THE TSARINA
' ■' Sir,—l aiii':.somewhat■'•'puzzled as to the exact:;parentaEe'{of the ex-Tsarina of Russia. I haye-'always understood her- to be of English descent, a daughter of the late Duke of ■ you know to be a son of'the late Queen Victoria. But. I was told.that she is not a descendant of Queen :Victoria, hut .is a princess of one'of_ the Royal houses of Germany. -Would you' enlighten me on this point am, etc., ''''■'•,';'. 'RUSSIAN' TThe ex-Tsarina is a; grand-daughter of.,tho late Queen Victoria. She is the youngest child of the late Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, a daughter of Queen Victoria who married the German Grand Duke of Hesse in 1862.The ex-Tsarina is. the'rtjfore English on her mother's, side and; German on her father's. Prior to her marriage-to Tsar Nicholas, !in 1894, ; she lived' l in Gei--many.] ; .;'. ;. ::•-,-,.- ■■'• ■[
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3042, 31 March 1917, Page 12
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135THE TSARINA Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3042, 31 March 1917, Page 12
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