Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Rumors about Alexandra denied

November 11, 1895

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A dispatch to Darmstadt's Central News denies a report from Russia concerning the condition of Empress Alexandra, whose "accouchement is now momentarily expected." The denial, which has been published in the New York Times, denies that the empress has undergone a Caesarian and is expected to die "from its effects." The Empress' brother, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and By Rhine "has received no alarming news" from St. Petersburg.

This is Empress Alexandra's first child. The former princess Alix and Hesse and by Rhine married Nicholas II in 1894.

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