The Vladimirovitchi - discussion and pictures Part 1

[katmaxoz]

Grand Duchess Maria and Elena.  This picture has been posted before, but this is a better quality version for those who enjoy these things. Click on the link for a larger copy:

[Ally Kumari]

You´re welcome!

[Svetabel]

You´re welcome!

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/VelkokneznaMaria/royalty/B9FM44.jpg

The other man with GD Vladimir and MP-elder is her brother Friedrich Franz. There are some photos from the same event (year) of them three and children of the couple somewhere in the Forums.

[Aglaya]

GD Boris


Boris with GD Nikolas Nicholaevich [Nikolasha]


Boris [in the centre] with his regiment ca. 1916

[Carolath Habsburg]

The whole family

[PAVLOV]

I think that what affected Grand Duchess Marie most of all after her exile, was her loss of position. I dont think that she lived in poverty like many others. If one Googles Contrexeville, her villa in France, you will see that she must have lived very well. It is now a hotel.   

[Valmont]

Well, she did manage to smuggle her vast collection of jewells out of Russia via a diplomatic bag (I'm working from memory here), and she finally left Russia on February, 1920 and died on September that same year. Maybe you are right, for her, rank was everything and although she was a Grand Duchess by her own right, by the time she left Russia, the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was no longer either

Arturo Vega-Llausás

[Ally Kumari]

Grand Duke Andrey

[Alexandre64]

[Carolath Habsburg]

This family portrait cracks me up every time i see it!

Miechen and Kids. I love Boris behavior in this pic!

[katmaxoz]

Grand Duchess Helene in traditional russian dresss





getting married in 1902 to Prince Nicholas of Greece

[Svetabel]

Grand Duchess Helene in traditional russian dresss

In the traditional COURT dress, The Russian dress looks differently.

[katmaxoz]

Grand Duchess Helene in traditional russian dresss

In the traditional COURT dress, The Russian dress looks differently.

Well, the court version of it anyway I guess.  They never really were quite as interesting as the peasant version, but you wouldn't see a head-dress like that out outside the Russian court. The Traditional court dress was a different beast (see the marriage dress as top end example)

[ashanti01]

 
Grand duke Krill

[Carolath Habsburg]

GD Boris