The tragic life of Maria Feodorovna, the last Empress Dowager of Russia

At 18, she bid farewell to her beloved fiancé, at 47, she lost her devoted husband, and at 70, she saw off her son, daughterinlaw, and grandchildren Maria Feodorovna, whose life was marked by a series of twists of fate, spent her life saying goodbye to her dearest and nearest. After the death of her last close relative, her sister, she left this world alone.