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Discussions about the Imperial Family and European Royalty => Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna => Topic started by: ashanti01 on May 14, 2007, 10:46:02 PM
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Just a thread with pictures of Ella and Serge to make things a little easier for people looking for just pic's of the couple.
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One of my personal favorites
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a388/ashanti01/Ella/image1asx2.jpg)
in black and white
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Thank you for the photos. Ella was sooo beautiful. I love her dresses! Serge looks so stiff. lol
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I don't think they ever looked like they were truly in love. As we know now, Serge wasn't interested too much in women. I wonder why all these homosexuals in those days married women?
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I wonder why all these homosexuals in those days married women?
Homosexuality, I believe, was not accepted well. (Doesn't seem much different today...)
Men would marry women to adhere to society standards, and to continue the family line. If the marriage was "royally" based, it would usually be for foreign relations and policy. Don't quote me, but that is my understanding.
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You're right, it isn't much different today. I just feel so sorry for women like Ella, who never get love from their husband because he dosen't find interest in them but gets his loving elsewhere. :'(
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(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a388/ashanti01/Ella/ellasergei.jpg)
I'm sure Serge loved Ella and in his way showed her affection, but one most also note that he seemed a very private person (just like Ella) and I doubt he would have allowed his guard down even in pictures. But there are a few pictures here and there where you can see something very deep between them. Maybe it's just me. ???
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I think they look more like friends than lovers, kind of like the equivalent to Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz lol.
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Ooo, I love that photo of Serge and Ella in costumes. :)
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IMO, I like their pre-engagement photos. They both look so grand and in love too.
Scarlett is right...Serge does look rather militant in his photos and Ella simply looks elegant in hers. Which is why I prefer her photos to Serge's.
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Ella and Sergei in 1884
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/feomarie/Rarefind/SA.jpg)
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Sadly they quite well known and been in books on Ella...the archives in Moscow must be the next place to look... :)
Yes, so the rest are in the Russian Archives...too bad they can't be displayed to the public in museums or books. :- Great picture I love that photo of both Ella and Sergei it is fantastic. Thanks for sharing Svetabel!
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(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a388/ashanti01/Ella/ellasergealixfatherernie.jpg)
Sergei, Alix, Ludwig,Ella and Ernie
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A family picnic in Russia.
(http://www.picatom.com/j/%20%20_%20_%20_-6-th.JPG) (http://www.picatom.com/j/%20%20_%20_%20_-6.html)
Grand Duke Ludwig, father of Ella, is at back of his younger daughter Princess Alix (future Alexandra Fedorovna). By Alix's side is Ekaterina Schneider, and then Grad Duke Sergei. Also Prince Ernst Ludwig, brother of Ella and Alix, is lying in the front playing with a dog.
My guesss the year is 1888, and the place is Ilynskoe.
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I'm not sure who Ella was in mourning for in this photo ... ?
Elizaveta and Sergei
(http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5250/copyoff037a21azu1.jpg)
** Nice photos everyone ** :)
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We discussed it once and I believe that was the conclusion. I think that the particular image we had had 1892 on it.
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(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a388/ashanti01/youssoupov/ellasergemariadmtry.jpg)
Serge, Ella and Dmitry and Maria?
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yeah it seesm so but who is the woman beside ella ?
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yeah it seesm so but who is the woman beside ella ?
I believe it may be Princess Yusupov. The picture did come from her album. But I'm not 100% sure.
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With Ernst Ludwig in 1884
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/feomarie/Rarefind/1884.jpg)
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Ella,Sergei, GDss Maria Alexandrovna (Duchess of Edinburgh) and GD Pavel in the same 1884
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/feomarie/Rarefind/1884op.jpg)
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A pity they did not have children...that's unfulfilling and sad. And then the brutal end, they are to be pitied. :-(
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Well...Serge was such an authorative figure and does have a cruel streak in him. I don't think he is to be pitied. Ella herself embraced the mythered crown (refusing to leave when there is still time, given safe passage by the Kaiser himself). She died willingly for her people. She should be revered and respected and not pitied.
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GD Sergei and his spouse in the Royal mob of relatives.
The photo was taken in August 1902, in Mikhailovka, summer estate of GD Mikhail Nikolaeyvitch. The family gathered for the wedding of GDss Elena to Prince Nicolaos of Greece.
(http://www.picatom.com/p/1902prewed-1-th.jpg) (http://www.picatom.com/p/1902prewed-1.html)
Here's my identifying of the persons in the photo:
Sitting on the ground - left to right - Prince Georgios of Greece (future Georgios II of Greece), Prince Alexander of Greece (future Alexander I of Greece), GD Dmitriy Pavlovitch, GDss Maria Pavlovna-younger, GD Sergei Mikhailovitch, GD Georgiy Mikhailovitch, Prince Andrew of Greece, GD Konstantin Konstantinovitch
First row sitting - left to right - Princess Elena of Greece (born GDss Elena Vladimirovna), GDss Maria Pavlovna-elder, GDss Elizaveta Mavrikievna (born Prss od Saxe-Altenbourg), Queen Olga of Greece (born GDss Olga Konstantinovna), GDss Anastasia of Mecklenbourg-Schwerin (born GDss Anastasia Mikhailovna), GDss Maria Georgievna (born Prss of Greece), Crownprincess Sophie of Greece.
Second row standing - left to right - Princess Alexandrine of Denmark (born Dss of Mecklenbourg-Schwerin), GD Mikhail Nikolaevitch, Princess Cecilie of Mecklenbourg-Schwerin (future Crownprincess of Germany), Prince Nicolaos of Greece, King Georgios I of Greece, GDss Elizaveta Fedorovna, GD Sergei Alexandrovicth, Crownprince Constantin of Greece (future Constantinos I of Greece), GD Vladimir Alexandrovitch, Prince Georgios of Greece, GD Dmitriy Konstantinovitch, Prince Christian of Denmark (future Christian X of Denmark), GD Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenbourg-Schwerin, Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenbourg-Schwerin.
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(http://www.picatom.com/p/1902prewed-1-th.jpg) (http://www.picatom.com/p/1902prewed-1.html)
What a great picture!! i love to see Cecilie smiling!
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Sergei, Ella nd probably their freinds in Darmstadt, 1880s.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/feomarie/Rarefind/ellasergefrineds.jpg)
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It is Alexandra N. "Fafka" Lobanova-Rostovskaya, her lady in waiting, with her husband. Darmstadt 87
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It is Alexandra N. "Fafka" Lobanova-Rostovskaya
Really? I didn't recognize her at once as in her later photo with Ella (in the 1890s) she had a bit different look.
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I know whom you mean - but this is another member of that particular family. Fafka seems to have been a niece of the elder Princess
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I don't know where to ask this question but here it goes:
After GD Ella became a nun and took the veil, we can see her in many court functions (total different then her charity work) for the State/Imperial Family. We can see her in many photo's and even in short films (always walking behind the Tsar or her sister the Tsarina) walking the procession with other members of the Romanov family.
What was the reason behind this double function. She became nun because of religous believe. And nuns always go totally different then their past lives before they became nuns. For Ella she sold everything of gave her jewels and palaces away. A sign that she not needed any material, wordly belongings. But in these photo's/films she is still walking with her family, taking duties for the country/IF. Why did she still appear on official court functions?
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Ella felt that as part of the Imperial Family, it was her duty to appear in public alongside her family. She had been critized for that.
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She can't avoid escaping from critics because she was a nun that time. I feel sad for her. She takes that as a responsibility,not a way to fame. .
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Well. She did her duty to her calling and to her family.
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(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a388/ashanti01/Ella/ellasergei.jpg)
Sorry if I'm quoting photos.
What is this dressing-up for? Was there an important occasion on the day they were photographed here?
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It was for the famous 1903 ball. There's a thread on the ball itself (in the Imperial Family section) which might give more detail about their outfits.
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Yes, there is thread '1903' including many photos of that event. Also, there is one of Ella alone, I think, not sure.
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Oh thank you all for telling me there's a thread for that.
IMO, now I know why QVicky wasn't so impressed of Ella's husband.
It's really rue that Serge's eyes conceal something we don't know.
If he only gained more pounds, I'm sure he's gonna look handsome.
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(http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq126/olga_maria1993/th_zoomphpaa.jpg) (http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq126/olga_maria1993/zoomphpaa.jpg)
Serge is on the carriage.
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(http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq126/olga_maria1993/th_zoomphpaa.jpg) (http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq126/olga_maria1993/zoomphpaa.jpg)
Serge is on the carriage.
that's a good picture. Thanks for sharing it. I've always wondered at the source of the pictures marked "archive photos" - is it part of the Russian archives?
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I've always wondered at the source of the pictures marked "archive photos" - is it part of the Russian archives?
The photos with such watermark has been bought by a German site/company from the GARF (State Russian Archive).
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You know the name of the German site ?
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It's wonderful that this German company is buying rights to some GARF pics since it's a source of income for GARF. I'm assuming the fee that the German company paid/pays goes back to maintaining the archives at GARF.
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that's a good picture. Thanks for sharing it. I've always wondered at the source of the pictures marked "archive photos" - is it part of the Russian archives?
You are very welcome, katmaxoz! However, you post wonderful images, too, in other threads and I thank you for those :-)
You know the name of the German site ?
This link (http://photo.fine-art-images.net/de/search.html)
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Look's like they have posted some new things since the last time I looked. Shandroise the photo you posted of Sergei and Ella was new for me, thank you so much for posting it.
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Very blurry photo of the Grand Ducal pair, from the stock of GDss Elizaveta in the Archives
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/feomarie/Rarefind/nh.jpg)
GD Sergei is unusually in civil clothes.
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Thank you Svetabel!
It's true, Sergei is rarely photographed out of uniform. Love this image. Do you know what year the photo was taken? late 1890's or early 1900's?
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Do you know what year the photo was taken? late 1890's or early 1900's?
My guess the early 1900s.
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(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a388/ashanti01/Ella/ellaserge/s640x480.jpg)
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Wow ! First photo I see Ella so happy and laughing. Thanks for sharing such a rare gem with us ! :)
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(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a388/ashanti01/Ella/ellaserge/0000cwy1.jpg)
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Ashanti - you dug up two more treasures! And although the second one is much better in quality, I´m absolutely delighted over the first one, which seems rather uncommon. I don´t think I´ve seen an informal photo of Sergey and Ella, where they would seem so comfortable with each other.
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Actually, katmaxoz was kind enough to share her find of the second photo. Through some navigating of links I came across the blurry photo of GD Ella and GD Serge, which I believed spoke volumes of the couple.
If I find the photo in better quality I'll be sure to post it. I'm nearly certain it's a screen shot but I can not be certain.
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The screen capture shot was actually posted on the Forum some time ago---I can't remember where though. :-\ It was from a book, if I remember correctly. Does that jog anyone else's memory?
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The photos here are outstanding ! I am flabbergased !!!
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The screen capture shot was actually posted on the Forum some time ago---I can't remember where though. :-\ It was from a book, if I remember correctly. Does that jog anyone else's memory?
I found a copy of it in my files as well, which means I also picked up a copy online. I can't remember the source though it is obvious there are better quality versions to be had if the original source can be tracked down.
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Quite true. But how to track it down ?
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I know it was a book--I can see it in my mind's eye but not place the title. :-\ It was the full-length shot and you could clearly see how tiny Ella was in comparison to Serge. For some reason, I'm thinking that it wasn't a book on either one of them but rather a relation?
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A Russian relation ?
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I'm not sure. :-\ What's sticking in my mind is a non-photo album book, in a foreign language, not on Ella or Serge.
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I'm not sure. :-\ What's sticking in my mind is a non-photo album book, in a foreign language, not on Ella or Serge.
it's annoying when you can only remember part of a book title like this isn't it? It's much harder to remember titles, or even authors if they aren't in a language you have a good level of familiarity with.
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Is it a Russian book ?
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I don't believe so. Danish or Swedish maybe? Is this ringing a bell with anyone?
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(http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq126/olga_maria1993/th_81950_128859.jpg) (http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq126/olga_maria1993/81950_128859.jpg)
Is this a painting or not?
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heavily retouched photo.
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It was one of the more reproduced photos of them but it does look strange--like there was a different original background. The ILN published it full-page upon the assassination of Serge.
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Does anyone know the date of the pic?
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Looks like near the time of his death from the look of Serge and Ella's dress style.
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Impossible......... I guess that one was taken in about 1897....... she is wearing the diamond coronation brooch - but the large sleeves indicate the late 1890ies...........
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Well...The jewels can be worn later than the time of purchase, and Ella did designed her own clothes. She always strikes me as someone who wears whatever suited her.
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http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=298242132026
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Thanks for showing the group Thomas. I did one myself.
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Does anyone know who the people with Ella and Serge are?
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/kmerov/IF%20of%20Russia/th_GDSergeiGDssEllaHome1902.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/kmerov/IF%20of%20Russia/GDSergeiGDssEllaHome1902.jpg)
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Looks like some gentleman and lady-in-waiting. It is interesting that Serge held up a cabinet photo of himself in uniform.
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Are you sure Serge is holding a picture of himself? I was curious but I couldn't tell.
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Looks to me like the one he was wearing the uniform. one of the most published photo of Serge...I may be wrong.
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Idon´t know the many, and I may be grossly mistaken, but to me the lady looks a bit like Maria PAvlovna Sr.
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Idon´t know the many, and I may be grossly mistaken, but to me the lady looks a bit like Maria PAvlovna Sr.
That's what I thought as well.....
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Are you sure Serge is holding a picture of himself? I was curious but I couldn't tell.
Yes, he is holding a picture of himself in uniform of Prezobrazhenskiy regiment.
The other lady is not GDss MP-elder.
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I agree with Svetabel., Its not Maria Pavlovna Sr.
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I concurr it wasn't Miechen. She looked like some lady-in-waiting or minor German princess.
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The dress of that lady looks way too "plain" to be Maria Pavlovna Sr.
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(http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq126/olga_maria1993/th_0_2d264_ab5a1ff4_XL.jpg) (http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq126/olga_maria1993/0_2d264_ab5a1ff4_XL.jpg)
Taken from this website: http://www.ioannp.ru/publications/403899
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The New York Public Library has a copy of this photo too in their collection. The only one of Ella on her trip to the Holy Lands.
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The most probable thing is that the site took that picture from the NYPL since its also using colored pictures taken from here...
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That would make sense. Since I made inquires there when I visited the library earlier this year. :)
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Probably a well known picture, but I didn't see it in this thread, and I think it's a really nice and relaxed picture of the couple. And I have a strange liking of pics of royalty smoking.
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/kmerov/IF%20of%20Russia/SergeismokeElla1894.jpg)
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Wasn't that published in one of the bios on Haakon & Maud? I remember wondering why the photo was in there and wishing I could read the section it was in!
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Wasn't that published in one of the bios on Haakon & Maud? I remember wondering why the photo was in there and wishing I could read the section it was in!
Can't remember seeing it in Bomann-Larsen's biography.
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Thanks for sharing the photo. I've only seen it in a much smaller version before. It's always good to see a better version which is unwatermarked.
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Thanks for sharing, it was from the Norweigan book. It also included another one of Ella that wasn't copied here.
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What is the title of the book?
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Wasn't that published in one of the bios on Haakon & Maud? I remember wondering why the photo was in there and wishing I could read the section it was in!
Yes, it was. I wasn't sure until now, since I didn't have the Haakon and Maud bios with me. The picture was in the book in connection to the year 1905 when Haakon was elected king of Norway and Serge was assassinated.
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That picture was really interesting. I wonder if there are more in the Norweigen Archievs in Oslo.
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I don't know, I think the picture came from Maud's (or maybe Victoria's) private album which of course is in Oslo.
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Yes. Although I don't know how close was Ella to Maud ?
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I don't know either, but the book says the picture was taken after the coronation of Nicholas II, when Maud along with others stayed with Serge and Ella at Ilinskoe.
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Maud like to take pictures (a hobby that her mother Alexandra picked up) and there could be more stunning snap shots. :)
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Oh my, it's been ages since I've tried to post a photo. I hope this works. I nice gorup with Tsar Alexander, Marie Feodorovna, Sergei and Ella. I will not attempt to identify the others because I will get the names wrong. One of the Tsar's brothers in the back row?(http://s003.radikal.ru/i202/1002/36/724a2a899728.jpg)
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I guess also it is maybe Nicholas and Georgie on the floor in front with Pavel?
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here is a bit larger
http://i49.tinypic.com/awx8ht.jpg
From left to right (sit) : Alexander III. Serge Alexandrovich,Maria Fyodorovna, Alexis Alexandrovich, Elisabeth Fyodorovna
On the floor : Nicholas Alexandrovich, Georgiy Alexandrovich and Paul Alexandrovich.
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here is a bit larger
http://i49.tinypic.com/awx8ht.jpg
From left to right (sit) : Alexander III. Serge Alexandrovich,Maria Fyodorovna, Alexis Alexandrovich, Elisabeth Fyodorovna
On the floor : Nicholas Alexandrovich, Georgiy Alexandrovich and Paul Alexandrovich.
Oh my guesses were pretty good. Only missed the name of Alexis Alexandrovitch!
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I hope this one has not been posted yet. (http://lh4.ggpht.com/Dedushkin1/R7dgdE9Y6vI/AAAAAAAAFoI/mV8uDoK2-3k/s800/%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%BF.jpg)
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Clearer, bigger but not fuller
(http://i46.tinypic.com/5z4qvd.jpg)
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what though Victoria,Irene,Alix and Ernie about Serge ??
they loved of course Ella..and we know irene and Ludwig IV was against that ella did changed her relgion..
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VMH actually like Serge. You should shoot Ilana a private message, she just finished a book on the four sisters.
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c1885 - Ella and Serge
(http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/45525/2567607130102753164S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2567607130102753164nkluHl)
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Serge looked relaxed here...he sometimes looked tortured even in photographs.
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Many, many thanks to you Kathy!
Serge looked relaxed here...he sometimes looked tortured even in photographs.
I agree. Perhaps his mood was very good that day.
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I think Ella and Serge are excellent subjects to study in psycology. They both seemed simple, but yet so complexed.
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IMO, all people have complex natures, so all of us could be great subjects for psychology.
I’m wondering where they shot those formal pictures; a certain room in their palace or a photography studio?
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Ella, serge with Gd Alexis Alexandrovich, Alexander III and little GD Mikhail Alexandrovich
(http://i46.tinypic.com/d9rpj.jpg)
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Indeed...Where is it came from ?
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A russian Liveinternet journal. Further source i dont know, maybe from a book, or an online database
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Their wedding
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/KaiserinCharlotte/Royalty/boda.jpg)
Lovely photoshoot
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/KaiserinCharlotte/Royalty/ellayserge.jpg)
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/KaiserinCharlotte/Royalty/ellayserge2.jpg)
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From the same photoshoot
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/KaiserinCharlotte/Royalty/ella.jpg)
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These are really new for me. New and wonderful. The last one with Ernie is a little jewel. Where did you find them?
RealAnastasia.
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These are really new for me. New and wonderful. The last one with Ernie is a little jewel. Where did you find them?
RealAnastasia.
All those photos are from the Hesse on-line Archive. You can see the watermark there.
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I saved them from a site devoted to Romanovs, but perhaps the site mentioned by Sveta is much better.
I like this photo, showing their back! :-)
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/KaiserinCharlotte/Royalty/back.jpg)
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These are really new for me. New and wonderful. The last one with Ernie is a little jewel. Where did you find them?
RealAnastasia.
All those photos are from the Hesse on-line Archive. You can see the watermark there.
Thanks for your quick, gentle answer, Svetabel. Yes; I've don't noticed the watermarks at first.Now, I see them clearly. Generally the Hesse-online archive photos are very litle and with a noticeable red mark on them. Evidently the person who took them from there cropped the pictures, which makes them look bigger (at least in my PC screen)
RealAnastasia.
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These are really new for me. New and wonderful. The last one with Ernie is a little jewel. Where did you find them?
RealAnastasia.
All those photos are from the Hesse on-line Archive. You can see the watermark there.
Thanks for your quick, gentle answer, Svetabel. Yes; I've don't noticed the watermarks at first.Now, I see them clearly.
Seems you thought my post a bit offensive. That was not my intention.
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Reminders are sometimes sharp in tone written than if spoken in voice.
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Well, yes, sometimes...But in my case I didn't want to sound offensive myself. Maybe the fact that English is not my first language could bring some confusion. One is not too clever to choice words when using a third language (my second one is French). In fact I wanted to say I was REALLY amazed that I received a so quick answer to my message... :)
RealAnastasia.
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Did Ella & Serge took pictures in England when they visit QV on her jubliee ?
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Ella, serge with Gd Alexis Alexandrovich, Alexander III and little GD Mikhail Alexandrovich
(http://i46.tinypic.com/d9rpj.jpg)
It's August 1888 year, when Alexander III with Mikhail visited Sergei and Ella in Ilinskoe.
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Did Ella & Serge took pictures in England when they visit QV on her jubliee ?
Which Jubilee exactly? They had been twice on her Jubilees.
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I am sure they took them at both times (at least I think Ella did).
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Wedding of Sergei and Elizaveta
http://www.picatom.com/1r/ellawed1_1-1.html (http://www.picatom.com/1r/ellawed1_1-1.html)
I had posted it at the Wedding topic in the IF board, but think it also must be here.
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A newspaper print image. It is from the Russian press ?
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A newspaper print image. It is from the Russian press ?
Yes, it is.
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I often did wonder why there is no wedding photo of Ella & Serge. As date wise, which is the first sitting of Ella after her wedding ? Did she do one with her siblings before they left for Darmstadt ?
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I'm not sure who Ella was in mourning for in this photo ... ?
Elizaveta and Sergei
(http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5250/copyoff037a21azu1.jpg)
I believe they were mourning for Ella's father Ludwig.
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Yes. I think taken at Darmstadt.
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(http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh534/Warrint3/ella2.jpg)
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(http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh534/Warrint3/ellagroup1.jpg)
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(http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh534/Warrint3/ellagroup2.jpg)
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Think that one was from the Mountbatten book...
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@ Eric. That's right : ).
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Yes. I got the book somewhere...Remember those pics. Alice looked nice...
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Well...Serge was such an authorative figure and does have a cruel streak in him. I don't think he is to be pitied. Ella herself embraced the mythered crown (refusing to leave when there is still time, given safe passage by the Kaiser himself). She died willingly for her people. She should be revered and respected and not pitied.
Given that the Grand Duke Serge and the Elizabeth (however authorative & willfully devout) did not OPT to be childless--or slaughtered in the streets without being tried & convicted lawfully for capital crimes a modicum of "pity" might be permitted.
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I think pity should be given to Ella since she tried to do good (and was beloved) before and after she became a nun.
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I think pity should be given to Ella since she tried to do good (and was beloved) before and after she became a nun.
......and whatever it was that Ella discovered once inside her wedding ring was probably not revealed to her prior to it being placed on her finger. I think, whatever his sexual preferences, Serge was a difficult man, whose moods could not be second guessed. My understanding is that Ella handled the situation calmly and serenely, and stood steadfastly by her marriage vows, putting her energies into doing good, rather than seeking hedonistic pursuits.
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Yes. And it is not surprise that Ella became a saint. :)