Queen Louise of Denmark, c1893. Image under Creative Commons license.  In the Life of Queen Alexandra , author Sarah A. Southall Tooley describes Queen Lo…

Princess Thyra of Denmark, Duchess of Cumberland, and her husband, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover. Images from Wikimedia Commons Thyra Ameli…

Hvidøre, the Danish summer house of Queen Alexandra and Empress Maria Feodorovna.  Image: Wikimedia Hvidøre is not as grand as any Russian palace or as…

A portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna by Kramskoj. Image: Wikimedia Commons Marie Sophia Frederika Dagmar was born on November 26, at the Yellow Palace…

Queen Alexandra’s singular beauty and charm endeared her to the British people the moment she stepped foot on the English soil in 1863. In fact, the arriva…