Imp. Family/Romanov's Family's Pets Links List

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How Cute !!   

Diss. Imp. Fam. and Eurp. Royal, thread is Windsors

Qгeen Alexandra(England) sister Maria Fedorovna -Dagmar?

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Yes, this is Dagmar, mother of Nicholas II and her dog, a Japanese Chin.

Children of  Christian IX, King of Denmark and his wife Loise of Hesse-Cassel had the following children:
Frederick VIII, King of Denmark m. Louise,daul. of Charles XV of Sweden and Norway
Alexandra who m. Edward VII, King of Gt. Britain
George I, King of Helenes m. Olga, dau. of Constantine, GD of Russia
Maria (Dagmar) m. Alexander III, Emp. of Russia
Thyra m. Cr. Pr. of Hanover
Waldemar m. Mary, dau. of Robert, D. of Chartres

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Japanese Chin / Japanese Pug

History:
http://www.puppy-central.com/japanese-chin-puppy/information.html

Pamela Cross Stern wrote:
>>Japanese Chin History: A relative of the Pug and Pekingese, the Japanese Spaniel, or Japanese Chin as it is known in some circles,  has a regal history, dating back to the Imperial court of Japan. Cherished companions of Japanese nobility, the Japanese Chin could only be owned by elite members of the royal court. Pampered to extremes, it is said that they even fed them sake at the royal table - a drink intended to stunt their growth. The Japanese Chin found it's way to Britain in 1853, when a pair that was given to a British trader was presented them to Queen Victoria, the first canine gifts presented to any member of the royal family. Japanese Chins were originally exhibited under the breed name Japanese Pug at a dog show held in 1862, and they soon became popular with the public, due to their noble heritage and charismatic charm.<<

as well as some photographs of what this breed looks like today.

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Love the beautiful plaque ......



.....and love the pug 

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She seems to have liked these dogs. 

Hohenzollern
Victoria of Schaumberg, Lippe, Princess of Prussia

Beautiful looking Borzoi

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


>>"Borzaya" ("quick dog") is a Russian term for various types of native sighthound. The Russkaya Psovaya Borzaya (Psovoi - the longhaired borzoi) is the dog we know as Borzoi. The system by which Russians over the ages named their sightdogs was a series of describing terms, not actual names, which makes the use of Borzoi for the Psovaya a mistake made by the first Western exporters of the breed. "Psovaya" means "longhaired", just as "Hortaya" (as in Hortaya Borzaya) means shorthaired. Other Russian sightdog breeds are e.g. "Stepnaya Borzaya" (from the steppe), called "Stepnoi" or "Krimskaya Borzaya" (from the Crimea), called "Krimskoi".<<

>>In the 1917 Revolution, large numbers of native Psovoi were destroyed by the revolutionaries. The Tsars had turned them into a symbol of affluence and tyranny, and they were not welcomed into the new world of the Soviet Union. Some noblemen took it upon themselves to shoot their own dogs rather than allow them to fall into the hands of militants and be cruelly tortured. However, the Psovoi survived along with the other borzaya variants in the Russian countryside.<<

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Prince Vladimir Emmanuelovich Golitsyn (1884-1954). ca 1910 He was the adjutant of GD Nikolai "Nikolasha" Nikolayevich. Vladimir, like the Grand Duke, was a breeder of Borzoi. This photo was taken of Vladimir with his dogs at the Borzoi Trials at GD Nikolai's estate Pershino in Tula Province. Vladimir would later marry the Romanov descendant Countess Ekaterina Georgievna Carlow (1891-1940).

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The only mention of the Borzoi, with any connection to the IF, is to Grand Duke Nikolasha. I remember reading in many dog books about their popularity during the early 1900s and found it odd that they are hardly mentioned.

Queen Alexandra made the breed popular in England, as she was an early owner of the breed in England, one of the first being the Duchess of Newcastle who imported some of the dogs from one of the Tsar's kennels and founded the Borzoi Club in 1892. Alexandra received a leash of them from either Aleander III or Tsar Nicholas II in the late 1890s/early 1900s. QA was devoted to her dogs called Alex, who was the most frequently shown and an undefeated champion, Ajax who also won many prizes as well as one named Vassilka.



Queen Victoria also had a Borzoi, perhaps even as early as their first showing in Britain, in the mid-1860s, possibly given to her by Tsar Nicholas I. Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, also had 2 of them--Molodetz and Oudalska.

Since they aren't a breed that's very safe with small dogs, as their instinct is to chase anything which runs, her Borzoi must've put quite the fear into many of her lapdogs. She was also particularly fond of Japanese chins and was frequently photographed holding one (or more) or with some small dogs at her feet.

If you go here

http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/object.asp?theme=ANIMALS&object=40030&row=67&detail=about

you can see a Faberge Borzoi given to QA by EVII c.1908.

From that site:

"The painting Queen Alexandra with her Grandchildren and Dogs by Frederick Morgan and Thomas Blinks, shows the Queen outside the kennels at Sandringham in 1902 surrounded by a variety of dogs including a borzoi and two collies." This is that painting:



Various members of the Russian Imperial family and nobility kept extensive hunting kennels of the breed and organized large wolf-hunting parties with the dogs. The most famous of these legendary Russian kennels was that owned by the GD Nicholas (who purchased the the famous Perchina Borzoi in 1817) and founded a very renowned kennel at Perchina and the best of the early importations into England belonged to this strain. GD Nicholas Nikolaivitch purchased the famous Perchina Borzoi in 1817. The famous "Bransgore" strain  in England came from the original Russian stock.

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Further to add to our information on Imperial dogs, I have found an article of a visit to Russia in 1907 researching borzoi with a reference to the Imperial Kennels of Gatchina and GD Nikolai Nikolaivitch's Kennels:

http://www.batw.net/borzois.com/zoi_info/thomas1907.html

Joanna

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These are the only photos I can think of with a dog on the Standart. I think it's probably MF's dog, though. It only appears in photos with her...




Alexandra did have a dog -- some kind of terrier named Eira. I'm sure you can find a photo of her (I've seen it, but I don't have it) on this thread, which AGRBear maintains rather faithfully:
Imp. Family/Romanov's Family's Pets Link List

The bred of dog is Japanese Chin

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Back to the   Queen Victoria and the others:



Are the dogs Jack Russels? They look to small to be English Fox Hounds.

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Here are some images:

with Waldemar and George (I couldn't even hazard a guess as to what they're all thinking)




with her horse and pets:


with her dogs:

Danish royals
Princess Marie

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Boris with his wife Zinaida Rachevskya. They married in 1919.

Vladimirivichi:
Vladimir, Meichen and family

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Like these ones?

...[in part]....

Vladimirivichi:
Vladimir, Meichen and family

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One of my favourite pics of Maria Pavlovna

Imperial Family
Marie Pavlovna Jr. and her son Lennart