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'The Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia', born Princess Alexandra Friederike Henriette of Saxe-Altenburg (1830-1911), 5th daughter of Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. She married Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, second son of Nicholas I of Russia in September 1848. It was said that Alexandra looked so much like her husband's sister, the Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaievna, who died in childbirth, that her mother-in-law burst into tears at their first meeting.
Konstantin and Alexandra had 6 children:

★ Nikolai Konstantinovich 1850-1918. Exiled to Siberia

★ Olga Konstantinovna 1851-1926.

★ Vera Konstantinovna 1854-1912.

★ Constantin Konstantinovich 1858-1915.

★ Dmitry Konstantinovich 1860-1919.

★ Vyacheslav Konstantinovich 1862-1879.