Alexandra-Feodorovna Imperatrice de Russie 1872 - Empress of Russia - Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia, born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Viktoria Alix Helena Luise Beatrice Prinzessin von Hessen und bei Rhein) 6 June 1872 - 17 July 1918, was Empress consort of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of the Russian Empire. Born a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, she assumed the name Alexandra Feodorovna upon blessing into the Russian Orthodox Church, which canonised her as Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer in 2000. Alexandra is best remembered as the last Tsaritsa of Russia, as one of the most famous royal carriers of the haemophilia disease, as well as for her support of authoritarian control over the country. Her notorious friendship with the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin was also an important factor in her life. ?007 TopFoto