Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse in 1864, was both the aunt and sister-in-law of Tsar Nicholas I and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. After her husband, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, was assassinated in 1905, she renounced her wealth, sold her jewels- including her wedding ring-and founded the Martha and Mary Convent in Moscow, devoting her life to helping the poor and the sick. Despite her selfless service, she was arrested by the Bolsheviks du