Grand Duke Konstantin N. and Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna

Need some biographical details on:

Grandduke Konstantin Nikolaevich (1827-1892),

especially:
his military course of ranks (with dates)
his military functions (with dates)
his orders and decorations (with dates)

Thanks in advance

Leopold

[Konstantin Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia]

Konstantin Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia

21 September 1827, Saint Petersburg
29 January 1892, Pavlovsk

Father: Nikolai I Pavlovich, Emperor of Russia
Mother: Alexandra Fyodorovna of Prussia

Spouse: Alexandra Iosifovna of Sachsen-Altenburg, Grand Duchess of Russia (1830-1911)
Married: 11 Sep 1848, Saint Petersburg

Children -

Nikolai Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1850-1918 )
Olga Konstantinovna, Queen of the Hellenes (1851-1926)
Vera Konstantinovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1854-1912)
Konstantin Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1858-1915)
Dmitri Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1860-1919)
Vyacheslav Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1862-1879

king Georg V of Hannover




Queen Marie of Hannover, sister of Alexandra Iosifovna

I'm so fascinated by Alexandra I.. Don't know why, but I find her very interesting.

But, can someone tell, why Constantine started a second family with another women. What went that wrong in their marriage, that he did that. I mean, at start he was so determinate (and probably in love), that he will not marry nobody than Alexandra and after some years another women...
Can someone tell more, please?

Daniela

What did she die of? Insanity ? I suppose these days one would say perhaps Alzheimer...
Did her husband die the same way ?

I'm not sure what AI died of--I thought it was basically just old age.

GD Constantine, I believe, had a stroke which left him incapacitated and he died sometime afterward--heart seizure, maybe? I'll have to find my Romanov Autumn, I think it was discussed in there.

i don't know about the first one (i think they might be sapphires, but who knows?)..... if you mean the lower one, vincent meylan states in his book QUEEN'S JEWELS:
"the old grand duchess Alexandra" was "covered emeralds and diamonds".  

I've seen a picture where A.I. is seated on this pose, but she is surrounded by ladies, don't know if relatives or ladies-in-waiting.

Can someone post it ?




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i don't know about the first one (i think they might be sapphires, but who knows?)..... if you mean the lower one, vincent meylan states in his book QUEEN'S JEWELS:
"the old grand duchess Alexandra" was "covered emeralds and diamonds".  

I've seen a picture where A.I. is seated on this pose, but she is surrounded by ladies, don't know if relatives or ladies-in-waiting.

Can someone post it ?

Sorry cannot post the full pic but can tell you that the ladies were Meichen and her daughter Helen (later Princess Nicholas of Greece,thus AI 's grand daughter in law)the Crown Princess of Sweden(later Queen Victoria),the Duchess of Connaught and AI's own daughter Vera (Duchess Eugen of Wurttemburg) with HER twin daughters Elsa & Olga.The youths are all pages.

GDss Alexandra Iosifovna in the 1870s.

Her bust

A young Grand Duchess. (c- 1850s-60s?)



Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna with her oldest daughter Olga, Queen of Greece. (c-1900).

Mandie,
could you please tell us from which book is the last pic of Olga and her mother? It seems I saw it in some English book but can't remember in which one...Thanks

Of course dear Sveta ,

It from Inheritors of Alexander the Great by G. Nicholas Tantzos.

thank you, Svetabel,
Your photos have been just great.
I am doing a project on the Grand Dukes of Russia.  I am looking for a photo of G. D. Nicholas Konstatinovich, 1850 1918.  He died at Tashkent, where he was exiled.  He is the older bother of KR. Might you have either photo of, or info on the youngest brother Viacheslav, 1862 1870?

I have spent a fascinating time going through your many photos and written information. You are a clever one to have access to these photos.

Signed   HRH

nikolai with his father

Both of Nikolai's parents dotted on him as a child and teenager. Growing up he was adored by his whole family and especially his sister Olga. It must have been hard for them all to come to terms with the adult he became and the path he chose in life.

this one is from the nypl site. I absolutly love it, it is such a nice portrait and so clear.


the entire family (sans Vera), including Nikolai, standing in the back. and his younger brother Viacheslav, seated on his fathers lap.


and one of young Viacheslav on his own.

Back to GD Viacheslav Konstantinovitch. This is the last known photo of him



Cute boy, isn't he?...

He was very kind boy with a sweet heart, much loved by his family and esp. by his father GD Konstantin N. Slava was very tall (as the most of the Romanovs) and he used to joke that if he would die then his coffin got stuck in the doorway. His joke came true...