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Re: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna-elder, wife of GD Wladimir
« Reply #390 on: February 15, 2011, 03:47:31 PM »
Interesting thread, although I can't honestly say I'm a fan of Miechen. To me, she comes off like another "middle school mean girl", Alice Roosevelt Longworth, whose era overlapped with Miechen's. Alice reportedly was thrilled when President William McKinnley was shot, enabling her father Theodore Roosevelt to become President of the United States, and picked mercilessly on her unattractive cousin Eleanor. Give me Alix any day!

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« Reply #391 on: April 06, 2011, 06:34:48 AM »
probably not entirely new, but I thought the comparison between these two images of Maria dressed for a fancy dress ball in 1883 was interesting...








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« Reply #392 on: April 25, 2011, 04:51:45 AM »
Maria Pavlovna and her brother Friedrich Franz.




There's other shot from this session in the Camera and the Tzars by Ch.Zeepvat

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« Reply #393 on: April 26, 2011, 01:59:37 PM »
Maria Pavlovna in Contrexéville


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Re: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna-elder, wife of GD Wladimir
« Reply #394 on: June 04, 2011, 09:22:00 AM »
If these were  posted before, plese feel free to delete

Gdss Maria Pavlovn and Kids





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Re: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna-elder, wife of GD Wladimir
« Reply #395 on: June 15, 2011, 04:27:17 AM »
Msge 396

What a study in boredom!

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« Reply #396 on: June 15, 2011, 10:19:25 AM »
Msge 396

What a study in boredom!

remember the long time to take such a photo in those times!!!!

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« Reply #397 on: June 15, 2011, 10:21:40 AM »
True, but the extent of the boredom is spectacular.

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Re: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna-elder, wife of GD Wladimir
« Reply #398 on: August 31, 2011, 05:48:36 AM »
GDss Maria P. with her daughter Elena and daughter-in-law Victoria, 1913 year.


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« Reply #399 on: September 01, 2011, 10:56:37 AM »
A wonderful image of three remarkable women  ::)

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« Reply #400 on: September 01, 2011, 01:51:29 PM »
Yes. Ellen became great friends with Ducky, while both had problems with the difficult Miechen.

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« Reply #401 on: October 01, 2011, 05:23:15 PM »

I read that a portion of the proceeds from the auction of the long lost Faberge items found in the two pillows in the Swedish legation in Stockholm were to be used by G.D. Maria Pavlovna (the Elder)'s  heirs to have a biography of Miechen written ----this was not long after the auction in December of 2009 -----does anyone know if there is any accuracy to this, and, if so, any idea where the project may stand.

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« Reply #402 on: October 05, 2011, 07:20:44 AM »
Really ? I haven't heard about this before. Were the Faberge items part of Miechen's property ?

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« Reply #403 on: October 05, 2011, 09:21:01 AM »

I read that a portion of the proceeds from the auction of the long lost Faberge items found in the two pillows in the Swedish legation in Stockholm were to be used by G.D. Maria Pavlovna (the Elder)'s  heirs to have a biography of Miechen written ----this was not long after the auction in December of 2009 -----does anyone know if there is any accuracy to this, and, if so, any idea where the project may stand.

That is correct. In Jewels of The Romanovs by Stefano Papi it is reported that the heirs donated some of the profits from the sale  to restoring the castle in Schwerin where Grand Duchess Vladimir was born as well as to fund her first official biography. This was only in late 2009 so perhaps research is still going on! I would love to know for sure.
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« Reply #404 on: October 05, 2011, 09:24:32 AM »
I wonder whether this biography is going to be published in English.

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