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"Empress Alexandra Fedorovna" (1798-1860) by Christina Robertson, 1840-1841. This empress, born Princess Frederica Louise Charlotte Wilhelmina of Prussia, was wife of Tsar Nicholas I. She became empress in 1825 when Nicholas I ascended to the throne. Nicholas I (1796-1855) was Tsar when Mendeleev first arrived in St. Petersburg in 1850.