#Grand Duchess Elisabeth Mavrikievna of Russia

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GODPARENTS OF PRINCE KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH

Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich was born on 1 January 1891 in Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia. He was the third son and fourth child of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia and his German-born wife Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna. Konstantin was christened on 3 January at 2 in the afternoon at Marble Palace Church, St. Petersburg, by the Confessor of Their Majesties. His godparents were:

ALEXANDER III, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA - his father’s first cousin was named as one of his many godparents. He was highly reactionary in domestic affairs and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II. He was most likely present at his young cousin’s christening.

GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAEVICH OF RUSSIA - his paternal grandfather and namesake was one of his numerous godparents. He was the Viceroy of Poland from 1862 to 1863. His real influence on internal affairs after 1868 was insignificant. He was reportedly absent at his grandson's christening, due to his ill health.

CHARLES ALEXANDER, GRAND DUKE OF SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH - his parents' distant cousin (as a grandson of Emperor Paul I of Russia) was also named as the young Konstantin's godparent. He was absent at the prince's christening. He was the penultimate ruler of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, from 1853 until his death in 1901.

QUEEN MARIE OF HANOVER - his great-aunt, the last Queen consort of Hanover, was amongst his numerous godparents. She was absent at his christening.

ELISABETH, GRAND DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG - another of his great-aunt named as his godmother. Elisabeth, upon her marriage to the Grand Duke of Oldenburg used the funds given to her by her father to set up the Elisabeth Foundation, which still exists today. Like her sister Queen Marie, she was absent at her great-nephew's christening.

GRAND DUKE ALEXEI ALEXANDROVICH OF RUSSIA - his father's illustrious first cousin was named as the prince's godfather. Chosen for a naval career, Alexei started his military training at an early age. By the age of 20 he had been appointed lieutenant of the Imperial Russian Navy, eventually becoming general-admiral.

GRAND DUCHESS ALEXANDRA PETROVNA OF RUSSIA - his great-aunt,  the wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, was another of his godmothers.A plain, and serious woman, her marriage to Grand Duke Nicholas was an unhappy one. Nevertheless, she would enjoy and maintain a good relationship with a few of her nephews including Emperor Alexander III and Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich, who were sympathetic to her.

GRAND DUCHESS ALEXANDRA GEORGIEVNA OF RUSSIA - his paternal first cousin, the eldest daughter of King George I and Queen Olga, had been present and named as a godparent of Prince Konstantin, who was merely nineteen years her senior. In 1889, she married Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, the youngest brother of Emperor Alexander III.

GRAND DUKE MICHAEL NIKOLAEVICH OF RUSSIA - his great-uncle was also listed as his godparent, and had been present at the christening. A soldier for most of his adult life, he enjoyed a favourable relationship with the three last Emperors of Russia - his brother Alexander II; nephew Alexander III; and great-nephew Nicholas II.

GRAND DUKE PETER NIKOLAEVICH OF RUSSIA - his father's first cousin was another of his many godparents. He was the younger son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich and his wife grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna (also named as a godparent of Prince Konstantin, listed above).

PRINCESS AUGUSTA OF SAXE-MEININGEN - his maternal grandmother was also named as his godmother. In 1862, she married Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, and bore him five children.

PRINCESS LOUISE CHARLOTTE OF SAXE-ALTENBURG - his maternal aunt, the youngest sister of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna was amongst his numerous godparents. Both Louise Charlotte and her mother Augusta were absent at Konstantin's christening.

Source

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Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna of Russia, nee Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg.

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“the children of Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia (1858-1915) and Grand Duchess Elisabeth Mavrikievna undoubtedly have the characteristic traits of Saxe-Altenburg” - Submitted by sublimebakerypiewagon-blog

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Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia with his family: Princess Elisabeth Auguste Marie Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Vera Constantinovna Romanova of Russia Prince Georgy Konstantinovich of Russia Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia Prince Oleg Konstantinovich of Russia Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia Princess Tatiana Constantinovna Romanova of Russia Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia

Russian vintage postcard

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Portrait of Grand Duchess Elisabeth Mavrikievna of Russia, neé Princess of Saxe Altenburg. Author unknown. 1880s

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Currently there is no known photos of the wedding of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Princess Alix of Hesse and By Rhine on 14 November 1894 ( 26 November 1894 N.S.) at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace.Of course they may still be in the Russian Archives,not yet released

On 19 April 1894, Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia was at the wedding of Ernst-Ludwig Grand Duke of Hesse, to their mutual cousin,Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Nicholas had also obtained permission from his parents, Tsar Alexander III and Empress Marie Feodorovna, to propose to Ernst's younger sister, Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine.The Emperor and Empress had initially been opposed to the match. However, Nicholas, who had first met Alix a decade earlier in St. Petersburg when Alix's sister, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, married Nicholas's uncle, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov of was not to be dissuaded. Furthermore, Tsar Alexander's health was beginning to fail.

Shortly after arriving in Coburg, Nicholas proposed to Alix. However, Alix, who was a devout Lutheran, rejected Nicholas's proposal, as in order to marry the heir to the throne, she would have to convert to Russian Orthodoxy.However, Alix's cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who had been at the wedding, insisted that it was her duty to marry Nicholas, despite her religious scruples.Elisabeth also spoke with her, insisting that there were not that many differences between Lutheranism and Orthodoxy. At the prompting of the Kaiser, Nicholas proposed for the second time, and she accepted.

On 1 November 1894, Alexander III died at Maly Palace, Livadia, leaving twenty-six-year-old Nicholas as the next Tsar of Russia. The following day, Alix, who had arrived at Livadia several days earlier in order to receive the dying Tsar's blessing, was received into the Russian Orthodox Church as Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna.Alix had apparently expressed her wish to take the name Catherine, but decided to take the name Alexandra on Nicholas's request.

Guests

The groom's family

•The Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia ~ mother of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna Romanova of Russia ~ sister of Nicholas ll

•Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Romanov of Russia ~ brother-in-law and first cousin once removed) of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia, brother of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova of Russia, sister of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal uncle of Nicholas II

Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna Romanova of Russia (the Elder) ~ paternal aunt by marriage of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal first cousin of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal first cousin of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal first cousin of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna Romanova of Russia ~ paternal first cousin of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal uncle of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal uncle of N0icholas II

Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna Romanova of Russia ~ sisters-in-law and paternal aunt by marriage of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal uncle of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna Romanova of Russia ~ paternal grandaunt by marriage of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov of Russia ~ first cousin,once removed of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna Romanova of Russia ~ first cousin once removed by marriage of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich Romanov of Russia ~ first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Duchess Vera of Württemberg, first cousin once removed of Nicholas II (representing the King of Württemberg)

•Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal granduncle of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich Romanov of Russia ~ first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Georgiy Mikhailovich Romanov of Russia ~ first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich Romanov of Russia ~ first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•King Christian lX of Denmark ~ maternal grandfather of Nicholas II

•King George l of the Hellenes ~ maternal uncle of Nicholas ll

•Queen Olga of the Hellenes ~ maternal aunt and first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Prince George of Greece and Denmark ~ first cousin of Nicholas II

•Prince Valdemar of Denmark ~ maternal uncle of Nicholas II

The bride's family

•Grand Duke Ernst-Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine ~ brother of Alexandra Feodorovna

•Princess Irene of Prussia ~ Sister of Alexandra Feodorovna

•Prince Henry of Prussia ~ brother-in-law and maternal first cousin of Alexandra Feodorovna (representing the German Emperor)

•Edward, Prince of Wales ~ uncle of both Alexandra and Nicholas (representing the Queen of the United Kingdom)

•Alexandra,Princess of Wales ~ aunt of both Alexandra and Nicholas (representing the Queen of the United Kingdom)

•The Prince George,Duke of York ~ Alexandra and Nicholas' mutual first cousin

•Alfred,Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ~ uncle of Alexandra Feodorovna and uncle by marriage of Nicholas ll

•Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna Romanova,Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ~ aunt of Nicholas ll and aunt by marriage of Alexandra Feodorovna

•Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Romania, husband of Alexandra and Nicholas' mutual first cousin (representing the King of Romania)

Foreign Royalty

•Mecklenburg : Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg ~ second cousin once removed of Nicholas II (representing the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin)

•Grand Duchy of Baden : Prince Wilhelm and Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Baden, second cousin once removed of both Nicholas and Alexandra, and first cousin once removed of Nicholas II (representing the Grand Duke of Baden)

•The Duke of Leuchtenberg, first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

Prince George Maximilianovich and Princess Anastasia of Leuchtenberg, first cousin once removed of Nicholas II and his wife

•Grand Duchy of Oldenburg : Duke Alexander Petrovich and Duchess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Oldenburg, second cousin once removed and first cousin once removed of Nicholas II (cousin of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg)

•Grand Duchy of Oldenburg : Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg ~ second cousin of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchy of Oldenburg : Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg ~ second cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz : Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ~ second cousin once removed of Nicholas II (nephew of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)

•Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz : Duke Karl Michael of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ~ second cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg Prince Albert and Princess Helene of Saxe-Altenburg ~ third cousin once removed of both Nicholas and Alexandra, and second cousin once removed of Nicholas II (representing the Duke of Saxe-Altenburg)

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Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, 1900s.

Niece of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia.

Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna of Russia

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Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia and his fiancée Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (later Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna), photographed sometime between 1883-1884.

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Source Royalty In Colour

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The Great-Grandchildren of Emperor Paul I

Emperor Paul had 71 legitimate (incl. morganatic) great-grandchildren — 58 survived to adulthood. Three of whom became reigning monarchs [Frederick III, German Emperor; Emperor Alexander III of Russia; and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]. One became a Queen consort of Greece [Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia]. Another two great-grandchildren became ruling a Grand Duke, and Duke of a German princely state [Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Saxe-Altenburg].

Among the 58 great-grandchildren that survived to adulthood, 39 of them have living descendants today. Including King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, and the Prince of Wales.

Notes: Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin is the father-in-law of both Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (his wife was Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, or better known as Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the elder) and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (her husband was Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin).

*Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg is the father-in-law of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich (his wife was Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, or better known as Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna).

*Four of Emperor Paul’s great-grandchildren married each other: Duke Alexander of Oldenburg & Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg; George, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg & Duchess Therese of Oldenburg.

*Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (Grand Duchess of Russia) is the mother of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich and Peter Nikolaevich of Russia.

*Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia (Queen of Greece) is the mother-in-law (as well as first cousins) of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia.

*Five of Paul I’s great-grandchildren (Grand Dukes Nicholas Mikhailovich, Dmitri Konstantinovich, Paul Alexandrovich, George Mikhailovich and Sergei Mikhailovich) were executed by the Bolsheviks between 1918 to 1919.

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Biography of one of the lesser known Romanovs.And one of my personal favourites.

Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna Romanova of Russia was born on 23 January 1890 as the third child and first daughter of Grand Duke Konstantine Konstantinovich Romanov of Russia and Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg,who took on the name Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna Romanova of Russia.

She married twice and was widowed twice :

•Prince Konstantin Bagration-Mukhransky of Georgia (14 March 1889,Tbilisi, - 1 June

1915, Jarosław), a Georgian by birth who was serving in a Russian Imperial Guards

regiment, and died in World War I.Married in 1911

Issue

Prince Teymuraz Konstantinovich Bagration-Mukhransky

Princess Natalia Konstantinovna Bagration-Mukhransky

•Alexander Vassilievich Korotchenzov

​ ​married 1921; died 1922)​

After her children grew up,she took the veil, in Switzerland in 1946, just after the end of the WWll,which was her father's dream.Whenever going to Geneva she stayed at the house of Konstantin Bargration's niece, Tatiana. At first she served at St. Mary Magdalene Convent in Jerusalem, coincidentally where relics of the Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna Romanova of Russia were moved. She later served as Abbess at the Mount of Olives Convent in Jerusalem, and died as Mother Tamara (named so after the medieval Georgian queen Tamar, a remote ancestor of Tatiana's first husband), on 28 August 1979 at aged 89 at the Mount of Olives Convent, Jerusalem

Burial Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.

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This lesser known Romanov seems to be quite popular amongst Romanov fans ~

Prince Igor Konstantinovich Romanov of Russia

Born on 10 June 1894 at Stelna,he is the sixth child and fifth son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov of Russia and Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, who became the Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna Romanova of Russia.He attended the Corps des Pages, an imperial military academy in Saint Petersburg. He enjoyed theatre.

During World War I, he was a cornet in the His Majesty's Hussar Guards Regiment and became a decorated war hero. However, his health was quite fragile: he suffered from pleurisy and lung complications in 1915, and even if he returned to the trenches, he couldn't walk quickly and often coughed up blood.

On 4 April 1918, he was exiled to the Urals by the Bolsheviks and murdered on 18 July the same year in a mineshaft near the town of Alapaevsk, along with his brothers Prince Ioann Konstantinovich and Prince Konstantin Constantinovich Romanov of Russia, his distinct cousin Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley and other relatives and friends.His body was eventually buried in the Russian Orthodox Church cemetery,St Seraphim in Peking which was destroyed in 1986 and is now a park/golf course.

There are efforts to find the bodiesxand bring them back to Russia.

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Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna of Russia (née Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg).

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I know that when a princess married into the Russian Imperial Family if they were converting they had to adopt a name accepted in Russian Orthodox. But if they weren't converting did they still have to change their whole name, or just adopt a patronymic?

I am admittedly foggy on the rules of Orthodoxy, but I don’t *think* a princess who chose not to convert was required to change her first name.  The two who come to mind–Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Elder (Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) and Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna (Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg)–simply “Russianized” their given names, but that was relatively easy to do.  Grand Duchess Viktoria Feodorovna (Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh/Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) converted to Orthodoxy in 1907, but she kept her name even though it was not a well-known name in Russia.  I’m a little confused myself, to tell you the truth, but maybe one of my followers can help us out.  

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Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, later Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna of Russia.

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Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna of Russia (nee Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg).