Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Difference between revisions

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HIM The Empress of Russia

Titles	Empress of Russia Grand Duchess of Hesse Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Reign	19 April 1894 - 21 December 1901 as Grand Duchess of Hesse 1 January 1925 - 2 March 1936 as Empress of Russia
Coronation	17 August 1892 as Grand Duchess of Hesse 1 January 1925 as Empress of Russia
Predecessor	Princess Alice of the United Kingdom as Grand Duchess of Hesse Princess Alix of Hesse as Empress of Russia
Successor	Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich as Grand Duchess of Hesse Princess Leonida of Mukhrani as Empress of Russia
Biographical Information
Born	25 November 1876 Attard, Malta
Died	2 March 1936 (aged 59) Moscow, Russia
Spouse	Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse (m. 1894; div. 1901) Emperor Kirill of Russia (m. 1905; d. 1936)
Issue	Princess Elisabeth Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna Vladimir
Name	Victoria Melita
House	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (by birth) Hesse (by marriage) Romanov (by marriage)
Father	Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother	Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
Religion	Evangelical Church of Germany

General

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Photo	Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
with Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse
	Princess Elisabeth	11 March 1895	16 November 1903 (aged 8)	Died in childhood
with Emperor Kirill of Russia
	Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna	2 February 1907	27 October 1951 (aged 44)	Karl, Prince of Leiningen (m. 1925); had issue
	Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna	9 May 1909	8 September 1967 (aged 58)	Emperor Ludwig Ferdinand of Germany (m. 1938); had issue
	Vladimir	30 August 1917	21 April 1992 (aged 74)	Princess Leonida of Mukhrani (m. 1948); had issue


Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom	Duke Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld	Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf Duke Augustus of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Princess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin King George III of the United Kingdom Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia	Emperor Alexander II of Russia Princess Marie of Hesse	Emperor Nicholas I of Russia Princess Charlotte of Prussia Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse Princess Wilhelmine of Baden	Emperor Paul of Russia Princess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg King Frederick William III of Prussia Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Grand Duke Louis I of Hesse Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Hereditary Prince Charles Louis of Baden Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

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 [[Emperor Kirill of Russia]]<br>