Author Topic: RARE COLLECTIBLE ROMANOV PHOTOS  (Read 41392 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Kalafrana

  • Velikye Knyaz
  • ****
  • Posts: 2912
    • View Profile
Re: RARE COLLECTIBLE ROMANOV PHOTOS
« Reply #30 on: February 29, 2012, 03:38:52 AM »
Forked beards were fashionable at one stage among senior officers. Probably the most famous example is the German Admiral von Tirpitz, born in 1849, so a contemporary of Grand Duke Alexei.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_von_Tirpitz

imperialrussia.com

  • Guest
Re: RARE COLLECTIBLE ROMANOV PHOTOS
« Reply #31 on: March 07, 2012, 03:03:21 PM »
 

imperialrussia.com

  • Guest
Re: RARE COLLECTIBLE ROMANOV PHOTOS
« Reply #32 on: April 18, 2012, 12:58:13 PM »
Cdv Photo Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia circa 1860’s
 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------




This is a cdv of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia born in 1832 who was the fourth son and seventh child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia.

In 1857 he married Princess Cecily of Baden, daughter of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden and Sophie of Sweden. He served for 20 years as the Governor General of Caucasia, being seated in Tbilisi. In the course of his life, four members of his family ruled as Emperors of Russia: his father, Nicholas I; his brother, Alexander II; his nephew, Alexander III; and his grand-nephew, Nicholas II. He served all of them loyally. He died in Cannes, France, on 18 December 1909.