GRAND DUCHESS MARIA NIKOLAEVNA WITH BABY (FOOTAGE)

GRAND DUCHESS MARIA NIKOLAEVNA WITH BABY (FOOTAGE)

Grand Duchess Maria holding the Romanian baby.
Grand Duchess Maria holding the Romanian baby.

 

All the Romanov sisters loved little children and babies, but Grand Duchess Maria probably did most of all. In this video you can see that she couldn’t wait for the photographer to finish his job so she could come over to Olga and take the baby from her arms.

 

 

 

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ILEANA OF ROMANIA: WOULD BE TSARINA OF RUSSIA?

PRINCESS ILEANA OF ROMANIA: WOULD BE TSARINA OF RUSSIA?

Ileana of Romania and Tsarevich Alexei of Russia
Princess Ileana of Romania and Tsarevich Alexei of Russia on the imperial yacht
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Princess Ileana with her mother, Queen Marie of Romania

Born on January 5, 1909 in Bucharest – Romania’s capital,  Princess Ileana was the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand I and Princess Marie of Edinburgh, who was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England and first cousin to Empress Alexandra of Russia.

As a young child Princess Ileana met and befriended the children of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who were her 2nd cousins. The little girl became especially fond of Tsarevich Alexei, Heir to the throne of Russia. In fact, both sets of parents did not exclude the possibility of marriage between their children some time in future; Alexei’s eldest sister – Grand Duchess Olga – was also thought to have been a good dynastic match for Ileana’s big brother Carol, heir to the Romanian throne. Of course the possibility of any Russian marriages ended with the brutal murder of the entire Romanov family in 1918.

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ROMANOV FAMILY IN ROMANIA: PHOTOS COME TO LIFE

ROMANOV FAMILY IN ROMANIA: PHOTOS COME TO LIFE

The Romanov family on a visit to Romania. Grand Duchess Olga is on the far right holding a baby. Grand Duchess Maria is towards the left of the photograph. In the footage, as soon as this photograph is taken she gets up, walks over to Olga and takes the baby from her. GRand Duchess Tatiana is in the center, and Grand Duchess Anastasia is standing in back row.
The Romanov family on a visit to Romania. Grand Duchess Olga is on the far right holding a baby. Grand Duchess Maria is on the left of the photograph. In the footage, as soon as this photograph was taken she got up and rushed over to Olga to take the baby from her. Grand Duchess Tatiana is in the center with Princess Ileana of Romania on her lap, and Grand Duchess Anastasia is standing in back row.

This is such an amazing piece of history, that I feel like this photograph and video deserve their very own page.

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