#tsarina alexandra feodorovna

[empress-alexandra]

Princess Alix of Hesse - Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia - 1894.

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Crude drawing of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna by Vladimir Pavlovich Paley (son of Tsar Nicholas II’s uncle Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich), 1916

“The Man [Rasputin] Was Killed”

“Cheer Up Darling! Russia Isn’t Safe Yet!”

[the-last-tsar]

"The new Tsarina, Alexandra Feodorovna, was born Princess Charlotte of Prussia, daughter of the famous Queen Louise. The romance between the two began when Nicholas was 18 and Charlotte was 17. The couple walked hand in hand through the countryside, and then went to listen to concerts at the Berlin Opera, where works by Mozart and Beethoven were played. On July 13, 1817, the romantic and magnified Charlotte, already calling herself Alexandra, married the future Tsar Nicholas I. She could not imagine that one day the Imperial responsibilities would crush her fragile shoulders. The Dowager Empress was very fond of her daughter-in-law, whom she compared to "a morning of spring." Elisabeth (Alexeievna), on the other hand, did not seem at all sensitive to her charms. Suspicious and merciless, Nicholas I was also a demanding, not to say despotic husband. His fragile wife did not take very long in losing her freshness and health. The rhythm of life imposed by the emperor and seven consecutive births contributed to the weakening of Alexandra. The best description of the relationship between the two was left to us by the Marquis de Custine: "he takes care of her, prepares drinks, makes her take them, like a nurse; as soon as she gets to her feet, he returns to kill her with agitations, parties, trips, love (…). Woman, children, servants, relatives, favorites, in Russia everything must accompany the imperial whirlwind smiling to death." Indeed, Nicholas never noticed Alexandra's excessive thinness, nor the resignation in her tired eyes. "It is a great joy," she wrote to her brother, "to always have a little child at home, but I wanted so much to spend several years resting…". After twenty years of marriage The Emperor still wrote to his wife: "God has given you such a happy temperament that there is no merit in loving you. I exist for you, you are me -- I couldn't say it any other way… If sometimes I am demanding it is because I seek everything in you: happiness, joy, rest… I'd like to make you a hundred times happier.""

The Tsarinas - The Woman who Made Russia | Vladimir Fedorovski.

(Loose translation)

[thepastisalreadywritten]

BORN ON THIS DAY:

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova; 26 June [O.S. 14 June] 1899 – 17 July 1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna.

[epoque-victorienne]

[mishaandtheromanovs]

The Imperial family of Russia. Vintage French Postcard.

[seagull-astrology]

#23 Pawn of Fate: Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna was christened Princess Alix of Hesse when she born in Darmstadt, Germany on the sixth of June 1872 at 3:45 AM. Marc Jones does not give a time, but the UK Astrological Association does from the research done by member Luc de Marre who obtained the data from state archives in Hesse. birth chart of the Tsarina The prelude She was originally slated to marry Prince…

[the6thofmay]

Beautiful picture of Tsar Nicholas II with his wife Tsarina Alexandra Feodorvna

[thehessiansisters]

Portraits of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia along with Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, wearing costumes of Tsar Alexei and Tsarina Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya for the 300 years anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, Winter Palace, 1903.

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Period dramas dresses tournament: Grey/Silver dresses Semifinals- Groups A & B: Isolde, Tristan & Isolde (gifset) vs The tsarina, Anastasia the musical (pics set)

[worldoftheromanovs]

Alexandra Feodorovna’s Wedding Dress

“Her wedding dress was a magnificent creation; the outfit was so intricate that it took nearly an hour for Alexandra to dress. Her stockings were of lace, her shoes embroidered and decorated. Over these she wore layers of stiff petticoats. The wide, full skirt of silver brocade opened from the waist down to reveal a second underskirt of silver tissue, edged with fur. The décolletage was cut low, to reveal the neck and shoulders, and the gown had short sleeves trailing ermine-edged tippets. The tightly fitted, boned bodice was sewn with diamonds which sparkled with every move. The folds of the overskirt fell back to form a train, and a separate, sweeping court train of cloth-of-gold edged with ermine fell from her shoulders. Over this, Alexandra wore the imperial mantle of cloth-of-gold, lined and edged with ermine. These robes were so heavy that four pages had to help carry them.

Alexandra wore her hair swept back to emphasise her graceful neck and shoulders. Two long, twin side curls were attached to her own hair. Her long veil of tulle was held in place by a Russian Kokoshnik tiara, of diamonds set in platinum, and the Romanov nuptial crown of diamonds sewn on crimson velvet. Alexandra also wore a number of diamond brooches on the front of her gown, along with the jewelled chain of the Order of St. Andrew and strings of pearls around her neck. These jewels, as well as the tiara, had been wedding gifts from the late tsar, costing some 300,000 rubles ($150,000). She also wore the imperial riviére, a diamond necklace of 475 carats, and a pair of matching earrings. The earrings were so heavy, in fact, that they had to be supported by wires around the ears, which slowly cut into the flesh as the day wore on. Around her tiara, Alexandra wore a wreath of orange blossoms, brought from the Imperial Conservatory in Warsaw. Across the dress stretched the red ribbon of the Order of St. Catherine.”

[Greg King, The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia]

[empress-alexandra]

Emperor Nicholas II of Russia with his wife Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, onboard Imperial Yacht Standart during King Edward VII and his family’s visit in 1908.

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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)

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna smiling at her 2 year old son Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, 1906 💕✨

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Letter from the then Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (later Tsar Nicholas II) to the then Prince Ernst Louis of Hesse (later Grand Duke), 1/13 of June, 1884

“My dear Ernie” “ If you have nothing else to do, please come to us with Alix. We will row in boats on our pond. We dine altogether, good-bye.”

“Your loving Nicky.”