Photograph taken at Fredensborg in Denmark in 1864 during the visit of the Tsesarevich Nikolai (1843-1865) of Russia to the Danish royal family, preceding his marriage proposal to Princess Dagmar of Denmark. Following Nikolai's death the following April, Dagmar married his younger brother Alexander and became Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Alexander III. (Left to right) King Christian IX of Denmark; Landgraf Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel (Dagmar's grandfather); Queen Louise of Denmark in front of Dagmar; Nikolai; Princess Thyra of Denmark, later Duchess of Cumberland (Dagmar's younger sister); Crown Prince Frederik in front of the Prince of Wales; Alexandra, Princess of Wales (Dagmar's elder sister); Valdemar/Waldemar (in front; their little brother); Marie, Princess Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau (Queen Louise's sister); her daughter Princess Hilda of Anhalt-Dessau; Prince Julius of Glucksburg.