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Re: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Coburg
« Reply #405 on: November 01, 2010, 05:03:27 PM »
Interesting facts. Thanks. 14 is quite young to be appointed, I wonder if Marie Coburg was appointed at a similar tender age ?

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« Reply #406 on: November 01, 2010, 05:05:44 PM »
maria and anastasia were so proud of that e.g. in her letters to her father during ww I anastasia signed her letter as Kaspiets ( Каспиец)

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« Reply #407 on: November 01, 2010, 05:09:11 PM »
Thanks for info. I wonder if Marie Coburg was made head of reigments at such an age too. She too was proud of her Russian heritage.

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« Reply #408 on: November 01, 2010, 11:33:38 PM »



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

Yes, she was the chief of her Uhlan regiment since 1871 year.

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« Reply #409 on: November 02, 2010, 02:23:58 AM »
did she remain their chef even after her marriage? by the way, if grand duchesses married foreign princes did they have to leave thei position of a chef? they were to live abroad and couldn`t see their regiments very often.

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Re: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Coburg
« Reply #410 on: November 02, 2010, 04:30:00 AM »
did she remain their chef even after her marriage? by the way, if grand duchesses married foreign princes did they have to leave thei position of a chef? they were to live abroad and couldn`t see their regiments very often.

She did remain.

The Grand Duchesses didn't leave the positions becouse of the marriage, there was no special rule of abandoning the position. Some of them were the chiefs till their death.

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Re: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Coburg
« Reply #411 on: November 02, 2010, 05:31:49 AM »
'Interesting facts. Thanks. 14 is quite young to be appointed, I wonder if Marie Coburg was appointed at a similar tender age ?'

As I understand it, Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses were appointed Colonels-in-chief at birth, but only started wearing uniform and attending parades etc in that role a good deal later.

Incidentally, Prussian princes were put under the tutelage of military governors at seven and commissioned into the 1st Foot Guards at ten.

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Re: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Coburg
« Reply #412 on: November 02, 2010, 05:55:37 AM »
'Interesting facts. Thanks. 14 is quite young to be appointed, I wonder if Marie Coburg was appointed at a similar tender age ?'

As I understand it, Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses were appointed Colonels-in-chief at birth, but only started wearing uniform and attending parades etc in that role a good deal later.

Incidentally, Prussian princes were put under the tutelage of military governors at seven and commissioned into the 1st Foot Guards at ten.

Ann

Grand Dukes, yes, were appointed at birth, but Grand Duchesses not. They "received" their regiment later.

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« Reply #413 on: November 02, 2010, 11:13:00 AM »
Maybe to select a suitable for them ? So many babies died in infancy.

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Re: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Coburg
« Reply #414 on: November 14, 2010, 12:08:16 PM »
i guess it`s maria alexandrovna in a wedding dress


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Re: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Coburg
« Reply #415 on: November 14, 2010, 12:11:39 PM »
It looks like her. Here a caricature from the same ocation



 

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"...Пусть он землю бережет родную, А любовь Катюша сбережет....". Grand Duchess Ekaterina Fyodorovna to Grand Duke Georgiy Alexandrovich. 1914

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« Reply #416 on: November 15, 2010, 11:26:49 AM »
It makes her look much slimmer that she actually was.  ;)

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« Reply #417 on: January 14, 2011, 07:53:24 PM »


 

Courtesy of Grand Duchess Ally

"...Пусть он землю бережет родную, А любовь Катюша сбережет....". Grand Duchess Ekaterina Fyodorovna to Grand Duke Georgiy Alexandrovich. 1914

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Re: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Coburg
« Reply #418 on: January 16, 2011, 01:11:20 PM »
She looked like her brother Vladimir.

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Re: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Coburg
« Reply #419 on: January 23, 2011, 04:14:16 PM »



the grand duchess with her 3 daughters