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    Why did the name "Alexandra" come to be called "unlucky" for daughters of the Romanov family?

    Question #69964. Asked by smartie806. (Aug 22 06 3:52 PM)


    Brainyblonde

    		The Romanov dynasty had several daughters named Alexandra who all happened to die before the 20th birthday, wherefore the name was later regarded unlucky for imperial daughters.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Romanova

    Aug 22 06, 3:55 PM
    lanfranco

    		Apparently because several Romanov women who bore that name died before their 20th birthdays:




    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Romanova

    Aug 22 06, 3:56 PM

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