Alexandra Pavlovna

[Dru]

Alexandra with her mother and sisters. 

[Alexandrina-Sofia]

Princess A.A. Golitsyn of Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna, during a visit to St. Petersburg of the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus:
"The future queen lovely. She is 14 years old, she taller than I (went to the mother), she is smart and extremely polite; to her cost as an adult, she is constantly playing in boston with the older ladies. Empress loves her, and showed that she was her favorite. "

[Alexandrina-Sofia]

Letter to the Empress Elizabeth Alexeevna mother, margravine Amalie Baden, death of Alexandra Pavlovna:
"Since the death of Emperor it (the Empress Maria Feodorovna) was constantly on his lips:" Alexandrina also die. The two sorrows mingled, one distracts from the other. At least, all is not quite overcome by her being. Poor Alexandrina, so tied to the life, why she had to die? I thought her so happy that she be born child ".

[Dru]

Thanks for sharing, Alexandrina-Sofia; I never knew that Alexandra was her mother's favorite.  Here is another picture of her:

[Alexandrina-Sofia]

This letter was written during the visit of the Swedish king. The Empress, referred to in the letter - grandmother of Alexandra - Catherine II.
This portrait of Alexandra brush Pollack.

[Dru]

I've been waiting to see that--it's beautiful!

[Alexandrina-Sofia]

No wonder the Hungarians called Alexandra queen, and now it's revered as a local saint.

[Dru]

Alexandra Pavlovna Memorial, circa 1911.  I think it was in Pavlovsk and was destroyed during World War II.

[Dru]

Does anyone know if this is Alexandra or Elena Pavlovna?  I have seen it labeled as both.

[Alexandrina-Sofia]

Dru, this is a portrait of Alexandra Pavlovna, brush Augustine Ritt.

[Dru]

Thank you very much for your help, Alexandrina-Sofia!

[Marie Valerie]

I've read a biography about Archduke Joseph's third wife Maria Dorothea von Württemberg, and it contained some infos on Alexandra Pavlovna.

- Alexandra was called "Ketzerin" (in english: Heretic) by the catholic court in Vienna, because of her Orthodox faith.

- Joseph's brother, Kaiser Franz I./II. said to him after his third wedding:

"I pray that your new wife will have a long life, I fear your next will be jewish..."


Joseph had married just non-catholics: the Orthodox Alexandra Pawlowna Romanova (1783–1801),
Hermine von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797–1817) and Maria Dorothea von Württemberg  (1797–1855) were both Protestants.
After Maria Dorothea all non-catholics were banned from marring into the Habsburg family.
That is why a marriage between Olga Nikolaevna (1822–1892) and Archduke Stephan wouldn't take place.

[Grandduchess Valeria]

Alexandra and her favourite sister Helena

[Dru]

Artwork of Alexandra Pavlovna, signed "Alexandrine."

[Dru]

Engraving of Alexandra Pavlovna lying in state.