2006-09-29 04:00:00 PDT Moscow-- Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the Danish-born mother of Russia's last czar, was buried Thursday next to her son and husband in the Romanov family crypt in St. Petersburg ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Cannon shots boomed, motorists honked their horns and church bells tolled as the remains of the Danish-born empress who was the mother of Russia's last czar were interred in ...

One-hundred thirty-six years ago, Tsar Alexander III of Russia commissioned Peter Carl Fabergé to create a jeweled egg as an Easter gift for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna. It was meant to be a ...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II on Thursday led pomp-filled burial ceremonies for Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the Danish-born empress whose remains are to be interred in her adopted land 78 years ...

Gortner’s mesmerizing historical novel (following The Vatican Princess) depicts the remarkable life of the mother of the last Russian tsar. In the 1860s, Princess Dagmar of Denmark (aka Minnie) ...

Born in 1847, Maria Feodorovna was Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Empress of Russia, and wife of Tsar Alexander III. But today, she remains a beloved figure in Finland, a country she often visited to ...

They were murdered by Bolshevik firing squad almost a century ago, and their bodies dumped in a frozen forest in the Urals close to the site of their execution. Now, after finding and verifying the ...

The remains of the Danish-born mother of Russia's last tsar are being taken to St Petersburg, 140 years after she first arrived in Russia. Empress Maria Feodorovna will be buried alongside her husband ...

The Queen and her family beam in the image - but royal fans may find their attention is caught by the magnificent brooch Her Majesty is wearing. The piece is the Empress Maria Feodorovna's Sapphire ...