#hesse family

[ykzzr]

Margaret, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine with little Princess Johanna of Hesse and by Rhine 1939.

[sweetgosth]

Élisabeth Feodorovna... Sœur de la tsarine Alexandra, elle mourra elle aussi en 1918, de façon tout aussi atroce... 💔

[loiladadiani]

Uncle Ernie playing with his nieces Olga and Tatiana

This has to be in Livadia!

[immuchobligedtoyou]

Germany's brothers refer to him as "Küken," which means "chick," as in "baby chicken," how adorable is that? 😭 It's even more so if you keep in mind Prussia's fondness for little birds and his pet Gilbird.

[royaljewellery]

Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara, Garrard, circa 1861

Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1871)

Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1898) /

Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Grand Duchess of Hesse (c.1910)

Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse (1937)

[empress-alexandra]

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia with her second child Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaievna of Russia, 1898.

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

EXTREMELY rare photos of Princesses Victoria and Elisabeth of Hesse and By Rhine, early 1870s

Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023

[romanovsonelastdance]

Romanov relatives: Ernst-Ludwig of Hesse with his sons.

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

New photo of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna playing tennis with uncle Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse, Livadia Crimea 1912

(Source: Baroness Sophie “Isa” Buxhoevden’s 1910-1912 album shared by Ilya aka LastRomanovs on Flickr)

[kaiserrreich]

Empress Alexandra of Russia, having her likeness modeled in clay, three years before the revolution of 1917.

Source & colorization credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ColorizedHistory/comments/9h2q7x/empress_alexandra_of_russia_having_her_likeness/

[the-last-tsar]

"Just as Nicholas felt intimidated by his father, Alexandra had the same feelings towards her mother-in-law. The cheerful and effusive Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna knew the whole society of St. Petersburg, for she had had a long period of adaptation from her arrival at court, as the bride of Tsarevich Alexander, to the moment of ascending the throne as Tsarina. She cared about the way she looked and dressed with pomp and luxury. She was known for her flawless skin, even after old age. Legend has it that she was one of the first people to do peeling. It was difficult for Maria to leave her old post and make room for her new daughter-in-law and new empress. It did not take long for the raids between them to begin. One of the first issues involved the state jewels. Maria did not want to give them up to her daughter-in-law, despite the fact that she had a beautiful collection of personal jewelry. Alexandra, resentful of her mother-in-law, wanted to refuse the pieces taken from the Dowager Empress, which the young woman, as a new Tsarina, was supposed to wear. To minimize friction and avoid further scandals, it was decided that the jewels would be under the responsibility of the Treasury, and could be requested by the two when certain events required their use, such as the coronation of Nicholas in Moscow. The influence of the Dowager Empress on the life of the couple continued intense for several years. She appointed all the servants of Alexandra and, having more experience in state affairs than her son, thanks to the complicity she had with her husband, Alexander III, took upon herself the duty of becoming an adviser to the young Tsar. The couple had meals with her in Anichkov, and even after they moved they used to have breakfast with Maria every day. The different personalities and tastes of the two women, however, meant that there was little understanding between them."

Os Últimos Czares (the last tsars) | Paulo Rezzutti

(loose ttranslation)

[ykzzr]

16 November 1937

On this day 86 years ago, 6 members of the Hesse and by Rhine family were killed after their plane crashed in Belgium. The victims were the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, Georg Donatus, his pregnant wife, the Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, Cecilie, her fetus, his mother, Dowager Grand Duchess Eleanor, and his two sons, Princes Ludwig and Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine.

[fashionsfromhistory]

Princess Alice in Mourning Dress, 1861 (The MET)

[loiladadiani]

Alexey and his Hessian cousins, Louis and George Donatus

Louis and George Donatus are Grand Duke Ernest Ludwig, Alix brother's children. Although not marked, there is a family resemblance among the three children.

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

VERY RARE photo of Princess Irene of Prussia(née of Hesse and by Rhine)

[krasivaa]

~☆🩷~ROYAL PARALLELS~🩷☆~

Princesses Alix and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine posing in identical dresses in 1878, and Alix's (later Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia) daughters, Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova ALSO posing in identical dresses, but in 1900. 🫶

photos enchanced and put in a collage by me!!