Video: Payback for the shed blood: the tragic death of the innocent princess Alexandra
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
"Ray of the sun" was called in the imperial family Princess Alexandra Nikolaevna … She was beautiful and graceful, endowed with an excellent ear for music. It was impossible to resist her youth and charm. However, by the will of fate, this beautiful flower was destined to fade at the age of 19, giving birth to a child who did not live a day. The father-emperor was sure: the early death of an innocent child is a punishment for the blood shed during the Decembrist uprising, in the year of her birth.
Alexandra was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas I, she was promised a happy life and a successful marriage. By nature, she was good-looking, thanks to her teachers, she was developed beyond her years. An innate musical talent prompted her to master the piano and take up vocals. During many hours of vocal lessons, her Italian teacher Soliva first suspected that something was wrong: the girl often choked from coughing, and from time to time her beautiful voice began to sound hoarse. However, no one took Soliv's fears seriously: the court physicians could not allow the music teacher to be more discerning than them, and in every possible way proved that the princess had no ailment.
The decision to give out the beautiful Adini (as the household called her) was made when the girl was 19 years old. At this time, the wedding of Nikolai's eldest daughter, Princess Mary, was taking place in St. Petersburg. Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel came to the celebration among those invited, seeing the beautiful Adini, he could not restrain his emotions. Friedrich-Wilhelm fell in love with the beautiful princess and, having received an invitation to spend the summer in Peterhof, thought about the wedding. The lovers were happy, the members of the imperial family seriously believed that the overwhelmed romantic feelings were good for Adini, and she would definitely recover soon.
The future seemed bright until the doctors announced the real diagnosis - consumption. There was no chance of recovery. The newlyweds moved to Tsarskoe Selo, here Alexandra (by that time pregnant) was under the constant supervision of doctors. Despite being in bed, labor began prematurely. The baby was born alive, but lived less than a day. His mother died soon after. Thus ended the earthly journey of the beautiful Adini.
After her death, the imperial family tried to keep a fond memory of her. A prayer room was set up in her room, and a few years later a monument was erected in Tsarskoye Selo (unfortunately, it has not survived to this day).
Interestingly, on the occasion of the wedding, Alexandra received a huge dowry - porcelain sets, woven tablecloths, monolithic mirrors, silver and bronze dishes. It is difficult to estimate the value of the wealth: one sold silver service was enough to organize a shelter for those in need in St. Petersburg.
After the death of Alexandra, Friedrich-Wilhelm was in despair, because overnight he lost both his beloved wife and newborn heir. For 11 years he was in mourning for the untimely departed Adini, and only after that he married a second time to the Prussian princess Maria Anna Friderick. The marriage was approved by Nicholas I.
The union of Friedrich Wilhelm and Alexandra was short-lived, but imprisoned for love. This is one of the few cases in Russian history when a couple was chosen at the behest of the heart. From our review "The most scandalous misalliance in Russian history" you will find out which of the crowned heads allowed themselves to "marry for love".
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