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Greco-ortodossa. Firma. Elena Vladimirovna Romanova ( Carskoe Selo, 17 gennaio 1882 – Atene, 13 marzo 1957 ), unica figlia femmina del granduca Vladimir Aleksandrovič Romanov, fratello minore dello zar Alessandro III di Russia, e della granduchessa Maria di Meclemburgo-Schwerin (che prese il nome di Maria Pavlovna dopo la conversione ...
18 gen 2023 · This week marks the anniversary of the birth of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna, a monarch whose life story was dazzling; full of glamour and drama. Born on 17 January 1882, Elena was the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and later married Princess Nicholas of Greece.
- Early Life
- Marriage and Children
- Life in Exile
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Elena and her three surviving older brothers, Kirill, Boris, and Andrei, had an English nanny and spoke English as their first language. The young Elena had a temper and was sometimes out of control. At four years old, she posed for the artist Henry Jones Thaddeus. She grabbed a paper knife and threatened her nurse, who hid behind Thaddeus. "The li...
She was engaged to Prince Max of Baden, but Max backed out of the engagement. Elena's mother was furious and society gossiped about Elena's difficulty in finding a husband. At one point in 1899, the seventeen-year-old Elena was reputedly engaged to Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, however this came to nothing as he fell in love with Countess So...
The family was later affected by the turmoil of the Russian Revolution of 1917and the subsequent turmoil in Greece, which became a republic and resulted in the family living in France for a time. While living in France Grand Duchess Elena became deeply involved in charity work for Russian exiles, particularly children. Short of money due to their e...
Charlotte Zeepvat, The Camera and the Tsars: A Romanov Family Album, Sutton Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7509-3049-7
Elena Vladimirovna Romanova ( Carskoe Selo, 17 gennaio 1882 – Atene, 13 marzo 1957 ), unica figlia femmina del granduca Vladimir Aleksandrovič Romanov, fratello minore dello zar Alessandro III di Russia, e della granduchessa Maria di Meclemburgo-Schwerin (che prese il nome di Maria Pavlovna dopo la conversione all'ortodossia).
Elena Vladimírovna de Rusia (San Petersburgo, 29 de enero de 1882-Atenas, 13 de marzo de 1957) fue gran duquesa de Rusia. Fue hija del gran duque Vladímir Aleksándrovich y de la duquesa María de Mecklemburgo-Schwerin .
- Elena Vladímirovna Románova (en ruso: Еле́на Влади́мировна Ромáновa)
27 set 2017 · Every student of nineteenth-century Russia is familiar with the name of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna. Not only was she the aunt by marriage of Tsar Alexander II (and, indeed, the sister-in-law of Tsar Alexander I and Tsar Nicholas I), she was also a central figure in the complex series of political and bureaucratic manœuvres that led up to the ...
1 ott 2021 · Reuters. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov's great-grandfather fled Russia during the Bolshevik revolution. A descendent of Russia's Romanov monarchy, which was toppled in the 1917 revolution,...