Danish Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar, daughter of Danish king Christian IX, left Denmark in September in 1866 when she was 18 years old. She moved to Russia and was married to prins Alexander, 21 years old at the time. He later became zsar Alexander III and Dagmar Empress-Dowager of Russia. Alexander died in 1894.
In 1919, two years after the Russian revolution, she fled to Copenhagen and died in Denmark on October 13th. 1928. She was buried in Roskilde where almost all Danish Kings and Queens lay buried. In September 2006, 140 years after she went to Russia for the first time, she will be laid to rest beside her beloved husband in St. Petersburg in Russia.
Her Russian name was Maria Fyodorovna. She was the mother of the last Russian zsar Nicolai II.
Her father, Christian IX is sometimes called Europe's father in law. His daughter Alexandra was Married to King Edward VII. Thus Dagmar/Maria Fyodorova was George V's aunt.
This is a photograph of The Russian Church in Copenhagen, built in her honour.
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Not knowing the story behind this, it was hard for me to see a story in it. After reading YOUR comments it makes a lot of sense to me. And, it's not uncommon to run a photo like this with a story like that. So, now, I have to say well-done on it. I wish the story could have run with the photo. That would have been neat, huh?
Technically, this photo is really good and despite probably getting a few DMNC votes scored somewhat well.
Is it photojournalism? Yes, I'd have to say. Does it stand alone? No, especially not to us not in the know. I'm actually ashamed I'm wasn't in the know on this, as I usually like to keep up on world events.
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