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1894 royal wedding

The wedding of Nicholas II of Russia to Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) occurred on 26 November [O.S.

14 November] 1894 at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace.

Engagement

On 19 April 1894, Tsarevich Nicholas was at the wedding of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, to their mutual cousin, Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Nicholas had also obtained permission from his parents, Tsar Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna, to propose to Ernst's younger sister, Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, one of the favorite granddaughters of Queen Victoria.

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The Emperor and Empress had initially been opposed to the match. However, Nicholas, who had first met Alix a decade earlier in St. Petersburg when Alix's sister, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, married Nicholas's uncle, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, was not to be dissuaded.

Furthermore, Tsar Alexander's health was