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Tsaritsa

A Tsaritza, Tsarina, Czarina, Czaritza or Tsarevna, is a female Tsar or Empress of Russia.

The last Tsaritza was Alexandra of Hesse who was married to Nicholas II of Russia.

Several Tsaritzas were the rulers of Russia including Catherine I, Catherine the Great and Elizabeth I. Other who gained the title by marrying a Tsar were Elizabeth Alexejevna, Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse-Rhein), and Marie Romanova.