The Nikolaivichi

[hikaru]

Her russian name was Alexandra Petrovna?

[David_Pritchard]

Her russian name was Alexandra Petrovna?

Her Russian name was Aleksandra Konstantinova.

[hikaru]

NO, her russian name was Alexandra Petrovna.
During the reign of Alexandr III , she lived separately
. She even did not return from Kev , when
Nikolay Nikolaevich died.
She became the nun during the marriage.She was histeric and mistic - religious.  She liked charity very much
But at the same time, she was quite clever.
Nikolay Nikolaevitch went to balerina's house , because Alexandra Pavlovna was too much religious, she was not
elegant and she did not want to be like a woman of her cicle - she weared simple dresse and wool socks at home . So the husband said Bye-Bye, and
She lived in Kiev since 1881.

[David_Pritchard]

NO, her russian name was Alexandra Petrovna.
During the reign of Alexandr III , she lived separately
. She even did not return from Kev , when
Nikolay Nikolaevich died.
She became the nun during the marriage.She was histeric and mistic - religious.  She liked charity very much
But at the same time, she was quite clever.
Nikolay Nikolaevitch went to balerina's house , because Alexandra Pavlovna was too much religious, she was not
elegant and she did not want to be like a woman of her cicle - she weared simple dresse and wool socks at home . So the husband said Bye-Bye, and
She lived in Kiev since 1881.

Dear Hikaru,

What an unusual story for a grand duchess, but her religious choices and fervor were not unheard of in Orthodox Russia. Her father was named Konstantin Friedrich Peter in the German traditon but went by the name Peter rather than Konstantin. Would you know if this was the usual manner of determining a patronymic among the foreign families living in Russia?

David

[hikaru]

She was raised in Russia.
I think that she could not be Alexandra Konstantinovna
in order that there was a big Konstantinovichi family.
Just for it.

[Svetabel]

Her father was known as PETR GEORGIEVICH, so she was Alexandra PETROVNA.

[kmerov]

Roman's book was one of the first Romanov book I read and  bought way back! He dosn't mention having epilepsi or "Dr. Philippe", but interesting if Militza thought that.

The Nicholaevich's were accompanied by some friends/servants, among them Baron Stahl and his family.

[kmerov]

Grand parents of Prince Roman, Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevich and Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna.

[kmerov]

Parents, Grand Duke Peter Nicholaevich and Grand Duchess Militza Nicholaevna.

[kmerov]

Militza with her three children, Marina, Roman and Nadezhda.


Helena of Leuchtenberg, Roman, Marina and Nadezhda in costumes.

[kmerov]

Prince Roman in a Boer-costume. Militza was anti-British.


Roman and Nadezhda with friends. They are right of the picture.

[kmerov]

Receiving Nicholas II in The Crimea. The relationship between the two families was very good until 1910.


GD Peter with Marina and Helena Leuchtenberg.

[kmerov]

Nadezhda (Nadja) and Roman.


Helena Leuchtenberg, friend and Marina as nurses during WW1.


Prince Roman with wife and two sons in exile.

[dp5486]

Thank you so much for the great pictures! I have never seen any good pictures of Marina or Roman as they would look around the time of the revolution. I've always thought Marina looked quite a bit like her mother.

They have always seemed like a very interesting family. I had no idea until several weeks ago that Nadezhda had a twin sister who died the same day she was born. I was looking through Sandro's autobiography and came across a passage about how Nadezhda's husband, Prince Orlov, was almost arrested and killed while they were in the Crimea. From what I read this was due to his relation to his father Vladimir Orlov, an aide-de-campe (?) of Nicholas II.

Was Elena of Leuchtenberg (Countess Tyszkiewicz) close to her cousin Marina. They seem to be in all these these pictures together. They also seem to have both married around the same time in the Crimea.

Thanks again for the great pictures!

[YaBB_Jose]

Has someone got pictures of Pss. Marina and Nadjejda's husbands -engagements, wedding, Nadjejda's children, Princes Galitzine and Orloff ?

Also of Pss. Nathalia, Elizabeth and Tatiana (Pr.Nicholas's daughters) and of Pr.Dimitri 2 wives Johanna and Dorrit ?

Thanks in advance.