The future czarina was born in 1847 as Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar. Baptized a Lutheran, she took the name Maria Feodorovna when she converted to Russian Orthodoxy before marrying the ...

Empress Dowager Dagmar's arrival in Copenhagen with several members of the Danish royal family present. Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar) maintained a close connection to Denmark throughout her life.

Empress Maria Feodorovna will be buried alongside her husband, Tsar Alexander III, as she had wished. Her descendants joined Danish royals and officials for a memorial service at Roskilde Cathedral, ...