THE FAMILY OF NICHOLAS II [NICHOLAS II (1868-1918, Tsar of Russia from 1894, Assasinated after the Revolution), ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA (1872-1918, the Tsarina)]

Superb large unsigned photograph showing the tsar with his family seated and standing in the garden of Sergei's country house in Russia, Ilinsky, near Moscow, where the family went for a quiet rest after the coronation. Apparently it was a "time filled by amusement followed by amusement. It was a period of buoyant almost mad gaiety in a giddy whirl of enjoyment" according to Marie of Romania.
Back Row: NICHOLAS II, VICTORIA (Alberta, 1863-1950, Grandaughter of Queen Victoria, daughter of Princess Alice of Hesse), PAUL (1860-1919, Grand Duke of Russia, youngest brother of Alexander III), ERNST LUDWIG (1868-1937, last reigning Grand Duke of Hesse & By Rhine, 1892-1918), FERDINAND (1865-1927, King of Romania, Prince of Hohenzollern) & his wife MARIE (Alexandra, 1875-1938, daughter of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha) and BEATRICE (Leopoldine Victoria, 1884-1966, Princess, daughter of Alfred Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg, wife (1909) of Alfonso, 5th Duke of Galliera, grandson of Isabella II and cousin of both Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena)
Front Row: ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA, ELISABETH (Alexandra Louise Alice, 1864-1918, Grand Duchess Ella of Russia, daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, wife of Sergei of Russia, became a nun and was murdered by the Bolsheviks), SERGEI MIKHAILOVITCH (Grand Duke, 1869-1918, killed by the Bolsheviks at Alapaievsk, Cousin of Tsar Alexander III), MARIE (1853-1920, Grand Duchess, wife of Alfred Duke of Edinburgh, daughter of Alexander II, Tsar of Russia) and VICTORIA MELITA (1876-1936, wife of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and secondly of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, granddaughter of Queen Victoria) very slight creasing along the centre has been professionally repaired

This photo was taken in 1896 after the lavish coronation and the appalling tragedy of Khodinka. The young Empress Alexandra was at the height of her beauty much to the jealousy of her Edinburgh cousins.

Item Date:  1896

Stock No:  34729      £3500

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