Louise of Baden

Empress Elisabeth Alexeievna of Russia (in Russian, Elisaveta Alexeievna), born Louise Marie Auguste, Princess of Baden (of the House of Zähringen) (24 January, 1779 - 4 May (O.S.) = 16 May (N.S.), 1826) was a daughter of Prince Karl Ludwig of Baden and Amalia of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was also the older sister of Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden. She was thought of as a very beautiful woman, she loved magnificent jewelry and clothes.

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24 January - 1779 - 4 May - 16 May - 1826 - Prince Karl Ludwig of Baden - Amalia of Hesse-Darmstadt - Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden

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Louise Marie Auguste converted from the Evangelical faith to Russian Orthodoxy in Saint Petersburg on 9 May, 1793 (O.S.) = 20 May, 1793 (.N.S.), receiving the name Elizabeth Alexeyevna (has several different spellings).

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Saint Petersburg - 9 May - 1793 - 20 May

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She married Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich, the future Emperor Alexander I of Russia (then the heir apparent of the then tsarevich) on 28 September, 1793 (O.S.) = 9 October, 1793 (N.S.) in Saint Petersburg at the Winter Palace, when she was fourteen years old and Alexander was seventeen.

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Alexander I of Russia - 28 September - 1793 - 9 October - Winter Palace

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Alexander and Elizabeth had two children:

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:*Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1799 - 1800).

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1799 - 1800

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:*Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexandrovna of Russia (1806 - 1808).

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1806 - 1808

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After the last child's death, Alexander pronounced that there couldn't be more children, because that was the will of God. When Alexander took a mistress (Princess Maria Naryshkina) and had children, Elizabeth also took a lover, Prince Adam George Czartoryski (who was Alexander's friend). Later on in life Elizabeth and Alexander got closer together. She died almost a year later after Alexander's death.

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God - Princess Maria Naryshkina - Adam George Czartoryski

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