![]() Since both were cousins of Nicholas as well he went to the wedding to see Alex. About 4 or 5 years after they first met Alix's brother Ernest got married to their first cousin nicknamed Ducky. Even thought she was in love with him she did not want to marry him because she did not want to give up her Protestantism to be Russian Orthodox. When she was older she continued in the role of Landsmutter (Mother of the land) for her father.Īt the wedding of her sister Elizabeth (Ella) to their cousin Seril of Russia, Alix met for the first time (and fell in love with) the Tsarivitch Nicholas. She spent much of her time in England, staying with her grandmother and various aunts, uncles and cousins. Also, her brother Frederick (1870-1873) died from a fall from a window in his mother's room, complicated by hemophilia. ![]() When Alix was still very young, her sister Mary and then her mother died of diphtheria. Her parents were the Grand Duke and Duchess of Darmstadt her mother was also the daughter of Queen Victoria. ![]() Alix of Hess-Darmstadt was born on Jin Darmstadt, Germany.
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