Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
Grand Duchess of Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864–1918)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine; 1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German Hessian and Rhenish princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
Princess Elisabeth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia | |||||
Born | Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864-11-01)1 November 1864 Bessungen, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Confederation | ||||
Died | 18 July 1918(1918-07-18) (aged 53) Alapayevsk, Russian SFSR | ||||
Burial | Church of Mary Magdalene, Gethsemane, Jerusalem | ||||
Spouse | |||||
| |||||
House | Hesse-Darmstadt | ||||
Father | Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine | ||||
Mother | Princess Alice of the United Kingdom | ||||
Religion | Russian Orthodox Previously Lutheran | ||||
Signature |
A granddaughter of Queen Victoria and an older sister of Alexandra, the last Russian Empress, Elisabeth became famous in Russian society for her dignified beauty and charitable works among the poor. After the Socialist Revolutionary Party's Combat Organization assassinated her husband with a bomb in 1905, Elisabeth publicly forgave Sergei's murderer, Ivan Kalyayev, and campaigned without success for him to be pardoned. She then departed the Imperial Court and became a nun, founding the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent dedicated to helping the downtrodden of Moscow. In 1918, she was arrested and ultimately killed by Bolsheviks. In 1981, she was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, and in 1992 by the Moscow Patriarchate.