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Apr 17, 2019 · The 1901 Gatchina Palace egg, which Nicholas II gave to his mother Maria Feodorovna, has a pearl-encrusted shell of gold, enamel, silver-gilt, portrait diamonds and rock crystal. It opens to ...
The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark, had spent over fifty years in Russia. After the revolution she lived in Denmark in retirement at Hvidøre north of Copenhagen. Among the russian émigrés her word was law, and her position as head of the Imperial family ensured that her influence was paramount among the ...
Alexandra Feodorovna ( Russian: Александра Фёдоровна; 6 June [ O.S. 25 May] 1872 – 17 July 1918), Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine at birth, was the last Empress of Russia as the consort of Emperor Nicholas II from their marriage on 26 November [ O.S. 14 November] 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March [ O.S. 2 ...
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) was a Danish princess. Her parents were of royal blood yet somewhat impoverished. Through the lines of succession, Dagmar's father became the king of Denmark and his children went on to be married to various rulers or to lead various European countries.
Jun 17, 2018 · This lovely, classic brooch from the Queen’s collection, Empress Marie Feodorovna’s Sapphire Brooch, combines a beautiful sapphire and diamonds with a pearl drop. The brooch still looks current today, but it’s more than a century and a half old. In 1866, the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra ...
Nicholas, unbreeched at two years old, with his mother, Maria Feodorovna, in 1870. Grand Duke Nicholas was born on 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868, in the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo south of Saint Petersburg, during the reign of his paternal grandfather, Emperor Alexander II.
