Romanov wedding

While you are waiting for the event of the year, the British royal wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle, let’s take a glimpse at how their relatives, the Russian tsars and dukes, celebrated their marriages.

This is the first page of Grand Princess Ella's description of her sister's, Alexandra's, wedding dress to their grandmother Queen Victoria.

Here is the story of a Russian princess who fled the Revolution for the life of a socialite in New York high society . Princess Xenia ...

In Russia there are several institutions which retain an oriental flavor and the fact that the Czarina is always surrounded by an imposing bevy of unmarried women is a case in point. At least fifty young women, all the daughters of great Nobles pay her personal service. Russian Maids of Honor ********************** An Academy at Moscow Where They Are Trained — Must be Able to Sew, Read Aloud for Hours and Stand for Indefinite Periods Speaking of the Russian schools, there is one academy at…

The last empress broke a centuries-old tradition of the Romanov royal family, and many of her contemporaries believed this was a tragic omen.

Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia and Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Photograph (c) Royal Collection Trust by Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia 1938, Potsdam, Germany My wedding dress is a family heirloom. It belonged to my grandmother, the Duchess of Edinburgh, and later Duchess of Coburg, who was an only daughter of Emperor Alexander II. It came from her own country, from Russia, where it was made for her and where she wore it as a Russian grand duchess. It is an old court…

Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Wilhelm of Sweden, Duchess of Södermanland (1890-9158) née Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna of Russia

Princess Marie of Edinburgh (Missy) on her wedding day. She married Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania on 10th January 1893. In 1914 she became Queen of Romania.

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