#GD olga nikolaevna

[mishaandtheromanovs]

The Imperial family of Russia. Vintage French Postcard.

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Hi everyone! Oh my old account @foreverinthepagesofhistory, there is one edit in the queue for GD Olga NIkolaevna’s birthday and that is it. After that edit gets posted, that account will officially be “dead”. All of the stuff will still be posted but I will not be able to post on it anymore and THIS account will be the continuation of my old blog. Thank you!

This is my new blog @foreverinthepagesofhistoryy

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

I know that princess Vera Kostantinovna had a sad childhood.

But i dont know much about her adult life cuz its very hard to find.

Did she ever got married? Or had kids

Hi! Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna (1854-1912) had a very sad childhood because of her nervous condition that she was diagnosed with and her cold parents who thought that she was a “menace”.

Marriage: She ended up marrying Duke Eugen of Württemberg (a descendant of the Sicilian branch of the Württemberg family) at the age of 17 in 1871. The marriage was arranged by her adoptive parents (and paternal aunt and uncle) Karl and Olga (GD Olga Nikolaevna Of Russia). The marriage was definitely a relieving one for both of Vera’s families because for Karl and Olga, she could stay in the country, and for her biological parents, Konstantin Nikolaevich and Alexandra Iosifovna, she would have a suitable match. A lot of people (mostly extended family) sympathized Eugen because they thought that Vera was “ugly” and didn’t exactly think she was the most eligible women, but Eugen didn’t really care what they thought and was kind to Vera. But Alas! Vera and Eugen’s married life didn’t last long as Eugen died while in the Württemberg army. Vera wasn’t over saddened or grief stricken by his death but was still sad. She never ended up marrying again and remained a widow for the rest of her life.

Children: before her husband died, she managed to have 3 children with him. The first, named Charles Eugen of Württemberg sadly died seven months later and a year later she had twin daughters named Olga and Elsa a whom she loved dearly

Later life: Her life after marriage and childbirth was good. She preferred to stay in her adopted country of Württemberg (which she now considered to be her own country) instead of Russia but she visited her sister Queen Olga of Greece often. She was known to be quite talkative at Court and was very eccentric. In her later years of life, she visited Russia a lot because of the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II. Her daughters had many children which gave Vera many grandchildren whom she loved dearly. She was also known to be very humorous and she was well loved by her growing family. By the late 1800s, Vera was in very poor health and her nervous condition was getting worse (she often suffered from random bouts of movement and other various attacks). She was extremely nearsighted which required her to wear old fashioned spectacles permanently. In 1909, she abandoned her orthodox faith and converted to Lutheranism which she thought that she “understood” better. In 1911, Vera suffered a stroke, slowly recovered, and died six months later in April of 1912 of acute renal failure at the age of 58. The loss was deeply mourned by her family and the country of Württemberg where she was loved deeply.

Thank you for asking!

[thepompandcircumstance]

ETYMOLOGY: Olga

The name is of Scandinavian origin, spelled in Cyrillic as Ольга. It is the female form of ‘Oleg’, a name that means “holy” or “blessed”. It is a name commonly used by Russian descendants such as:

HM Queen Olga of Greece [born HIH Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna, she was the consort of the Danish George I of Greece. Among her grandchildren are GD Dmitri Pavlovich, Prince Philip, GD Cecilie, and Princess Marina.]

HRH Olga of Greece and Denmark, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia [eldest daughter of GD Elena Vladimirovna and Prince Nicholas of Greece, she is the sister of the Duchess of Kent Princess Marina.]

HIH Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova [eldest of the four daughters of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra]

HIH Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova [daughter of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, and sister of Tsar Nicholas II]

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I'm glad that there are some relatives of OTMAA that has the names of Nicholas, Maria, Tatiana, and Olga. Hope there are some with the names of Anastasia, and Alexei. Is there?

There were two other Grand Duchess Anastasias in this era, but they were both older than the daughter of Nicholas II, so they obviously weren’t named after her. One was Anastasia Mikhailovna, daughter of GD Mikhail Nikolaevich, and sister of Xenia’s husband Sandro. The other was actually another Anastasia Nikolaevna, daughter of King Nikola of Montenegro, who married first Romanov relative Prince George Maximillianovich (son of another GD Maria Nikolaevna), and after their divorce married GD Nikolai Nikolaevich. There were other Alexeis, too, but again, they were older than Alexei Nikolaevich so they weren’t name after him. There was Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, a younger brother of Alexander III and uncle of Nicholas II. There was also Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich, a brother of Anastasia Mikhailovna’s (see above).  He died at age 19 of tuberculosis, I think it was?There were more Alexeis and Anastasias earlier in the Romanovs’ history, but these were some in the later years. 

[mashkaromanova]

GD Olga Nikolaevna and GD Olga Alexandrovna, 1911

“I liked [Olga Alexandrovna] very much, she used to make a fuss of me, and for Christmas gave me a lovely string of white coral, very slightly tinged with pink. I have that string somewhere, even now, tho the cord has broken and I’m afraid some have been lost. She was a very charming, simple woman, nearly alway dressed in a white jersey and a beret. With her usually came a Captain Kulikovsky. There was a lot of chat about that, which even percolated to me, though I did not understand what it was all about; gossip of course was rife, especially as she was then married to a Germanic princeling, and servants will always talk in front of children, without putting a guard on their tongues. In later years Captain Kulikovsky became her husband. I was very fond of him, he used to be a marvel at mending toys, and anything that had suffered in the course of play was put away for him until the next time he called.”

- Nathalie Mamontov, Step-Daughter of Imperial Russia

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GD Olga Nikolaevna, GD Victoria Feodorovna, GD Tatiana Nikolaevna and GD Olga Alexandrovna, 1914.

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

IF russian monarchy were about to reestablish, who will be the monarch? i remember that there are three different branch of houses, but if GD maria rise to the throne do you think the other two will accept this? another unrelated thing, are the surname additional -ovna and -ovich still be used today?

Hi! I would personally want GD Maria Vladimirovna to be the new monarch of Russia! I answered why in a different post!

I definitely think that there will be quite a few different arguments between the different house of the Romanovs! MV is a girl and since Tsar Paul I, girls have never been able to inherit the throne in their own right. And MV is the closest living relative to Tsar Nicholas II so she technically should be empress but i don't know how the other houses will react with a women ruling all of Russia.

The surnames are still used today! And technically they are patronymic names (names inherited by the father). The patronymic names as far as i know are still used today because i think it either has something to do with religion or tradition (Russian followers correct me if I’m wrong). If you are a girl your patronymic name would end with Ovna or Aevna or Ievna (ex: Maria Vladimirovna, Olga Nikolaevna, Alexandra Georgievna), and begin with your fathers name (Olga’s fathers name was Nicholas so her patronymic name would be Nikolaevna). If you were a boy your patronymic name would end with Ovich, Aevich or Ievich (ex; Dmitri Pavlovich, Alexei Nikolaevich), and begin with your fathers name (Alexei’s fathers name was Nicholas so his patronymic name was Nikolaevich)

Thank you!!!! I hope this helps!

[thepompandcircumstance]

TIH GD Olga, GD Tatiana, GD Maria, GD Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei.

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Ducky and Olga, 1910s.

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TIH Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, colourised by Klimbim and AlixofHesse.

[thepompandcircumstance]

Captain George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven with his first cousins Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, and Maria in 1916. Czar Nicholas II is also on the first photo.

[thepompandcircumstance]

Their Imperial Highnesses Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova in their Russian court dresses. Top two images colourised by Klimbim, bottom image colourised by AlixOfHesse on DeviantArt.

[mashkaromanova]

Nikolai Karangozov, Lieutenant Zhdanov, GD Olga, GD Tatiana and Second Lieutenant Popov, 1914 

"Not three weeks after receiving our Red Cross certificates, we see a man die for the first time. At the end of an operation for a terrible chest wound, the blood wells up quickly as a crimson parasol unfurling. It happens so softly I only realize he is gone when Dr. Gedroiz throws down her instruments and crosses herself. Olga has already backed away. More blood is pooled round the soldier's lung than either of us has seen in our lives. Even Aleksei has never bled so much. The look of it makes me feel as though my stomach has disappeared completely. "What happened?" Dr. Gedroiz shakes her head. "I've performed this operation a thousand times and never lost a patient." 

Each time a man dies, Olga and I both ask why, but the answers I crave never satisfy my sister. "You want to understand how it happens, not why," she tries to explain as I pore over my notes from Dr. Gedroiz's lectures. I cannot deny it. While I plunge myself into study of the operation or disease, looking for what we might have done differently, Olga broods and storms over the senselessness of war itself. What is the use? Halting this war is not within our power, but learning from our mistakes in the lazaret could save the next man's life."

- Tatiana Nikolaevna's Autumn 1914 entry, The Lost Crown by Sarah Miller

[mashkaromanova]

Portrayal vs The Real Romanovs: 8/?

I have no clue what year it is when otma are on stage with their court gowns so I just put it as 1910s

Lyrica Woodruff as GD Olga Nikolaevna Romanova in the 1910s vs Olga in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918