Political and religious convention, when in Russia... She also changed her religion and embraced in a whirlwind study of the Russian language as well, I think she was a bit daffy in at least her thirties to make such a dynamic life-style change. she was raised Lutheran, but became Russian Orthodox. the language shift I have already described. later in her career -during the war she adopted a sort of ungainly limp that could not have been an accident, but might have been neurotic. some people, confusing her with the Wife of Edward Vii ( a relative!) also named Alexandra- the Alexandra Limp- whether this applied to Edward"s Queen also has been argued. there is some evidence her shifty ( for a Royal type) life-style may have had roots in, well a newfound tolerance for- Vodka. I got the impression she had a drinking problem when reading several historical novels on Anastasia. also of German nationality- maiden name was Von Hess ( like the big Nazi and the Gasoline) this cannot have bode well with the Russian populace as Germany was the enemy in the war- for example the battle of Tannenberg ( Pine Mountain) entirely a Russo-German clash, the Germans having the upper hand! sad and sick woman, God rest her...
The name Alexandra originated from Greece and means "defender of mankind".
Alexandra = Αλεξάνδρᾱ
Defender of man
It means: leader of the people! As does the male name Alexander
Alexis is a shortened form of Alexander or Alexandra.
Before marrying Tsar Nicholas, Alexandra was formally known as Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine. (In reference to the Rhine River) After marriage and converting to Russian Orthodoxy, she took the name Alexandra Feodorovna. Thus, her full name and title would be : Her Imperial Highness, the Czarina Alexandara (Alix) Feodorovna Romanova of Hesse and by Rhine.
Alix Belleville's birth name is Alexandra Belleville.
Alix Koromzay's birth name is Alexandra Elizabeth Koromzay.
His wife's name was Alexandra. they were related (distant cousins) through Queen Victoria of England, although he was Russian and she was German (this caused controversy later when WWI started)
Alix Kermes's birth name is Alix Rachel Kermes.
Alix Cross's birth name is Alix Gabriela Cross.
Alix Paige's birth name is Alix Paige Hyman.
Tsar Nicholas II married Alix,( later had her name changed to Alexandra. ) who was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Stephanie Romanov's birth name is Stephanie A. Romanov.
Romanov All Russian Tsars after Michael I claimed the name Romanov, and it was politically acknowledged. However, according to the technical laws of descent, the right to the name Romanov was lost after the reign of Catherine the Great due to marriages by Empresses. The legitimate name of the family was Holstein-Gottorp, sometimes called Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov.
Nikolai Romanov's birth name is Nikolai Romanovitch Romanov.
Ernst Romanov's birth name is Romanov, Ernst Ivanovich.