# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-alexandrovna
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:51:09.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-alexandrovna"
name: "Maria Alexandrovna"
slug: "maria-alexandrovna"
description: "She founded Russia's first all-female schools, co-launched the Russian Red Cross, and stood beside Alexander II as he abolished serfdom — yet tuberculosis and the death of her eldest son defined her final years as much as the institutions she built."
tagline: "Empress consort of Russia (1855-1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Alexandrovna_by_Winterhalter_(1857%2C_Hermitage).jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1824-08-08"
deathDate: "1880-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.58
  momentum:             1.112300896800964
  historical:           24.27240933333334
  currentAttention:     6.17944942667202
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Business Professionals"
    slug: "business-professionals"
  - name: "Other"
    slug: "other"
  - name: "19th Century"
    slug: "19th-century"
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    title: "Марыя Аляксандраўна (імператрыца)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мария Александровна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marie von Hessen-Darmstadt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Hessen-Darmstadt"
    title: "Maria de Hessen-Darmstadt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80-%D0%B0%D1%8C%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B8)"
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    title: "Marie Alexandrovna"
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    title: "Marie af Hessen og ved Rhinen"
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    title: "Marie von Hessen-Darmstadt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marija Aleksandrovna"
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    title: "ماریا الکساندروونا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hesseni Marija Alekszandrovna orosz cárné"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Aleksandrovna (istri Aleksandr II)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_d'Assia-Darmstadt"
    title: "Maria d'Assia-Darmstadt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マリア・アレクサンドロヴナ (ロシア皇后)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "მარია ალექსანდრეს ასული"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "마리 폰 헤센다름슈타트 대공녀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "ماريا ألكسندروفنا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Aleksandrovna_(Rusiya_imperatri%C3%A7as%C4%B1)"
    title: "Mariya Aleksandrovna (Rusiya imperatriçası)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Princess Marie of Hesse in 1824, raised in piety and frugality after her mother's death when she was twelve, she married Tsesarevich Alexander at sixteen — daunted at first by the extravagance of Russian court life but young enough to grow into it wholly. When Alexander became emperor in 1855 and her mother-in-law died five years later, she stepped into public view: co-founding the Russian Red Cross Society, establishing Russia's first all-female schools, backing her husband morally through the abolition of serfdom, and lending her name to the Mariinsky Theatre and Mariinskyi Palace. Tuberculosis took hold in 1863, driving her south for milder winters, and grief deepened after the death of her eldest son just before his wedding. She kept close ties to Hesse, visiting yearly, and was known for wisdom, intellect, and a generosity that extended even to her husband's mistress and her children. She died in 1880.