria alexandrovna by ivan makarov

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HIM Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Imperial Russia, Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine in full court dress and red kokoshnik with pearls. Painted by Ivan Makarov in 1837.

She is the mother of Tsar Alexander III, and thus the grandmother of Russia's last emperor Tsar Nicholas II.

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