Dagmar of denmark maria feodorovna romanova

The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark, had spent over fifty years in Russia.

Prominent Russians: Maria Feodorovna, Empress Consort of Russia

After the revolution she lived in Denmark in retirement at Hvidøre north of Copenhagen. Among the russian émigrés her word was law, and her position as head of the Imperial family ensured that her influence was paramount among the Romanovs. Her husband Aleksander III died in his prime and two of her children died young. The revolution led to the destruction of the dynasty and the Church.

Maria Feodorovna, Empress consort of Russia -

Many members of her family was killed and she ended as the symbol of a bygone age. Many of her loyal servants, friends and courtiers followed her into exile 1919 – 1920 and later found a new life in Denmark after her death in 1928. In 2006 she was transferred from Roskilde Cathedral to be reinterred at the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Skt.

Petersburg. (Top illustration: Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, © Category:Maria Fyodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) - Wikimedia PON