Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Coburg

[Carolath Habsburg]

Maria in court dress

[Clelia]

Maria and her governess

[Eric_Lowe]

I forgot about her name. Weren't their letters recently auctioned ?

[Svetabel]

I forgot about her name. Weren't their letters recently auctioned ?

Anna Fedorovna Tyutcheva, Aksakova by her husband. She wrote an interesting book of memoirs.

[Eric_Lowe]

Were they published ? Only in Russian ?

[Svetabel]

Were they published ? Only in Russian ?

We had discussed this once...And as always you regretted that the memoirs were in Russian.

[Carolath Habsburg]

Can someone tell me who painted this portrait of Maria?



Its cute, tho not so accurate. Thanks in advanced!

[Eric_Lowe]

No idea...but a highly "idealised" painting. QV noticed Marie's lack of beauty, but admired her spirit and of course her money.

[Eddie_uk]

I  think QV admired her forehead!!

[Eric_Lowe]

Yes...Although she was jealous of Marie's fine jewelry.

[violetta]

i wonder if maria alexandrovna was a chef of any regiment when she lived in russia ?

[Eric_Lowe]

She was hense she did wear military garb as you see in this picture.

[CountessKate]

She was Colonel-in-Chief of the 14th Yamburg Lancers Regiment, whose uniform, as Eric points out, she wears in the photograph.  It was a Uhlan regiment.

[Eric_Lowe]

Thanks CountessKate. I think two of Nicholas II's daughters also have regiments (Marie & Anastasia were too young).

[CountessKate]

Maria was Colonel-in-Chief of the 5th Kazansky Dragoons and Anastasia was Colonel-in-Chief of the 148th Kaspiisky Infantry Regiment (to which she was appointed on her 14th birthday), though both were too young to take part in the ceremonial parades which Olga and Tatiana attended.