#Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna

[adini-nikolaevna]

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia in regimental uniform.

[krasivaa]

A delightful photo of little Grand Duchesses Olga Nikolaevna and Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia with their auntie, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna, circa 1898-1899. <3

[empress-alexandra]

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia on her wedding day to Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, 1902.

[lesyoussoupoff]

"The Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess Vladimir spent their summers at Tsarskoe Selo. The Grand Duchess had the graceful bearing of a great lady of the Renaissance. She was born a Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and ranked immediately after the two Empresses. She was very able and intelligent and carried out all the duties of her position with perfect tact. She was always very kind to me, and was much entertained by accounts of my adventures. For a long time, I was in love with her daughter the Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna, later Princess Nicholas of Greece, whose beauty fascinated me. She had the loveliest eyes imaginable, and everyone fell under their charm." -Prince Felix Youssoupoff, Lost Splendor

[royal-confessions]

“Grand duchess Elena vladimirovna could have married king albert of belgium if it wasn't for her mother Grand duchess maria palvona. This would have created an powerful alliance with Russia and Belgium but because her mother was such an snob and desperate to marry her daughter off it was nearly impossible for her daughter to get married off. Due to her mother making her dsnobbish as her but oh well.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[loiladadiani]

Prince Phillip with his Romanov aunt and his Greek cousin.

Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, with Princess Olga of Greece and Princess Helen of Greece (who was born Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna) during his visit to Athens in 1950.

[katrinaftw44]

This is a colourization I did of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. Born 29 January 1882 to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She married Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and had 3 daughters. She died on 13 March 1957.

I think this is the first time I've done a colourization of Grand Duchess Elena.

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Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, later Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark

Greek vintage postcard

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Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna 1890s.

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Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, 1910s.

[loiladadiani]

Is it in the genes or the upbringing?

I love that these pretty intense ladies had a sense of humor. But just think about who their mothers' were. Elena Vladimirovna's mother was Miechen, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Elder (and her father, Grand Duke Vladimir); Grand Duchesses Victoria Melita and Princess Beatrice were daughters of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna. They were not about to take any nonsense from anybody.

Smoking Ladies. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess Victoria Melita of Hesse-Darmstadt and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Cannes 1901.

Source: Queen Victoria's granddaughters, Facebook group.

[worldoftheromanovs]

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna photographed in the Winter Palace, February 1900

Photos from Alexandra’s 1899-1900 Album

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Elena Vladimirovna with Grand Duchesses Tatiana and Olga Romanov in 1898 in Peterhof.

[loiladadiani]

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna and her brother, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich,

The picture of the brother and sister wearing typical Russian dress as children is beautiful.

They were both good-looking as adults as well. Elena would pass some of those looks to her daughters years later.

[heavyarethecrowns]

Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (born Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was a Greek and Danish princess by birth and a British princess by marriage.

She was a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, and a granddaughter of King George I and Queen Olga of Greece. Princess Marina married Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, in 1934. They had three children: Prince Edward, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Michael.

Princess Marina was born on 13 December 1906 in Athens, Greece, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, George I of Greece. She was the third and youngest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and his wife Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. Her father was the third son of George I of Greece and Queen Olga, while her mother was the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Her father was a grandson of Christian IX of Denmark, while her mother was a granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia.

Princess Marina had two elder sisters, Princess Olga and Princess Elizabeth. Princess Olga married Prince Paul of Yugoslavia in 1923. After the assassination of his cousin, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Paul served as Prince Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941. Princess Elizabeth married Carl Theodor, Count of Toeering-Jettenbach in 1934.

One of their paternal uncles was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (making Marina and her sisters Philip's first cousins).

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Твид, двубортные костюмы, блейзеры, респектабельная седина и королевская стать - признаки человека, точно знающего себе цену. Майкл Кентский внук короля Георга V, двоюродный брат королевы Елизаветы II. Принц Кентский в интервью СМИ подчеркивал, что имеет русские корни и «чувствует глубокую привязанность к России» — его бабушкой была внучка Императора Александра II, великая княжна Елена Владимировна.

Tweed, double-breasted suits, blazers, respectable gray hair and a regal bearing are the signs of a man who knows his own worth. Michael of Kent is the grandson of King George V and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. In an interview with the media, the Prince of Kent emphasized that he has Russian roots and "feels a deep attachment to Russia" - his grandmother was the granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna.