I read in a biography of Marie Feodorovna that one of her first actions as tsarevna was to compile a list of all the Jewish officers in her husband's military company so that he could dismiss them. But it was an old biography I read in my college library a long time ago and I can't remember the author or the title.
The book did quote the memoirs of a Russian official at the time and he remarked how enchanted everyone was with the young Maria Feodorvna but thought that she was a pretty airhead who liked nothing but clothes, jewels and dancing. He said everyone later was surprised to find that she held a lot of political influence over her husband and regretted that they hadn't taken her seriously before.
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Last edited by ysbel; 02-09-2008 at 11:31 PM.
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