In the Romanov family, the name Alexandra seemed to have bad luck when it came to the women who had the name. Grand duchess Alexandra Pavlovna was the eldest daughter of Tsar Paul I, she died when only 17 years old giving birth to a daughter who died the same day. The next unlucky Alexandra was Alexandra Feodorovna (nee Charlotte of Prussia) wife of Nicholas I, all her life she was sickly and after the Decembrist Revolt she had horrible neurological problems that plagued her fit the rest of her life and died in her sleep at the age of 62. Grand duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna was the next unfortunate girl, banned after her aunt, she shared the same fate dying at only 19, her son dying shortly after birth. Grand duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna was the eldest child of Alexander II, she died at the age of 6 of infant meningitis. The last cursed Alexandra was Alexandra Feodorovna (nee Alix of Hesse) wife of Nicholas II, plagued by illness real or imaginary all her life, she also gave her only son and heir the dreaded disease, Hemophilia, and was executed by the Bolsheviks at the age of 46.
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