#pavel Alexandrovich

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Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich with his daughter, Maria.

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Emperor Alexander II, his wife, sons and two daughters-in-law

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I read became Grand duchess elizabeth feodorovna was a foster parent is that true can you tell me more?

Yes yes I can!!!

So basically Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1864-1918) married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia and became Elisabeth Feodorovna. Sergei had a brother named Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich and he had a wife named Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark aka Alexandra Georgievna.

Pavel married Alexandra and they had a daughter named Maria (aka Maria Pavlovna the younger) and they also had a son named Dmitri (aka Dmitri Pavlovich). While in premature labor with Dmitri, Alexandra sadly passed away in 1891 and Pavel struggled with the care of his two young children. Elisabeth and Sergei who were the children’s aunt and uncle slowly started taking on most of the childcare responsibilities and eventually became the pairs legal guardians. Pavel also married another woman morganatically and had 3 more children.

Elisabeth and Sergei never conceived but we’re known as Maria and Dmitri’s foster parents.

I hope this helps and thank you for asking!

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The imperial family in Helsinki, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland 1885.

Alexander III, Empress Maria Feodorovna and their two sons, Tsesarevich Nicholas, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich.

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A poem by Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley in French, written on 29th June 1913 in Oranien Hof, Kreuznach, signed with "Bodya" and, as it says, ordered by his father, Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich on his name day. While the poem itself is in French, date, place & signature are in Russian. I already translated that part, so here is the poem:

A day among many others,

A little liver, a little enthusiasm

Like that, flour rounded off this quatrain

Our little sorrows and yours....

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Pavel Alexandrovich Radimov - On Red Square on the day of the funeral of V.I. Lenin (1924)

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The Romanov Martyrs

I wanted to put together a little memorial that included all the members of the Romanov Family (as well as the members of their staff) that were murdered by the Bolshevik terrorists. This seems like a good week to keep them in our minds. Although we love and mourn the children especially, there were others we cannot forget.

Tsar Alexandre II was hunted down until finally blown to pieces.

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna lost two sons and five grandchildren (no wonder she could not accept they were dead)

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich was also hunted down and blown to pieces

Three Mikhailovichi brothers were murdered

Four Konstantinovichi were murdered, three of them brothers; I cannot imagine what their mother, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna, went through...and so on.

May they rest in peace.

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“Pavel and Alix […] are as happy and contented as surely young couple passionately in love should be.”

—Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna of Russia on her brother-in law, Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich, and his bride, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark.

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Happy Birthday to Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov! (June 18th, 1774)

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Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna with members of the extended Romanov family.

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Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich with his wife Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna (previously Princess of Greece and Denmark)

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Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich in Gorny Studn (Bulgaria) during the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878.

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Valentin Serov (1865 - 1911)

I will allow Valentin Serov's entry to this blog for several reasons: He was a genius painter, Russian, a favorite painter of the Romanovs, and also very handsome. Furthermore, he considered his best model ever a little dog owned by Felix Yousupov (and had the honesty to say it; he meant it too.) This dog was not Felix's famous "Punch" but a pug named "Gyugus."

Russian painter Valentin Serov (19 January 1865 – 5 December 1911)

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Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (1857 - 1905) and Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich (1860 - 1919)

The two younger sons of Alexander II in fancy dress. Like their father, both would die at the hands of assassins.

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Who's in the portrait from Frozen - The Broadway musical?

A quick recap: in the original Broadway production of Frozen, during "For the first time in forever", Anna is seen next to the portrait of some unknown gentleman. Who is he?

I initially thought (incorrectly) this was a portrait of a young King Karl XIV Johan who was the king of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Karl III Johan) during the years 1818-1844, i.e. during the time Frozen takes place!

Portrait of crown prince Karl Johan by François Gérard 1811 (cropped).

It could have been a cool easter egg to have him appear in the musical but unfortunately (for me) it was not the case!

My friend @bigfrozenfan suggested (correctly) that the uniform of the man in the Frozen portrait was borrowed from a painting of the Russian prince and military commander Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky (1776-1852):

Portrait by English artist George Dawe circa 1823.

Unfortunately, this only gave us half the Broadway painting. We still needed the guy's face. Browsing image results on google, this painting of Russian politician and military commander Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov (1774-1817) popped up, and it was a perfect match!

Portrait by George Dawe from some time before 1825.

Once we mirrored the picture...

Broadway on the left and original to the right.

Now, why Pavel decided to borrow his countryman Pyotr's uniform in the Frozenverse we can only speculate. What we do know is that they were both long dead when Frozen takes place.

Why were these portraits chosen by the set designers? Why not just use one portrait and call it a day? Why mane an edit? Probably just for fun. Maybe to confuse see if someone would figure out what it was based off of! 😄

It should also be mentioned that something strange is going on with the left epaulette. Compared to the original (right below), some elements of it has been copied and pasted in the Broadway version (left below). I have no idea why. maybe to save space in the picture. Other than that, the uniform appears to be completely unaltered.

I hope you learned something! 😁

Summary:

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Of the corps commanders, I remember nothing, except perhaps Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich, uncle of the Emperor, who received this great assignment whilst still a very young man, almost immediately after his command of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment. During his journey along the forward line of the Main Camp in Krasnoe Selo (the 1st and 2nd Guards Infantry Divisions) the Grand Duke once did not meet the assistant on duty for the regiment at the proper place, namely at the camp guard's banner, at the location of the Egersky Life Guards Regiment's camp. The officer concerned had been obliged to be continually at this place, being stationed in the 'duty tent', in case of the appearance of a superior, to report to him about the welfare of the regiment. As a result, the officer who was absent so inopportunely, received a comment in the regimental order. It was I. The most august corps commander had decided to drive up to the regiment when I, having been overcome by a call of duty, had decided to leave for five minutes in some need!

Grand Duke Pavel was famous for his tall and slim Romanov figure, beauty and elegance. Many cornets envied his stylish high boots which were so well set off by the long, thin legs. When the Grand Duke dismounted, he lovingly patted the hard tops of his English boots with his riding crop with its expensive handle.

An excellent representation of him is the famous portrait by Serov, where the Grand Duke and his black horse are painted from the knee up, both restive heads close together. The artist has skilfully captured the military elegance of Pavel Alexandrovich in his white tunic, gilded armour and helmet of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment.

The second marriage of the widowed Grand Duke in defiance of the Tsar's prohibition knocked him out of the smooth service track which was due to him by his status. It was much later, during the war of 1914-17, that we saw him again as a commander of a Guards corps, in the same position over seventeen or eighteen years.

In the summer of 1916, I presented the Life Guards Izmailovsky Regiment to him. Grey-haired, not without old-age wrinkles, the Grand Duke, had a new beauty, he still shone with military style and harmony of figure; but he didn't slap the riding crop against the top of his amazing boots; it was the century of the motor car, and there was no need for a crop.

Pavel Alexandrovich's elder brother, Grand Duke Vladimir, in the 1890s commanded all the troops in the St Petersburg military district. He wasn't as tall as 'brother Pavel' as he called him, but no less handsome and thoroughbred.

To Serve the Russian Empire: The Autobiography of Boris Héroys - John Elverson