Biography

After having been buried in Denmark, her last wish was granted in 2006

• she was then re-buried next to her beloved husband in Russia.

Empress of Russia 1881-1894

Grand Duke Paul was born on 3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1860 at the Catherine Palace, in Tsarskoye Selo.[1][2] He was the eighth and youngest child of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and his first wife, Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, née Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.[1].

Daughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Sister of King Frederik VIII,Queen Alexandra, King George of Greece, Prinsesse Thyra, and Prins Valdemar.

Grand Duke Paul's early years were spent at Tsarskoye Selo and at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, with vacations at Livadia, the family's Crimean retreat. As time passed and the Empress' health dictated her to avoid the harsh Russian climate, the Tsarina spent long sojourns abroad with her three youngest children in Jugenheim outside Darmstadt, and the winters in the south of France.[5] Paul was a protected delicate child; he never had a robust constitution.[7].