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Photographs: 1. Grand Duke Mikhail Nicholayevich and his wife, Grand Duchess Olga Fyodorovna, with their two eldest children, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna; 2 and 3: Anastasia as a young girl; 4 and 5: Anastasia as a young woman. In one of the photos, she is wearing Russian court dress; 6. Anastasia with her brother Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich (Miche-Miche); 7. Anastasia with her brother Grand Duke Georgiy Mikhailovich; 8. Anastasia with her brother Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovichl 9. Anastasia with her youngest brother, who died at twenty, Grand Duke Alexis Mikhailovich; 10. Anastasia with her brother Grand Duke Alexander "Sandro" Mikhailovich; 11. Anastasia with her niece Princess Irina Alexandrovna; 12 and 13; Two photos of Anastasia with her fiancee/husband Grand Duke Frederick Francis III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 14. Anastasia with her three children; 15 and 16: Two pictures of Anastasia; 17: Anastasia's three children and their spouses: From left to right: Her daughter Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin with the future��King Christian X of Denmark, Her son, Frederick Francis IV with Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland, and her daughter Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin with Crown Prince Wilhelm; 18. Her illegitimate son Alexis Louis de Wenden; 19: Villa Wenden in Nice; 20. The formidable Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna.

The other Anastaisa

Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna was born in 1860, the second child and only daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Nicholaevich and Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (nee Princess Cecilie of Baden.) Anastasia was a granddaughter of Nicholas I. The better-known Anastasia (the daughter of Nicholas II) would be born a little over a half-century later, promising to be just as indomitable as her predecessor (she did not have the chance to fulfill that promise.)

Stasi (as her brothers called Anastasia Mikhailovna) was her father's favorite child. Her brothers worshipped her. Her mother was the disciplinarian of the house. The boys were allowed to see their sister only on Sundays.

Anastasia married Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, at 19. Frederick Francis was Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, the Elder's brother. He had very poor health throughout his life; he had asthma and multiple allergies and rashes, and he needed to live during extended periods in the warmer climate of the Mediterranean rather than in Northern Europe; this was just fine with Anastasia, who would never adjust to her adoptive country or gain the affection of the people there. The couple established Villa Wenden in the South of France, and she would live in that area of the world most of her life. Frederick's homosexuality was known throughout Europe, but the couple seemed to have gotten along well. Anastasia spent lavishly at the casinos, and Frederick Francis was glad to provide her with the funds. When the Grand Duke died, she said: "On this day, I have lost my best friend."

They had three children, and all married very well:

Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879 –1952); married King Christian X of Denmark. They had two sons.

Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882 –1945), married Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland. They had five children.

Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886 –1954.) She married Wilhelm, the German Crown Prince. They had six children.

Up to the death of her husband, Anastasia's life had transcurred without scandal. However, a few years later, she began an affair with Vladimir Alexandrovitch Paltov, her secretary. She soon became pregnant by him and attempted to hide that fact by claiming she was suffering from a tumor. She claimed to have chickenpox when she delivered the child. Her son, Alexis Louis de Wenden, was born in Nice in 1902. She was able to bring him up herself and wrote to him daily when he was away at school. After the scandal became public, she was advised never to live near her daughter, now the Crown Princess of Germany (she was given special permission to visit her daughter for the birth of her first grandson.)

After her father had a stroke, he went to live with Stasi in Villa Wenden. As the senior member of the Romanov clan, "Uncle Misha" received many visitors, including the Tsar. At least one of her brothers was in residence at Villa Wenden at any given time. When her father died in 1909, Anastasia inherited an enormous fortune. She continued to live as she wished, gambling heavily, going to the theater, and dancing.

World War I split the family apart. Her son was the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, her daughter was the German Emperor's daughter-in-law, she was a Russian Grand Duchess, and her Russian family was fighting on the opposite side. She settled in neutral Switzerland. The war cost her son and daughter their (prospective) crowns. After the war, she returned to Nice. There she founded a charity to help Russian exiles. Vladimir Paltov was the charity's president, perhaps indicating that the relationship continued. She lived in Villa Fantasia in Eze, which is near Cannes.

Anastasia died suddenly after suffering a stroke in 1922. She rests in Ludwigslust next to her husband. All of her children have living descendants today, including her illegitimate son. She certainly lived as she wished. Which is something that the other Anastasia would have probably done should she have been given the chance.

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Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Barbara of Prussia.

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His Imperial Highness Nicholas Alexandrowitch, Czarewitch and Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia was the oldest son of Alexander II, present Czar and Emperor of Russia, by his consort, Maria Alexandrowna, formerly Princess Mary of Hesse, only daughter of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and was first cousin of his Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse, Prince Alice's husband, and of the young Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, whose death occurred just nine days before his own. The Czarewitch was born on September 29, 1843, and became Heir Apparent to the throne of Russia on the demise of his grandfather, the Emperor Nicholas, on the 2nd of March, 1855. The young prince was affianced to Princess Mary Dagmar, younger sister of the Princess of Wales, and daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark. Princess Dagmar was present at the deathbed of her illustrious betrothed, and the last interview between them was most affecting. The Czar, his father, the Empress, his mother, and his brothers, were also present, as well as some of the highest authorities of the Russian empire. The Czarewitch expired at Nice on the 24th inst. And the premature demise of so promising and amiable a prince is not only a deep affliction to his affianced consort and family and to Russia, but it has also caused feeling of sorrow throughout Europe. The Grand Duke Alexander becomes Czarewitch by his brother's demise. This is not the first time that a Muscovite Prince has died after betrothment, and before marriage. The Czar Peter II, the last of the male line of Romanoff (the present Imperial house being of the female line), was affianced with great ceremonial, on the 28th of November (St. Andrew's Day), 1729, at Moscow to Princess Catherine Alexiewna, daughter of his favourite Minister, Prince Dolgurouky. The nuptials were to take place on the 22nd of January, 1730; but the prince was stricken with smallpox on the 17th of that month, and died on the 25th of January, 1730, in the flower of his youth. He was one of the most amiable and popular monarchs of Russia, and was universally lamented.

The Outlook, April 22, 1864

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German(-Russian) nobles in period dramas!

@germanaustriannoblesandroyals I’m responding to this post in which you asked if anyone knew of various portrayals of German nobles, including those who married into German noble families. (But also for the potential benefit of my own followers. I don’t know how helpful any of these will be for making gifs and whatnot as I know far from all of them have subs.) Luckily, the Russian royal family starting with the mid-18th century is a goldmine for German nobility; and, luckily too, Russia loves making period dramas about the Romanovs. (For ease, I’m gonna go in chronological order here.)

 Anna Petrovna

A daughter of Peter the Great, she married Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. Both Anna and her husband are portrayed in the first and second movies of the Secrets of the Palace Revolutions movie cycle, “The Emperor’s Will” and “The Empresses’ Will.”

Elisabeth Katharina Christine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Anna Leopoldovna)

Born the daughter of a German duke, (and later married another German Duke, Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick) she was the mother and regent of Russian Emperor Ivan IV until he was deposed in a coup d’etat. She is portrayed in the final film of the Secrets of the Russian Revolutions cycle, Okhota Na Princessu (Hunting a Princess).

 Her husband, Anton Ulrich, is also portrayed in that film, as well as in the tv series Ekaterina.

Karl Peter von Holstein-Gottorp (Peter III Fyodorovich)

The Russian Emperor Peter III was born Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. There are several portrayals of him, the best one (IMO) being the tv series Ekaterina. (His wife, Catherine, was a German princess, but I saw that you already made a gifset of her.)

Also, interestingly (and kind of amazingly) Ekaterina also portrays Peter’s senior chamberlain, Christian August von Brockdorff, a member of a prominent Holstein noble family, who was one of Peter III’s favorites, especially in the mid 1750s.

Wilhelmina Luisa von Hessen-Darmstadt (Natalia Alekseyevna)

Paul I’s first wife was the daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. She (as well as her two sisters Friederike Luise and  Friederike Amalie) are portrayed in the second season of the tv series Ekaterina.

Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (Maria Fyodorovna)

The second wife of Paul I was also a German princess. She is portrayed in the second season of the tv show Ekaterina, as well as in the tv series Adyutanty Lyubvy (Adjutants of Love) and the movie Bedniy Bedniy Pavel (Poor Poor Paul).

Louise of Baden (Elizaveta Alexeyevna)

Born a German princess, she was the wife of Alexander I of Russia. She is portrayed in the tv series Adyutanty Lyubvy (Adjutants of Love), Severniy Sfinks (Northern Sphinx) and the movie Bedniy Bedniy Pavel (Poor Poor Paul).

Friederike Luise Charlotte Wilhelmine von Preußen (Alexandra Fyodorovna)

She was the daughter of the Friedrich III (later became Nikolai I’s wife). She is portrayed in a couple of different tv shows, the most prominent of which is Bednaya Nastya (Poor Nastya), as well as in the movie The Captivating Star of Happiness.

Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie von Hessen (Maria Alexandrovna)

She was born a daughter of Ludwig II von Hessen (later married to Alexander II of Russia). She is portrayed in several tv shows, the more prominent of which are Bednaya Nastya (Poor Nastya) and Institut Blagorodnikh Devits (Institute for Noble Maidens).

Victoria Alix Helena Louise Beatrice von Hessen (Alexandra Fyodorovna)

Daughter of Louis IV of Hesse (married to Nikolai II). She is portrayed in a lot of stuff lol, the more well-known/accessible ones are probably: Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Grigoriy R, Rasputin (1996), Rasputin (2011), Mathilde (2017).

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Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg was born on August 24th, 1758 to the duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Louis I. and his wife Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg. Sadly, it is nothing known about her education and her life at court of her father.

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On October 21st, 1774 Sophie Frederica married Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway. It is said she was disappointed when she met her husband for the first time, but they came to be fond of each other, although they both supposedly took lovers. Only her son Christian VIII. reached adulthood, while her three daughters all died shortly, after the birth.

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Sophie was quite popular among the people, even though most nobles were in fear, that she could influence her husband in a "bad" way. Sophie Frederica died on November 29th, 1794 in Copenhagen.

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Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his fiancée Princess Barbara of Prussia in 1954.

Barbara was the granddaughter of Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine.

Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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Mecklenburg-Schwerin grandchildren of Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna, late 1920s.

Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis, Duke Christian Louis, Duchess Thyra and Duchess Anastasia.

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Crown Princess Thyra of Hanover with her Mecklenburg-Schwerin grandchildren, Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis, Duke Christian Louis, Duchess Thyra and Duchess Anastasia, 1920s.

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Prussian-Hannoverian and Mecklenburg-Schwerin Royal gathering in 1920.

Back row: Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duke Ernest Augustus of Brunswick, Duchess Victoria Louise of Brunswick, Prince Christian of Hanover seated on his mother's lap, Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia and Princess Cecilie seated on her mother's lap.

Middle row: Hereditary Prince Ernest Augustus of Brunswick, Prince Friedrich of Prussia, Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia and Prince Hubertus of Prussia.

Front row: Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince George William of Hanover, Duchess Thyra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and Princess Frederica Louise of Hanover seated on her cousin's lap.

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Kaiser Wilhelm II and some family members cutting wood logs, Netherlands, c. 1930.

From left to right: Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Kaiser Wilhelm II, behind him is Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia.

The Mecklenburg-Schwerin brothers were Crown Princess Cecilie's nephews.

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Baby Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, later Queen, among her mother's paternal relatives. (July 1938).

From left to right: Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands holding baby daughter Princess Beatrix, Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Oldenburg, Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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Christian Louis, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Barbara of Prussia at their engagement, 4.5.1954.

Barbara was a granddaughter of Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.

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Mecklenburg-Schwerin Royal Family in 1919.

From left to right: Duke Christian Louis, Grand Duchess Alexandra holding baby Duchess Thyra, Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV and Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis.

Duchess Thyra was named after her maternal grandmother Crown Princess Thyra of Hanover née Princess of Denmark.

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Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his family, 1918.

Back row: Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland, Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Front row: Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Crown Princess Thyra of Hanover, Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover.

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The Confirmation of Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1928.

Back row: Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Prince Hubertus of Prussia.

Middle row: Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia and Prince Olga of Hanover.

Front row: Duchess Anastasia, Duchess Woizlawa Feodora and Duchess Thyra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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Danish-Prussian Royal Family in 1925.

From left to right: Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia, Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Prince Hubertus of Prussia, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, King Christian X of Denmark and Prince Friedrich of Prussia.