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The Imperial Family / Re: Grand Duke Nikolai Konstantinovitch and his family

« on: April 29, 2004, 09:51:45 AM »

If I remember correctly in Flight of the Romanovs the deal with NK and the mystery/conflicting reports regarding his death. I forget if they draw any conclusions or just state the various reports. It's an interesting book as it deals with the non-immediate royal family and their escape and exile. I believe they talk a bit about the Iskanders but I could be wrong, it's been awhile.

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The Hesse-Darmstadts (Hesse and by Rhine) / Re: The Hesse siblings, children of GD Ludwig IV

« on: April 28, 2004, 10:19:23 PM »

I've been to this site and being greedy, I go after as many as I could find. The way to find the most is to type in titles, i.e. Princess will bring up Empress Frederick, Princess Alice, Princess Louise, etc...down to many of the granddaughters as well. Same with Prince, King, Queen, etc....Also searching by country/state like Prussia, Hesse, etc...I also found searching by titles like Connaught, etc..A wealth of good stuff and some great pictures of Queen Mary as a young girl. Also great ones of Ducky, Ella, Irene and Victoria Hesse. There are many that aren't yet available in digital form to view, but they're constantly updated and these could still be ordered. Great site!

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The Windsors / Re: Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1846-1921), and her family, Part I

« on: April 26, 2004, 11:47:12 AM »

Actually, wasn't it Queen Alexandra who called Thora "Snipe"? I believe she once referrenced Princess Christian's possible hopes that George would turn to Thora for a bride after Eddy died with the remark about "her lovely Snipe chasing you about" or something similar. Very catty and the remark about daughter's not being beauties still holds--the Wales girls were as a whole nothing to shout about.

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The Hesse-Darmstadts (Hesse and by Rhine) / Re: Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (Ernie), Grand Duchess Eleanor (Onor) & family

« on: April 03, 2004, 12:10:38 AM »

relating Queen Ena and the jewels i´ve just read in a new book on this subect that the spanish queen´s favourite stones in spite of their low value were the aquamarines(i´m not sure i wrote it correctly) and this because she saw Alexandra wearing these stones when a child and was very impressed(Ena had a portrait of the Tsarina hung in her study) . I read as well that grand duchess Ella sent her as wedding present a big saphire in 1906.

Can I ask where you read this? It touches on 3 of my favorite topics--royal jewels, Queen Ena and Ella! Many thanks.

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The Hesse-Darmstadts (Hesse and by Rhine) / Re: Elizabeth (daughter of Ernie)

« on: April 02, 2004, 11:55:09 PM »

In one of the more recent issues of Majesty magazine (the one with Sophie Wessex and her new daughter on the cover) has a pretty decent article on Elisabeth. There isn't much new information, but there are quite a few charming photos (including one with her cousins Olga and Tatiana) and one of the marble angel Ernie had dedicated to her.