alleyskywalker:EMPRESS-CONSORTS OF RUSSIAEkaterina Alexeyevna (born Marta Helena Skowrońska). Marrie

alleyskywalker:EMPRESS-CONSORTS OF RUSSIAEkaterina Alexeyevna (born Marta Helena Skowrońska). Married Tsar Peter I in February 19, 1712. Became Empress(-Consort) when Peter I took on the title of Emperor in 1721. After her husband’s death on January 28, 1725, she became Empress-Regnant, known as Catherine I, until her death on May 6, 1727. Ekaterina Alexeyevna (born Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg). Married Grand Duke Pyotr Fyodorovich August 21, 1745. Empress-Consort to Peter III (January 5 1762 – July 9, 1762). After leading a coup d’etat that saw the abdication and assassination of her husband, she proclaimed herself Empress-Regnant and ruled as an autocrat for34 years until her death. Maria Fyodorovna (born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg). Married Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich on September 26, 1776. (She was Paul’s second wife. His first wife, Natalia, had died in childbirth.) Empress-Consort to Paul I (November 17, 1796 – March 23, 1801). After Paul I’s assassination in a coup d’etat, Maria retained her status of the first lady of the empire, outranking the Empress-Consort Elizaveta Alexeyevna. She outlived not only her husband, but several of her children, including Emperor Alexander I and his wife, and died at age 69 in 1828. Elizaveta Alexeyevana (born Louise Marie Auguste of Baden), Married Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich on September 28, 1793. (They were both very young - 14 and 15 years old, respectively.) Empress-Consort to Alexander I  (March 24 1801 – December 1, 1825). She outlived her husband by 5 months. Alexandra Fyodorovna (born Friederike Luise Charlotte Wilhelmine von Preußen). Married Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich on July 13, 1817 (incidentally her birthday.) Empress-Consort to Nikolai I (December 1, 1825 – March 2, 1855). She outlived her husband by 5 years. Maria Alexandrovna (bornMaximilianne Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie von Hessen). Married Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich on April 28, 1841. Empress-Consort to Alexander II (March 2, 1855 – June 3, 1880). Maria Fyodorovna (bornMarie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar of Denmark). She was originally engaged to Tsesarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich, her future husband’s older brother, but Nikolai died of meningitis before their wedding.  Maria married Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich on November 9, 1866. Empress-Consort to Alexander III (March 13, 1881 – November 1, 1894). She outlived her husband by 34 years; she also survived the Russian Revolution and died in Denmark in 1928.  Alexandra Fyodorovn(born Victoria Alix Helena Louise Beatrice von Hessen). Married Nikolai II on November 26, 1894 and was Empress-Consort from that day until March 15, 1917. She was assassinated with the rest of her family on July 17, 1918. -- source link

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