Alix's Engagement and Wedding
violetta:
alix of hesse arrives at livadia on 10.10 1894.
Thomas_Hesse:
Quote from: matushka on November 22, 2010, 05:05:15 AM
Quote from: Thomas_Hesse on November 21, 2010, 03:03:52 PM
the political situation in Russia which - as Princess Victoria wrote - Ella did not know at all living in a kind a fairytale and unreal world of her own.
Thomas, when was this letter written? I would'nt say Ella knew nothing of the political situation by 1894 and was not any more living in an unreal world. By 1894 Elisaveta Fedorovna was the wife of the Moscow governor (a dangerous fonction), working very active at his side, especially charity work, visiting, comforting, establishing. Serge Alexandrovich discussed with her such problem like students movement, revolution from the upper class, his ideas about autocracy. A few years later we see Ella writing letters to Nicolas II, proposing political advices... Of course, she was not an expert, a polical woman, but she was not living in a fairytale. What she certainly did not expect was the early death of Alexander III and, as a consequence the fact that her sister Alix will not have any time and any mentor to learn her "job".
That is what Princess Victoria wrote to her father in the late 1880ies when Alix and Nicholas were already in love but at the same time other suitors arrived in Darmstadt.
I do think that Ella was not quite aware of the drawback situation in Russia's government and the extreme poverty of masses of people. How could she - she was never shown living in Petersburg and Illinskoe where the peasants had a much better life due to Imperial influence.
Princess Victoria was much more down to earth and at times very pronounced in her letters. I read more than 500 original letters in 2011.
Grand Princess Shandroise:
I’m not sure if anyone here has already posted this info here, but as far as I know, it isn’t yet. It just came out accidentally when I was searching for Alix’s letters. This is a very detailed account of her stay in Harrogate… a very lovely account which would make you feel in love with her as I am now! She’s described here soo beautifully, and all the details are reliable ~ find it out by reading how the poster retrieved this valuable info.
Please Read them here: Part 1 and Part 2
Huhu, although I have many things to worry about regarding my studies, I can’t help but tell you all about this. Here you will appreciate and love the real Alix more and more <3 No wonder why Nicholas fell in love with her and her children grew up as fine & lovely people. This might as well be evidence that proves she is truly fully English.
Alixz:
Quote from: Father Gregory on October 21, 2009, 04:11:11 PM
I don't know if this question belongs here but, are people from Hesse called Hessians? And were these the same people who helped in the American Revolutionary War?
The interesting thing is that the Hessians, being paid mercenaries, worked for both sides in the Revolution. It is true that they came with Von Steuben and trained at Valley Forge, but they were also ensconced in Trenton and it was the Hessians that Washington surprised on his Christmas Offensive - the whole crossing of the Delaware thing.
I actually have 16th century ancestors who settled in New Jersey after the Revolution and became citizens of the State of New Jersey and from what I can tell they were Hessians. I am not sure what part of Hesse they came from but they came and stayed. I have a book called (I believe) The Germans of New Jersey and the patriarch of the family and his sons are listed as well as their naturalization dates. They settled in a place called Bennett's Bagore and farmed and raised their ever growing families. The name of the patriarch was Johannes Jager which was anglicized to Yeager.
edubs31:
Interesting Alixz. I live about ten miles from Valley Forge. From what I've come to understand most of these Hessian soldiers were not individual mercenaries but forced into action by their respective Princes who dealt them, mostly, to the British. Some 30,000 fought in the American Revolution and as is often the case actual "Hessians" made up less than 50% of the total manpower, but all German's were referred to as such.
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