#hessian royal family

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

Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023

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Maria Nikolaevna in a car with her father, Nicholas II, and uncle Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse.

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Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana Nikolaevna playing with their little cousins Princes Georg Donatus and Ludwig of Hesse and By Rhine, also with their maternal uncle Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse and By Rhine, Livadia Crimea 1912 🤍

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~☆🩷~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!!

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

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Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich and the Hessians

The main reason I like this picture is that Ella is smiling in a very different, spontaneous way. Her eyes are involved in the smile. She has not turned into the “ethereal” beauty yet. I don't have a date for the picture. It might be around her engagement to Serge.

In the picture, from left to right: A very young Ernst Ludwig with a pup under each arm, Ella with a little girl in her arms whom I don't know; sitting on the steps in front of Ella, Princess Victoria, standing by Ella, Princess Alix, sitting right in front of Alix, the Grand Duke Ludwig IV, and sitting next to him, Grand Duke Serge.

There are two young women in the photo, one sitting next to Victoria and the other standing behind Sergei, whom I do not know.

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TIARA ALERT: Landgravine Floria of Hesse wore the Hesse Star Tiara for the ball following the wedding of Prince Ludwig & Princess Sophie of Bavaria at Schleissheim Palace in Munich, Germany on 20 May 2023.

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[queenalexandraofdenmark]

Happy 181st birthday to Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse! 💝

25 April 1843 - 14 Dec. 1878 🥀

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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, 1884.

Additional versions are available on my Instagram.

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~ 🤍 Grandmama and Ella 🤍 ~

“Darling little Elisabeth came & put her arms round my neck, kissing me most affectionately. She is the most engaging endearing child I have ever seen, & everybody is enchanted with her. She has beautiful large eyes, dimples, & such a sweet smile.”

— Queen Victoria’s diary entry on June 9th 1899

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Cigarette card featuring the future Viktoria Feodorovna when Grand Duchess of Hesse.

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Two photos of Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and By Rhine (father of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna and 6 others) with his younger brother Prince Heinrich of Hesse, mid-late 1840s

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A page of the diary of 12-years old Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, when she met Tsesarevich Nikolai of Russia at the wedding day of her sister Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, who was marrying Nicholas' uncle, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. Both poem and drawing made by Alix!!

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Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Prince Ludwig of Hesse Early 1930s.

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Grand Duchess of Hesse, Victoria Melita, and her daughter, Princess Elizabeth of Hesse

I find this to be a particularly beautiful photograph of mother and daughter. Ducky’s face looks particularly youthful. The resemblance between mother and daughter is evident. Both beautiful.