Grand Duchess Elizabeth the New Martyr
Posted in Saints, Saints Who Were Mothers on Jul 5th, 2008
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna of Russia (February 24, 1864 – July 18, 1918) Elizabeth was the second child and daughter of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, a daughter of Queen Victoria. In the winter of 1878, diphtheria swept through the Hesse household, killing both Elizabeth’s youngest [...]

