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Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)

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Alexandra Feodorovna
Portrait by Franz Krüger, c. 1836
Empress consort of Russia
Tenure1 December 1825 – 2 March 1855
Coronation3 September 1826
BornPrincess Charlotte of Prussia
(1798-07-13)13 July 1798
Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Died1 November 1860(1860-11-01) (aged 62)
Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1817; died 1855)
Issue
HouseHohenzollern
FatherFrederick William III of Prussia
MotherLouise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
ReligionRussian Orthodox
previously Calvinism

Alexandra Feodorovna (Russian: Алекса́ндра Фёдоровна, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandrə ˈfjɵdərəvnə]), born Princess Charlotte of Prussia (13 July 1798 – 1 November 1860), was Empress of Russia as the wife of Emperor Nicholas I (r. 1825–1855 ).