Princess Alix of Hesse – as the Tsarina
Alexandra Feodorovna was known before her marriage to the young
Tsar Nicholas II in 1894 – visited Cumberland Lodge in Windsor
Great Park on several occasions, as the residence of her maternal
aunt, Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein and her cousins.
Cumberland Lodge made a circle for Princess Alix around this part
of her English family. She was…
Investigative Committee confirms remains found near Yekaterinburg belong to the Imperial Family
17th July 2018
Russian Investigate Committee official
Svetlana Petrenko confirmed that the remains found in Yekaterinburg
in 1991 and 2007 are those of the Imperial Family, Nicholas II, his
wife Alexandra Feodorovna, their four daughters and their son.
“Comprehensive commission…
Monument unveiled on Isle of Wight for 100th anniversary of Russian Imperial Family’s deaths
10th July 2018
A seven and a half tonne granite monument
has been unveiled in Jubilee Part, East Cowes on the Isle of Wight
to mark the centenary of the deaths of the Russian Imperial Family
at the hands of the Bolsheviks. The memorial stands close to
Osborne House which was visited by the…
The artworks by the fashionable German
portrait painter and historical artist Friedrich August von
Kaulbach (1860-1920) of Princess Alix of Hesse, later Tsarina
Alexandra Feodorovna and her elder sister, Elisabeth Feodorovna,
‘Ella’ Grand Duchess Sergei of Russia, provide, I think, a rare
insight into these two princesses who would both marry into the
Russian Imperial House of Romanov. Not…
A portrait of the toddler Princess Alix
of Hesse by the Austrian painter George Koberwein caught my
attention back in 2004. Examining how it came to be painted was a
source of great interest to me, not least because the picture that
he produced of the baby princess, not…
Comparison between historical
personalities should, as a rule, always be treated with caution
even if given life circumstances are similar; an example of this
might be ‘comparisons’ made between the legendary Empress Elisabeth
of Austria and the late Diana, Princess of…
A study of the books owned by someone can
open a window into their interests, and a royal personage no less
so. In so doing, the reading material of the last Empress of
Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) charts important events in
her life and tells us a lot about what she saw as significant to
keep, or take with her to Russia; her books crucially incorporated
her old life into the new…
Alongside the well-established royal love
of dogs, cats are far less recorded as preferred pets, unlike their
canine counterparts. They have, however, been no less loved by
those that did own them. So revered were cats (“mau”) as sacred
animals in Ancient Egypt that they…
A set of silver gilt andcloisonné
enamelwhich stirred interest in the antique world since it was
recently consigned as going to auction, sold today for £20,000.
This champlevé cutlery set told a story that links the future
Tsarina of Russia’s visit to…
Prince Philip is lending a hand or rather
his DNA to help identify the last of the Romanovs. The Romanovs,
who were executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, were one of the most
powerful Royal Families in history, they ruled from the time of
Ivan the Terrible until Nicholas II. In 2007 the bodies of two
children were found in a field and are believed to be Maria and
Alexei. Historian Simon Sebag…
