Alexandra Feodorovna
Alexandra Feodorovna, last Tsarina of Russia (1872-1914)
Alexandra Feodorovna has multiple links with Cremerie de Paris.

She knew about Cremerie de Paris and the beauty of Les Halles from her grandmother.
Queen Victoria had a particular affection for the children of her second daughter
Alice of the United Kingdom who died very young at age 35. The picture shows Queen Victoria with her grandaughter Alice Hessen in
1879.

Queen Victoria was a friend of French
Empress Eugenie. As Empress of the French Eugenie had contributed to the construction of les
Halles Centrales in the
1860s. Fasinated by decoration Eugenie watched over the facade of every building to be erected on the new rue des Halles.
According to the legend the
two angels above the petite Cremerie on 11 rue des Halles represent the faces of
Queen Victoria and
Empress Eugenie.
The sculpture was created in
1859. It's one of the fairy tales around Cremerie de Paris that Empress Eugenie later living in exile in the United Kingdom told Queen Victoria. Well it was not the only one ...
When they were getting older the two Ladies met quite frequently. Queen Victoria lived until
1901, Empress Eugenie until
1920.
Victoria repeated the story to her grandaughter Alice Hessen, later
Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia.

And Alexandra Fedorovna told the story to her own children,
Tatiana,
Olga,
Maria,
Anastasia and
Alexei and the other children around them ... among them the grandfather of
Cremerie de Paris, picture
1910 ...
more coming soon ...