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A Tsaritsa (Цари́ца), also called tsarina, czarina, or czaritsa, is a female Tsar or Empress of Russia or Bulgaria.
The last Tsaritsa was Alexandra of Hesse who was married to Nicholas II of Russia.
Several Tsaritsas were the rulers of Russia including Catherine I, Catherine the Great and Elizabeth I. Others who gained the title by marrying a Tsar were Elizabeth Alexeevna, Alexandra Fyodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse-Rhein), and Marie Romanova.