The daughter of the danish king, the former russian empress died on october 13, 1928 at 7:20 p. M. , a month shy of her 81st birthday. Maria feodorovna, or as she was known in denmark, empress dagmar, was the oldest member of the royal family, and her fate did not leave her contemporaries indifferent. King christian x was initially against a formal funeral, but eventually gave in to public opinion. Denmark declared a four-week mourning period. Date: October 1928.
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