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Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: Александра Павловна: 9 August [O.S. 29 July] 1783 – 16 March [O.S. 4 March] 1801) was a daughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia and sister of emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I. She married Archduke Joseph of Austria, Palatine of Hungary.
Jul 15, 2023 · Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (9 August 1783–16 March 1801) was the eldest daughter of Paul I of Russia (1796–1801). Until 1796, it looked as thought she would marry the then 18-year-old Swedish King Gustav IV Adolf.
Unlike her elder sisters, Grand Duchess Ekaterina is depicted without a striped coat, her hair worn loose, demonstrating her immaturity. Grand Duchess Elena rests her elbow on a desk, a number of books visible at the left, perhaps illustrative of her grandmother Catherine the Great’s keen supervision of the Grand Duchess’s education.
This miniature is a copy of a full-sized oil painting in the Pavlovsk, St Petersburg, one of a set of portraits by Dmitry Levitsky of the four daughters (Alexandra, Helena, Mary and Catherine) of Paul I.
Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (24 June 1825 – 10 August 1844) was the youngest daughter and fourth child of Tsar Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, and his wife, Princess Charlotte of Prussia.
Jul 15, 2011 · Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna was the eldest daughter of Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna. She was born on August 9, 1783 in Tsarskoe Selo. Her grandmother Empress Catherine took Alexandra's elder brothers, Alexander and Constantine, to be brought up and educated under her supervision.
Biography. Dauughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia (q.v.); in 1796 was set to be engaged to Gustav IV of Sweden but the bethrothal was cancelled when the young King discovered Alexandra would not convert to protestantism after the wedding. She eventually married Archduke Joseph of Austria (q.v.) in 1799. 2 related objects.
