#Feodorvna

[otmaaromanovas]

Poem sent by Olga Nikolaevna to her mother, Alexandra Feodorovna, April 1917.

[the-jewel-catalogue]

Harper Field Auctioneers

Included in one of their lots with photographs of Buckingham Palace’s State Apartments are three pages from Queen Mary’s photographic jewel inventory.

(1) On top of the first page we see Empress Maria Feodorovna’s Sapphire, Diamond and Pearl Choker Necklace. This is now with Princess Anne.

(2) To the left we see The Emperor of Austria’s Brooch, a gift to Queen Mary’s mother in 1870.

(3) In the centre we see a diamond brooch that was left to Princess Margaret who later auctioned it in 1979. It came back up for auction in 2022.

(4)Just below that is a diamond and pearl brooch which @ russian_treasure revealed was bought by Queen Mary from Empress Maria Feodorvna’s estate.

(5) To the right is a pink topaz brooch now with The Duchess of Gloucester.

The other two brooches and two rings are unknown to me but I’m very intrigued by the brooch with carved gems (maybe emeralds?)

[krasivaa]

EXTREMELY rare photo of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorvna holding cats, ca 1907. (I think this is probs on Standart.)

[loiladadiani]

i heard that princess alexandra of greece & denmark & grand duchess elizabeth feodorvna had a close relationship right! is there any book that talks about their intimate friendship

I have not read anything regarding a particularly close relationship between Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark. I am sorry I have no information to give you.

[krasivaa]

Maria Amalia's comment at her kinda reminds me of smth someone would say about Alexandra Feodorvna

“[…] beautiful Alexandra, always serious and sad…”

- Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily on Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, Archduchess of Austria.

[the6thofmay]

Beautiful picture of Tsar Nicholas II with his wife Tsarina Alexandra Feodorvna

[detournementsmineurs]

"L'Ultime Voyage des Romanov" documentaire d'Alexandre Dolgorouky (2017), janvier 2019.

[heavyarethecrowns]

Tsesarevich Nicholas of Russia with his finance Princess Dagmar (later Empress Marie Feodorvna of Russia), shortly before his death. When he died, she married his younger brother, Alexander III

[otmaaromanovas]

Olga Nikolaevna Romanov on her 16th birthday

Olga posing with officers on her 16th birthday, on 15th November [N.S.] 1911. That night in Livadia, a grand ball was held in celebration of Olga’s landmark birthday which signalled her entry into Russian high society.  Diary entries and accounts show that Olga’s ball gown was pink and she had been gifted a diamond ring along with a diamond and pearl necklace by her parents, Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra.

From this day onwards, Olga’s hair would be pinned back and up when at formal occasions and her dresses would be lengthened to ankle length to show she was a mature young woman.

[hoopskirtsociety]

Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorvna

Historical fashion details in photography.

[empress-alexandra]

Empress Alexandra Feodorvna of Russia with her eldest daughters Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana and Anna Vyrubova, 1914.

[ravkanfashion]

Dress owned by Empress Maria Feodorvna

[olishkas]

Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia Nikolaevna were the daughters of Tsar Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorvna. Despite being surrounded by grandeur in the Russian court, the girls had a rather modest childhood. They had plain food and baths, they made their beds and helped with chores. The “Big Pair, the two oldest daughters, Olga and Tatiana, were nurses during the first World War. They alongside their mother cared for wounded officers. The “Little Pair”, Maria and Anastasia, were too young to be nurses but they visited the infirmary to cheer up the wounded.

While often seen as a group, each girl had her own, unique personality. Olga was intelligent and sensitive, prone to speaking back when she felt others were in the wrong. Tatiana was said to have been made for royalty, her poise and elegance clear to all who met her. Maria had the biggest heart, a happy girl who longed to make others smile. Anastasia was known to be a bit rambunctious and even naughty at times.

No one was quite sure what the future would hold for the Tsar’s daughters. Marriage prospects were suggested for the oldest, Olga, but she did not approve of any of them. Before anything else on the subject could come forward, the royal family was arrested following a revolution in Russia. They were placed under house arrest in numerous different locations before arriving at their final prison, the Ipatiev House, or the “House of Special Purpose” as the Bolshevik officials called it. On a summer night in 1918, the four sisters along with their mother, father, younger brother, and four family attendants, were taken into the basement. They were read their death sentence before guards opened fire on them. The whole ordeal was brutal and it took nearly a half hour to kill all 11 people with the sisters, probably the Little Pair, suffering the most. They had seen jewels into their corsets which had acted as a bullet proof vest, allowing the girls to survive the initial gunshots. It is said that they were finally dead after headshots, beatings with bayonets, and blows to the face with the end of a gun.

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[darkphoenixgoddess10]

Second Choice, but not Second Best

So you are getting married. You have a suitor, either it was set up by family or you met him at a park. This is the man whom you are marrying and the male romantic lead of your love story. Yet, as fate would have it, it was not to be. Either he died, fell in love with someone else, or somehow left the picture. Don’t worry, there are other fishes in the sea. You moved on and met someone else. Sounds like you are settled with a “second best” but not necessarily. Second choice doesn’t always mean the second best.

Here’s are some stories of love and romance where a princess is settled with her second choice whom was hands down not the second best.

Duchess Helene in Bavaria and Prince Max of Thurn and Taxis

Everyone has heard the story of Empress Sissi of Austria. But do you know she had an older sister Helene (nicknamed Nene). It was Helene who was supposed to wed Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria. Yet, he chose Sissi instead of Helene to be his royal bride - on the day when his engagement to Helene was to be officially announced. 

After Franz Joseph married Sissi, Helene moved on and married Prince Max of Thurn and Taxis, a family friend and the richest prince of Europe. The two had a very happy marriage with four children. Sadly, the marriage wasn’t long. Max died in his thirties due to kidney failure and Helene never married again.

Marie Feodorvna of Denmark and Alexander III of Russia

Known as Minnie in the family, Marie traveled to Russia to meet her future husband, Tsarevich Nicholas of Russia. She was well received by her future in-laws and she fell in love with Russia. Unfortunately, Tsarevich Nicholas passed away from illness and this marriage never happened. Still, Marie liked Russia and Romanovs liked Marie. Soon she was invited back to Russia and this time, Alexander, younger brother to Tsarevich Nicholas, proposed to her after looking through albums together. The two had a successful marriage and a successful reign. Alexander III passed away at age 49 and Marie would follow decades later after Russian Revolution. She was interred in Denmark and it was nearly a century later when her body finally reunited with her beloved husband. 

Mary of Teck and George V of Great Britain

No, her second choice was not Nicholas II of Russia, but George V of Great Britain. And Nicholas was never in the picture though he attended their wedding.

Princess (Victoria) Mary of Teck was supposed to be the bride to George’s older brother Albert Victor (Bertie), but he was already dying. Known as May in the family, Mary of Teck wasn’t Bertie’s first choice either. Bertie was in love with Helene of Paris and his grandmother Queen Victoria intended him to wed Alix of Hesse (future wife to Nicholas II of Russia). Neither worked so Bertie settled with May until he passed away. As for George, Queen Victoria did consider having Alix of Hesse marrying him but that didn’t work out. When his brother Bertie died, the bride to be May settled with him, as choice number 2. Like Alexander III and Marie Feodorovna, George and Mary had a successful marriage and reign. 

So to conclude, don’t feel bad if things don’t work out. What meant to be is meant to be. Second choice not necessarily the second best. 

[russianprincesses]

Empress Alexandra and her two eldest daughters being greeted by soldiers during an official occasion, 1916.

[princesselisabethofhesse]

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse playing with her Russian cousins OTMA.  in Dianaburg, a hunting lodge 2 kilometres away from Schloss Kranichstein. September 15th, 1903.

Thank you Ilya for the link to Empress Alexandra Feodorvna’s wonderful album:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149552988@N02/albums/72157689613182040/page1