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2 days ago · Among those present, were participants who took part in the search for the remains of the Imperial Family and their servants – geophysicist G.P. Vasiliev, as well as participants in the search in 2007 for the remains of Tsesarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria: L.G. Vokhmyakov, S.M. Vokhmyakova, N.B. Neuymin, A. Bobrov among others.
1 day ago · Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna in this tiara during her wedding, 1884. Diamond Fund of Russia; THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY The Romanov tiaras were notable for the fact that, for the most part, they had the shape of a Russian ‘kokoshnik’ (and European monarchs began to make tiaras in their image).
1 day ago · Among them, for example, was Maria Feodorovna's wedding crown from the early 19th century - it was kept in Russia because of its priceless pink diamond. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna in this ...
Maria Kirillovna married Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen in 1925, after his title was abolished, so the “non reigning” factor for a morganatic marriage would also apply.* His father then married Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg, whose family was also non-reigning. As I understand it the only factor that points towards Karl Emich is that he is a man.
4 days ago · Grigori Rasputin (born January 22 [January 10, Old Style], 1869, Pokrovskoye, near Tyumen, Siberia, Russian Empire—died December 30 [December 17, Old Style], 1916, Petrograd [now St. Petersburg, Russia]) was a Siberian peasant and mystic whose ability to improve the condition of Aleksey Nikolayevich, the hemophiliac heir to the Russian throne ...
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1 day ago · Early life (1875–1893) Birth Eastwell Park as it appeared between 1843 and 1894 (south facade) Marie was the eldest daughter and second child of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, and the former Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, respectively the son of Queen Victoria and the daughter of Emperor Alexander II. She was born at her parents' residence, Eastwell Manor in Kent, England, on ...
2 days ago · Bray Cemetery. Nadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (28 March 1896 – 22 January 1963) was the second daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and his morganatic wife Countess Sophie von Merenberg. She was a younger sister of Countess Anastasia de Torby. Her paternal grandparents were Grand Duke Michael ...
