OTMA & Irina together Pictures

[julia.montague]

The girls in the first picture are Margharita and Theodora, the daughters of Prince Andrew of Greece and Alice of Battenberg.
In the third I think there is Elena Vladimirovna, so I guess the "greek girls" are hers

[Romanov_fan]

Yes, that's what I was looking for. These pictures are rather confused, and hard to follow, they are not as clear as the photos of otma and Irina. I think that supports the conclusion that they were just playmates in a family way rather than that they had much of a relationship. I suppose the girls might not have had very clear memories of otma, although I am not sure that even that conclusion has been written on the subject. I think it seems the most supported one though, anyway did otma spend more time with Victoria Milford Haven's children than the Greek cousins? I would guess so, as Lord Mountbatten remembered Marie quite well.

[Sarushka]

I found one more:

[Romanov_fan]

I think that's them with not the Vladmirvichi Greek children, but rather the the children of Andrew of Greece and Alice of Battenberg. But, who is the boy in the picture with the dark hair? He wasn't a child of the Greece-Battenberg marriage, nor of Elena of Russia.

[Sarushka]

All I know is that the photo was taken in approximately 1910 in Wolfsgarten.

[julia.montague]

the greek girls are OTMA's first cousins once removed, the Hesse boys are their first cousins, so maybe that boy is also a distant cousin or something

[Maria_Pavlovna]

I think that's them with not the Vladmirvichi Greek children, but rather the the children of Andrew of Greece and Alice of Battenberg. But, who is the boy in the picture with the dark hair? He wasn't a child of the Greece-Battenberg marriage, nor of Elena of Russia.

The boy is Prince Louis of Battenberg (later Lord Mountbatten), always known as "Dickie". He is the yonugest son of Alix's sister Victoria, and Alice's brother and  uncle of the Greeko-Battenberg girls and Philip (The Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II). AND 1st cousin of OTMAA.

[Maria_Pavlovna]

A tiny picture of Dickie with Olga or Tatiana.





Alexei (in sailor suit) with his Hessian cousin Don (oldest son of the Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse).

[Eric_Lowe]

Indeed ! the boy was indeed Dickie Mountbatten ! He was said to be in love with Grand Duchess Marie and kept her photo at his desk...

[Elizaveta]

I found one more:

Ohh! I've never seen it before! Where did you find it?

One can see Maria in the background  ...it's the first time I ever saw a picture with a royal sooo far away from the camera.

[KarlandZita]

This photo is the last known of the Tsar's daughters vith their cousin Irina Alexandrovna. There are of them no others to my knowledge because all those which exist were already posted previously on this thread.

[Sarushka]

The family resemblence between Irina and the Big Pair is quite striking in that shot! 

[Eric_Lowe]

Where did you find them ? Another Russian book ? 

[Sarushka]

Where did you find them ? Another Russian book ? 

Exactly which pictures are you referring to? I can tell you that the one KarlandZita posted of OT & Irina on the balcony at Peterhof comes from the Beinicke Albums (as do the other shots from that day). I believe the photo Mandie posted of Aleksei and Don of Hesse can be found in The Jewel Album of Nicholas II.

[Maria_Pavlovna]

 Eric  you can also find it (the one of OT with Irina) here , Yale University type in "romanov" and then chick on "Browse the Romanov albums". thats my why of finding it.