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Remains of Empress Maria Fyodorovna to go back to Russia
MOSCOW, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Danish Royal House backs the decision to move from Denmark to Russia the remains of Empress Maria Fyodorovna, mother of Russia’s last Emperor Nicholas the Second. Prince Consort Henrik told Itar-Tass that the Royal Family would be represented at the 2006 reburial ceremony in St.Petersburg.
“We still regard Maria Fyodorovna as our Danish princess, since she was born in Denmark,” the Prince Consort noted. “On the other hand, she was definitely a Russian Empress. She had to flee from Russia during the revolution and to go back to her home country, where her nephew had reigned at that time,” he added. The Empress now lies buried in the Cathedral of Roskilde (Denmark). “After the changes that had occurred in Russia, we deem it legitimate to take her back to St.Petersburg,” the Prince stated.
“The Danish Royal Family will attend this important ceremony since it is an outstanding event for our two countries,” he stressed. “Unfortunately, neither I myself nor the Queen will be able to go to Russia, but Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark will definitely be there,” he noted.
In accordance with the agreement, reached by Russia and Denmark, the ceremony was scheduled for September 26, 2006. It will take place on the 140th anniversary of the Danish Princess Dagmara’s arrival in Russia, where she was converted to the Orthodox faith and named Maria Fyodorovna.
The family was aware of the Empresses desire to be buried, when it became possible, in St.Petersburg, next to her husband – Emperor Alexander III. The elders in the family of the Tsar’s relatives, Princes Nicholas and Dmitry Romanovs, initiated a few years ago the idea to move Maria Fyodorovna’s remains to Russia.
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2051853&PageNum=0
MOSCOW, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Danish Royal House backs the decision to move from Denmark to Russia the remains of Empress Maria Fyodorovna, mother of Russia’s last Emperor Nicholas the Second. Prince Consort Henrik told Itar-Tass that the Royal Family would be represented at the 2006 reburial ceremony in St.Petersburg.
“We still regard Maria Fyodorovna as our Danish princess, since she was born in Denmark,” the Prince Consort noted. “On the other hand, she was definitely a Russian Empress. She had to flee from Russia during the revolution and to go back to her home country, where her nephew had reigned at that time,” he added. The Empress now lies buried in the Cathedral of Roskilde (Denmark). “After the changes that had occurred in Russia, we deem it legitimate to take her back to St.Petersburg,” the Prince stated.
“The Danish Royal Family will attend this important ceremony since it is an outstanding event for our two countries,” he stressed. “Unfortunately, neither I myself nor the Queen will be able to go to Russia, but Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark will definitely be there,” he noted.
In accordance with the agreement, reached by Russia and Denmark, the ceremony was scheduled for September 26, 2006. It will take place on the 140th anniversary of the Danish Princess Dagmara’s arrival in Russia, where she was converted to the Orthodox faith and named Maria Fyodorovna.
The family was aware of the Empresses desire to be buried, when it became possible, in St.Petersburg, next to her husband – Emperor Alexander III. The elders in the family of the Tsar’s relatives, Princes Nicholas and Dmitry Romanovs, initiated a few years ago the idea to move Maria Fyodorovna’s remains to Russia.
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2051853&PageNum=0