#alexandra feodorovna
“I feel like I’m entering the Fatherland,” Charlotte told the mourners as her carriage crossed the Russian border. The Cossack convoy that met her burst out “Hurrah!”, the princess told them in Russian: “Thank you, guys.” Then she turned to the Cossack colonel: “Please order them to shout again, I like it…” She sought to speak Russian with those courtiers who did not know foreign languages. However, despite the fact that her teacher was the poet Vasily Zhukovsky, Charlotte did not learn Russian until the end of her life.
Busts of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia to Maria Feodorovna, «Various facts from November 12 to November 19, 1916»
Count Gudovich told me that his niece, the little Countess Hendrikova, told him that two ladies, i.e., A.F. (Alexandra Feodorovna) and Anya (Anna Vyrubova), had notebooks where the names of people of all classes were written alphabetically, and that in these notebooks they usually looked for people fit to be ministers. Admit that this is pure madness. There is only one remedy, Sandro and Pavel do not mind, it is for the closest, for you and your children to take the initiative to conduct a medical consultation of all our celebrities from a medical point of view, and then send them to a remote sanatorium, with or without Vyrubova, to undergo serious treatment. Otherwise, be prepared for any accidents. Tell that to Sandro-because that’s my firm opinion.
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia to Maria Feodorovna, «Various facts from December 17 to December 22, 1916»
The balding man writing to you has been thinking a lot, spending sleepless nights, running around the empty St. Petersburg embankments at dawn — and now he tells you — never look for the names of the brave souls who performed this act of civic courage, high patriotism and deliverance*. The word is silver, and silence is gold!
Madame (Alexandra Feodorovna) is madder than ever. On the night of the 19th, after the autopsy of the corpse, the order came to transport… the body of the insignificant to the emperor’s palace!!!
Two more appointments to positions took place under the influence of the murdered man …
Madame is getting more and more in charge of drowning Nicky… And time passes, gossip intensifies, the general situation inspires fears.
I’m putting the same dilemma before you again. After the hypnotist, it is necessary to try to neutralize A.F., while she is hypnotized. By all means, it is necessary to send her as far away as possible, either to a sanatorium or to a monastery. We are talking about saving the throne - not the dynasty, which is still strong, but the present sovereign. Otherwise it will be too late. … All Russia knows that the late Rasputin and A.F. are the same. If the first one is killed, the second one should disappear. The general peace of mind depends on it. …
*about Rasputin’s murder
Empress Alexandra walking with three of four daughters - Grand Duchesses, Olga, Marie and Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanov. Love Marie’s smile here.
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On 29 April 1818 a long-awaited event took place. “At 11 o’clock,” wrote Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, “I heard the first cry of my first baby! Niks kissed me and cried, and we thanked God together not knowing yet whether He sent us a sonor a daughter, but at this moments Maman [the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna] came and said: “It is a son”. On learning we felt ourselves even more happy, but I remember that sensed something important and sad at the thought that this small creature was to become the Emperor some day.” The future Tsar Alexander II was thus born.
April 29, 1818 – Birth of Tsar Alexander II
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The year 1888 saw another wedding in the family, which brought both married sisters back to Germany. The Princess Irene was married to her first cousin, Prince Henry of Prussia, at the palace of Charlottenburg, near Berlin. This was Princess Alix’s first visit to the capital of the German Empire, where she created quite a sensation by her beauty. In the autumn the Princess’s coming-out was celebrated by a ball at the New Palace, for which the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Serge came specially from Russia. The Grand Duchess saw to every detail of her young sister’s appearance. She wore white muslin, with bunches of lilies of the valley on her hair and dress, and contemporary accounts say that she was very much admired.
The Life and Tragedy of Alexandra Fyodorovna (Sophie Buxhoeveden)
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Imperial couple Nicholas II and Alexandra Fyodorovna posing with their new-born daughter Grand Duchess Tatiana, summe 1897.
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![15th June 1909 part ½ Photo 1 [seated, from left to right]: Prince Carl of Sweden, Prince Gus](https://64.media.tumblr.com/f4fc965023c8bd1c178319538635289d/b44cc1890501ddbd-f3/s1280x1920/3bc21b4cd57150068e5c9d5af5245883b4e4c0e0.jpg "15th June 1909 part ½ Photo 1 [seated, from left to right]: Prince Carl of Sweden, Prince Gus")
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![15th June 1909 part ½ Photo 1 [seated, from left to right]: Prince Carl of Sweden, Prince Gus](https://64.media.tumblr.com/95951798c03d16eb0b99bcf681a76781/b44cc1890501ddbd-4d/s1280x1920/4415ead748788aa4ce0eb18703b439109e1c3658.jpg "15th June 1909 part ½ Photo 1 [seated, from left to right]: Prince Carl of Sweden, Prince Gus")
![15th June 1909 part ½ Photo 1 [seated, from left to right]: Prince Carl of Sweden, Prince Gus](https://64.media.tumblr.com/72b76c0751efef80fc5f8add46e479f9/b44cc1890501ddbd-b9/s1280x1920/ac8dd619927acdc4370d4c7e7aa6db63edb8b48c.jpg "15th June 1909 part ½ Photo 1 [seated, from left to right]: Prince Carl of Sweden, Prince Gus")
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15th June 1909 part ½
Photo 1 [seated, from left to right]: Prince Carl of Sweden, Prince Gustaf VI Adolf, King Gustave V, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, Queen Victoria of Sweden (born Princess Victoria von Baden), Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna [standing], Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden [standing] (born Princess Ingeborg of Denmark), Princess Astrid of Sweden, Princess Margaret of Sweden (born Princess Margaret of Connaught), Princess Maria Pavlovna of Sweden (born Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia)
[seated on the ground] : Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna and Princess Märtha of Sweden in the park of the Tullgarn Palace in Sweden, 15th June 1909.
1909 Diary of Tsar Nicholas II“15th June. Monday.
Today was even warmer. At 10 ¼ they started the engines and half an hour later we anchored in a beautiful bay opposite the Tullgarn Palace. At 11 o'clock the king, the queen and the whole family appeared. We went with them to the beach. At the pier there was the guard of honor from the local Südermanland regiment. We drove two steps to the castle in carriages. Checked all rooms. We had breakfast and dinner without suites. Listened to one singer, who sang romances in different languages. Walked with Gustav in an umbrageous park. All the children were called there, they fumbled and played intensly despite the heat. Stayed in my room for only three ¼ hours. At 9 ¼ returned to the yacht, accompanied by the whole family. The cabins were stuffy. We said goodbye to the hospitable hosts of Sweden. Marie and William stayed to chat with us and drink tea. Evening and night were amazing.”
Photos from:
Tsar Nicholas II 1905-1910 Album/ Page 6 - photos 60, 62
Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna’s 1908-1912 Album/ Page 33 - photo 555
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna’s 1908-1910 Album/ Page 13 - photos 252, 254
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Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna in Germany, 17th August - 1st November 1910.
Photo from:
Tsar Nicholas II 1910-1911 Album/ Page 1 - photo 4
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Family Resemblance Series: 8/?
1: Alix of Hesse in 1885. Anastasia Nikolaevna in 1914
2: Alix in 1885. Anastasia in 1914
3: Anastasia in 1913. Alix in 1887. Anastasia in 1913
4: Alix in 1895. Anastasia in 1917
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