#German Royalty

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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, 1890s.

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TIARA ALERT: Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg wore the SWB Fringe Tiara for the New Year's Reception at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1 January 2025.

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The Hessian siblings and the Romanov siblings in Darmstadt, 1910.

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~ William Corden the Younger, Marie of Baden, Princess of Leiningen (1834-1899)

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Hohenzollern Crown of Prussia ♕ Georg Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia

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Princess Sophia of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1778-1835), later Countess von Mensdorff-Pouilly

Artist: William Corden the Younger (English, 1819-1900)

Date: c. 1844

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, United Kingdom

Description

Princess Sophia Fredericka Caroline Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1778–1835) was the eldest daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf. In 1804, she married Emanuel, Count of Mensdorff-Pouilly. She was the sister of the Duchess of Kent and King Leopold I of Belgium, and aunt of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In 1830, she published a collection of fairy tales, Mährchen und Erzählungen (Tales and Stories).

According to an inscription on the reverse this is a copy after an original by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein (1788-1868). The Royal Collection has Corden's portrait of the sitter's mother, also after Vogel, and his copy of Vigée Le Brun's portrait of the sitter's sister Antoinette. They form part of a set of twelve portraits of the ancestors of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert that were recorded hanging in Queen Victoria’s Bedroom, Windsor Castle, in the mid-nineteenth century in identical gadrooned frames.

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Princess Alice of Battenberg and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. About 1901.

Nicholas was married to Alexandra, who was the youngest sister of Alice's mother, Victoria. Alexandra and Victoria were born Princesses of Hesse and by Rhine and granddaughters of Queen Victoria via her second daughter, Alice.

In 1903 Alice would marry Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, a cousin of Nicholas' and her last born child would become Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Alice was the grandmother of King Charles III.

Though congenitally deaf, Alice learned to read lips and speak English and German, and also later Greek, the language of her new homeland.

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Stage Adaptations about Empress Elisabeth that's not Elisabeth das Musical (Part 2)

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Sissi – Das Musical

Sissi Das Musical (Also called Sissi – Liebe, Macht und Leidenschaft) is a German musical composed by George Amadé (music) and Jean Müller (book/lyrics). It premiered in Nanjing, China in 2008 followed by the European premiere in April 2012.

Fun Fact: It was commissioned by the Chinese government, reflecting the country's enduring fascination with the empress.

According to reviews, much like the Romy Schneider films, it lacks depth and is weighed down by excessive kitsch.

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Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, 1860.

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Sophie-Alexandra Evekink at her wedding to Prince Ludwig of Bavaria at St Kajetan Church in Munich. Germany - 20.05.23

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Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse with his surviving children: Princess Victoria of Battenberg, Marchioness of Milford-Haven, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, Princess Irene of Prussia, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia and Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, 1884.

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TIARA ALERT: Princess Clarissa of Fürstenberg wore a diamond wreath tiara for her wedding to Alexander Cass Saint at St. Martin Beuron Archabbey in Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 6 July 2024.

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"Where Princess Ella was, no angry disputes could exist. She was so sweet and just that the other children always gave in to her arbitration. Looking back on her short life I often wonder why we did not see that she was quite too good for this world, her fit companions were the angels. She was a regular little mother, and was never so happy as with the 'tiny cousin,' as she called Anastasie." – Margaretta Eagar, Six Years at the Russian Court

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~ Trudpert Schneider. Elisabeth Henriette Fürstin zu Fürstenberg, born Princess of Reuss-Greiz (1824-1861), Heiligenberg Castle (Zenophotography)

photo taken 1849, when Elisabeth was ~25yrs old.

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Isenburg Floral Diamond Tiara ♕ Franz-Alexander, Prince of Isenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire

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Portrait of Anne of Hungary and Bohemia

Painter: Hans Maler zu Schwaz (German, 1480/1488–1526/1529)

Date: 1519

Medium: oil on panel

Collection: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain

Anne of Bohemia and Hungary

Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (23 July 1503 – 27 January 1547), sometimes known as Anna Jagellonica, was Queen of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary and Archduchess of Austria as the wife of King Ferdinand I (later Holy Roman Emperor).