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She was a younger sister of Alexandra, Queen Consort of King Edward VII and mother of George V of the United Kingdom. This helps to explains why there is such a striking resemblance between Nikolai II and George V of the United Kingdom.

She was married to Alexander III. Pretty and popular, Maria Fyodorovna rarely interfered with politics, preferring her to devote her time and energies to her family and to her charities. Her once exception to this "hands off" policy was her militant dislike of Germany.

Despite the overthrow of the monarchy (1917), the Empress Maria at first refused to leave Russia: it was only in 1919, at the urging of her sister Alexandra, that she grudgingly departed. After a brief visit to London, she return to her native Denmark, choosing as her home Hvidøre , her former holiday villa near Copenhagen. There she remained until her death in 1928; following services in Copenhagen's Orthodox church, she was interred at Roskilde Cathedral.

Plays and films aside, Maria Fedorovna never met any of the Anastasia claimants; indeed, to the end of her life, she refused to acknowledge that the massacre of her son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren had ever taken place.

The children of Tsar Alexander III and Maria Fedorovna:

• Tsar Nikolai II ( May 6May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). There are 239 days remaining. Events 1527 Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 1682 Louis XIV of France moves his court to V, 1868Events January 3 Meiji Emperor declares " Meiji Restoration", his own restoration to full power, against the supporters of the Tokugawa Shogunate. January 10 Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu declares emperor's declaration "illegal" and attacks Kyoto. Pro-Emperor - July 17July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining. Events 180 Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa, executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that pa, 1918Events January January 8 President Woodrow Wilson announces his " Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. February February 3 The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service in San Francisco as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long).).
• Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia ( June 7June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. Events 1099 Beginning of Siege of Jerusalem (1099) 1494 Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the, 18691869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events March 1 North German Confederation issues 10 gr and 30gr value stamps, printed on goldbeater's skin May 10 Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory, Utah. May 15 Wo - May 2, 1870).
• Grand Duke Georgi of Russia ( May 6, 1871 - August 9, 1899).
• Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia ( April 6, 1875 - April 20, 1960).
• Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich ( November 28, 1878 - c. June 12, 1918).
• Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia ( June 13, 1882 - November 24, 1960).