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== Early life and Marriage ==
[[Image:queenvictoria&familyqueenvictoriafamily.jpg|thumb|Queen Victoria with Princess Victoria, Elizabeth, and Alix (the future Tsaritsa Alexandra)]]
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. She was also the elder sister of [[Alexandra Fyodorovna]], the last empress of Russia. Elizabeth was affectionately called '''Ella''' by her family.
== Conversion ==
[[Image:elizabeth&sergeielizabethsergei.gif|thumb|Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna and her husband Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich]]
Of her conversion to Orthodoxy, Metropolitan Anastassy recalls:
