The Last Empress of Russia Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1872

Alexandra was born in Germany on June 6, 1872. Until she married, her name was Alix. Her father was Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt. Hesse-Darmstadt was a small German duchy her mother was Princess Alice, a daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Note: Until 1871, Germany consisted of many independent states, principalities and kingdoms.

In 1871, the Prussian Chancellor, Bismarck, created the first united Germany, and the king of Prussia became the German Kaiser. It was, however, a federal state, an empire ("Reich") and most of the individual states and their rulers retained a considerable measure of autonomy.

Answer: Victoria, Elizabeth, Irene, May

Alexandra had four sisters: Victoria, Elizabeth, Irene and May. Victoria married the Prince of Battenberg, Elizabeth married the Grand Duke of Russia, Irene married the Prince of Prussia and May unfortunately died of diptheria at the age of four.

Answer: 1884

Alexandra first met her husband, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, in 1884, when she was twelve. They met at the wedding of Alexandra's sister Elizabeth to Grand Duke Serge of Russia. Alexandra and Nicholas were married in 1894.

Answer: Grand Duchess Olga

Alexandra's first child was Grand Duchess Olga, who was born in November 1895.

Answer: Olga, Tatiana, Marie, Anastasia

Alexandra had four daughters: Olga, born in 1895; Tatiana, born in 1897; Marie, born in 1899; and Anastasia, born in 1901. All four of the girls were murdered alongside their parents by the Bolsheviks.

Answer: One

Alexandra had one son, Tsarevich Alexei. Alexandra desperately wanted a son because girls could not inherit the Russian throne, and was upset when each of her daughters was born. When Alexei was born, Alexandra was truly happy at last.

Answer: Haemophilia

Alexei suffered from a hereditary disease, haemophilia, which meant his blood did not clot properly.

Answer: Rasputin

Alexandra invited the monk Rasputin to the palace because she believed he could stop Alexei's bleeding and therefore save his life.

Answer: Because before she married she was a German princess and the Kaiser was her cousin

Alexandra became the object of anti-German feeling during World War One because she had been born a German princess and Kaiser Wilhelm II was her cousin. Alexandra's brother, who she was very close to, was also fighting for the Germans. The Russian people believed that Alexandra sympathised with the Germans and was passing Russian secrets on to her family in Germany.

They were wrong, however. Alexandra did not support the Germans and wanted the Russians to win.

Answer: 1918

Alexandra was murdered early in the morning of July 17th, 1918 in a cellar in Ekaterinburg alongside her husband, children and several servants. She was shot in the head and died instantly.