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« Reply #135 on: February 28, 2006, 06:42:18 AM »
Considering the man he turned out to be I do not think David would have made Elisabeth a better husband than Carol.

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« Reply #136 on: February 28, 2006, 06:57:49 AM »
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Considering the man he turned out to be I do not think David would have made Elisabeth a better husband than Carol.



i don't think you can compare. they were both weak, yes, but carol had a mean and vindictive side that david didn't. i think he would have treated her well, if he liked her. if not i don't think he would have married her. i mean, so many princesses available and he stayed single for so long. i'm sure that was because he didn't want to marry just for politics

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« Reply #137 on: March 16, 2006, 12:03:44 AM »
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ERNIE WAS SUCH A TRAGIC FIGURE. LOSING HIS BEAUTIFUL ELISABETH WAS ONLY ONE OF HIS LOSSES. HIS FAMILY HISTORY REMINDS ME OF THE KENNEDYS AND THE BRONTES.

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« Reply #138 on: March 16, 2006, 06:55:36 PM »
She would have been such an attractive woman, had she lived--you can see it in her eyes.  Such a darling.  We still grieve for her today, and justly so.

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« Reply #139 on: March 29, 2006, 12:09:15 PM »
She was so beautiful, with such a resemblance to Ducky, and she was photogenic as well. She sometimes looks rather sad, but then her mother did in many photos as well, it's just the resemblance. Anyway, she prefered her father, and not her mother, although it is hard to say how things would have developed had she grown up. She would defintely have been a lovely Hessian Princess, the one unflawed result of this doomed marriage. Elizabeth's parents were at least honest enough to divorce, and go on to other things, as their marriage was mutally not working out. In that era, it was unique to do that. I think there is a likelihood based on good sources of Ernie's orientation, and not just rumor. Victoria Melita got alot of hard knocks in life as did her ex husband. They both went on to have other children, but tragedy plagued the Hesse family, and one of Ducky's daughters suffered quite a bit before her early death,  I believe it was Marie of Russia, her daughter by Kyril. Neither of Ducky's two later daughters really had great lives, and both died relatively young, particularly Marie of Russia. I believe that one of her two later daughters bore quite a resemblance to her dead half-sister. :'(

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« Reply #140 on: March 29, 2006, 06:43:14 PM »
She was a lovely little girl and was indeed the best thing to come out of the marriage--and to Ernie at least was probably worth the heartache.

As for Kyra, she seems to have had a good life to me. Yes, she died young and suffered through the years post-Revolution but she married a good man who loved her and had a large number of children to which they were devoted. I think they were pretty comfortably situated, especially considering the plight of many.
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« Reply #141 on: March 30, 2006, 10:28:41 AM »
Yes, it was Kyra, not Marie that I was thinking of. Anyway, besides the memorial I have seen on this website in pictures for Elizabeth that her father had done, is it true that there was an angel statue as well that was a memorial to her?

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« Reply #142 on: March 30, 2006, 11:34:21 AM »
Here it is. I don't have the article in front of me--one from Majesty awhile back--but I think Ernie designed the angel. It's at her gravesite.


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« Reply #143 on: March 30, 2006, 12:04:58 PM »
Thanks, I don't think there is a picture of this except in this part of the forum. It is a very eclectic Angel, not really the traditional Victorian ones. It would certainly be interesting if Ernie did design this.

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« Reply #144 on: March 31, 2006, 07:09:37 AM »
The grave was designed by Ludwig Habich one of the artists of Jugendstil.

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« Reply #145 on: March 31, 2006, 11:02:46 AM »
It's true isn't it, that Ernie was very artistic, but even then, this seemed to be pretty professionally designed, to me. I am sure he approved it though, and perhaps had his input, knowing how much he cared for his daughter. Elizabeth had she lived, could have changed history, although I doubt she would have married Edward VIII, he didn't seem interested in any foreign Princess. One of the photos I find most touching is of Elizabeth with her cousins Olga and Tatiana, sitting around a chair. All these girls died young, and tragically, and if they had lived to get a chance to play a part in the world, and marry, and have children, history might have been very different, but two were brutally murdered, and one died in childhood of an all too common illness.

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« Reply #146 on: March 31, 2006, 03:19:12 PM »
You can see the rest of the Hesse Darmstadt family graves at www.royaltyguide.nl.  Excellent sight. [smiley=happy.gif]

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« Reply #147 on: April 10, 2006, 09:52:07 PM »
Are there anymore pictures of Elizabeth?

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« Reply #148 on: April 13, 2006, 10:39:18 PM »
Hey! i'm new to this topic (elizabeth of Hesse). and I have to say that I find her story quite intereting, she died so young, and her parents divorce really afected her.. :( and I think I'm now VERY interested in her short life, and her relantionship with her siblings and family (grandmother, mother, father, cousins, etc..). But the books have to be on amazon or ebay. I'm also interested in books, sites, or information for those royal kids who died so incredibly young.

I'd really apreciate your help, thanks in advance! ;)

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« Reply #149 on: April 13, 2006, 10:41:22 PM »
Sorry, and I forgot to congratulate you with all the information you have provided to this forum.  ;) ;D GREAT job!