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A BRAND NEW photograph of Tatiana's beloved French bulldog Ortipo, 1915
Found in Sophie Buxhoeveden's album, which has become available for the first time!
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Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna of Russia (right) and Countess Sophie Buxhoeveden, 1914.
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Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden and Countess Anastasia Hendrikova in the Alexander Palace Park in Tsarskoe Selo, 1917
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Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's closest friends at the Russian Court:
Anna Vyrubova: Anna was related to the Tolstoys on her mother's side, and her father was the Chief Stewart of His Majesty's Chancellery and a musician of note. She was devoted to Empress Alexandra and Alexandra to her and considered her like an older daughter. Anna vacationed with the Imperial family on the Standart for three years in a row. People are still wondering if Anna was crafty and smart and pretended to be an innocent or if she really lacked insight. She was one of the only few who tried to coordinate an attempt to save the Romanovs (which totally failed.) Anna underwent prison. She ended her days as a nun.
Anna saved many of the pictures of the Romanovs that we enjoy today.
Lily Dehn: Yulia Alexandrovna Smolskaia became Yulia Alexandrovna Von Dehn when she married an officer in the imperial yacht, Standart. The officer was a favorite of the Imperial children, and the Empress befriended his wife. The Empress was the godmother to Lily's son. Lily was also taken prisoner because of her relationship with the Imperial Couple. She escaped Russia with her family and died in Caracas, Venezuela.
Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden (Isa): She was a lady in waiting to the Tzarina and was later chosen by her to accompany the Grand Duchesses on their public duties. She followed the family to Siberia and wanted to join them in the Ipatiev House but was not allowed to. Escaping from Russia was an ordeal for her. She eventually settled in England and acted as a lady in waiting to the Tzarina's older sister, Victoria. She was a good writer. Her books Life and Tragedy of Alexandra Feodorovna, Left Behind: Fourteen Months in Siberia During the Revolution, and Before the Storm are definitely worth reading, although the last two are difficult to find.
Princess Sonia Orbeliani: Sonia was a Georgian Princess who became a lady-in-waiting and friend to Empress Alexandra. She was vivacious, cultured, and independent, and most who met her liked her. Sonia and the Empress shared an interest in music. Sonia developed a progressive spinal disease (most like multiple sclerosis.) She remained at the Alexander Palace at the Empress' behest; Alexandra was devoted to her, and she cared for her until the end.
The objection of courtiers to these ladies (at least to Anna and Lili) had nothing to do with their character. It had to do with the fact that the Empress did not include enough of the old aristocracy in her circle of friends, and many felt slighted.
#russian history#romanov dynasty#empress alexandra feodorovna#Lily Dehn#Anna Vyrubova#Princess Sonia Orbeliani#Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden
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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova
❈ “We swung on the swing; boy, did I laugh when I fell off so splendidly!” ◦ “I took this picture of myself looking at the mirror. It was very hard as my hands were trembling.” ◦ “Goodbye. Don’t forget me.” • Anastasia (various sources)
❈ “My favorite goddaughter was she indeed! I liked her fearlessness. She was a fearful tomboy. And what a bundle of mischief!” • Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna
❈ “Anastasia Nicolaevna was the originator of all mischief, and was as witty and amusing as she was lazy at her lessons. She was quick and observant, with a keen sense of humour, and was the only one of the sisters who never knew the meaning of shyness. Even as a baby she had entertained grave old men, who were her neighbors at table, with her astonishing remarks.” • Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden
❈ “Her French accent was excellent, and she acted scenes from comedy with remarkable talent. ... Ingenuousness and utter simplicity were the most characteristic qualities of Anastasia Nicolaievna. She was the imp of the whole house, and the glummest faces would always brighten in her presence, for it was impossible to resist her jokes and nonsense. [S]he was aflame with life and animation.” • Pierre Gilliard
❈ “The youngest Grand Duchess might have been composed of quicksilver, instead of flesh and blood; she was most amusing, and she was a very clever mimic. She saw the humorous side of everything, and she was very fond of acting.” • Lili Dehn
#historicwomendaily#anastasia nikolaevna#historyedit#anastasia#anastasia romanov#romanov#otma#russian history#imperial russia#grand duchess anastasia nikolaevna#women's history#women in history#romanov dynasty#twentieth century#well I don't love it and it's late BUT. finally done!#a whole year later lol#now I might redo maria's bc it's my least fave
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Hello Duchess, i was watching a video on ladies in waiting and it got me thinking; were there any famous ladies in waiting?
Oh, tons of them.
Anne Boleyn, Katherine Parr, Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard, Joan Bulmer, Mary Carey, Jane Rochford, Catherine Willoughby, Jane Dormer, Kat Ashley,��Anna Vyrubova, Marie Therese Princess of Lamballe, Mary Dudley, Anne Basset, Yolande de Polastron Duchesse of Polignac, Lettice Knollys, Mary Seaton, Mary Fleming, Mary Beaton, Mary Livingston, Sophie Buxhoeveden, Margaret Bryan, Eleanor Duchess of Gloucestershire, Anne Hastings, Sarah Duchess of Malborough, Margaret Pole, Maria de Salinas, Maud Green, Anne Herbert, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Mary Howard, Margaret Beaufort, Madame de Montespan.
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Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Her Favorite daughter Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna
"It was not that her sisters loved their mother any less," recalled her French tutor Pierre Gilliard, "but Tatiana knew how to surround her with unwearying attentions and never gave way to her own capricious impulses." On 13 March 1916, Alexandra wrote to Nicholas that Tatiana was the only one of their four daughters who "grasped it" when she explained her mother's illness.
Tatiana "was closest in sympathy to her mother" and "the undoubted favorite of both her parents," according to Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden.
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I have heard many times that Olga is spoken of as someone who devoured books, and Tatiana as the most mature among the 4 sisters, so I am interested in the difference in those points of their caracters.
Hi!
Let's speak about their personality:
According to what I read till now: Olga was compassionate and sought to help others but she also had a quick temper and moodiness, some people noted she had autocratic impulses. She also was very intelligent and enjoyed studying. She enjoyed reading about politics and read newspapers. She reportedly enjoyed choosing from her mother's book selection. When she was caught taking a book before her mother read it, Olga would jokingly tell her mother that Alexandra must wait to read the novel until Olga had determined whether it was an appropriate book for her to read. Her Swiss tutor, Pierre Gilliard once said about her: "Olga possessed a remarkably quick brain; she had good reasoning powers as well as initiative, a very independent manner, and a gift for swift and entertaining repartee."
Tatiana was a practical, nurturing leader. Her sisters gave her the nickname "The Governess". Olga was 18 months older than Tatiana, but she uncomplainingly allowed Tatiana to be the leader of their group. Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden recalled that "It was Tatiana Nikolaevna who took care of the little ones, and who was a constant help to the Household, always willing to help them in arranging that their official duties should not clash with their private engagements.
P. Gilliard wrote that Tatiana was reserved and "well balanced" but less open and spontaneous than Olga. She was less naturally intelligent than Olga, but she was more hard-working and dedicated.
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I feel so bad for Sophie Buxhoeveden. She was loyal to the family and two crappy historians made a point of villainising her and acting like she betrayed them simply because she lived. Her wikipedia page has like a 1000-word entry dedicated to portraying her as sus. She deserves better.
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Grand Duchesses Olga (right) and Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia with Countess Sophie Buxhoeveden at Livadia, 1913.
Source via Royalty In Colour
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Officers with the Grand Duchesses, Anna and Baroness Buxhoeveden (lady-in-waiting) on the Standart in 1912
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What is Tsarevich Alexei pulling? The weight of Russia, perhaps?
As a baby, the little Tsarevich was simply beautiful (the photos speak for themselves.) At fourteen, his mother's lady-in-waiting, Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden, described him as "...a pretty child, tall for his age, with regular features, splendid dark blue eyes with a spark of mischief in them, brown hair, and an upright figure".
He was adventurous and restless by nature. Doctor Eugene Botkin's children noticed Alexei's inability to "stay in any place or at any game for any length of time." He could be difficult to control. Olga could not manage his temper (he once slapped her.) The only person he obeyed was his father. As he grew up, he developed a more mature and thoughtful side.
If he would have been healthy and Russia in a less turbulent phase of its growth, It is not difficult to imagine him as a dynamic, strong-handed Tsar executing many projects at once. Maybe he would have been the one to finish bringing Russia into Europe and the 20th century.
#russian history#romanov dynasty#imperial russia#naotma#Tsarevich Alexei Nikolayevich#vintage photography
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Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova
❈ “I am at the head of a committee for refugees and have presided two sittings. I felt very grand but wanted to dive under the table from fright...” • “Anya brought me a little French bulldog from Malama, incredibly sweet. So happy.” • “God will surely help us, and we will meet again in better times.” • Tatiana (various sources)
❈ “With her, as her mother, shyness and reserve were accounted as pride, but once you knew her and had gained her affection, this reserve disappeared... She was a poetical creature, always yearning for the ideal, and dreaming of great friendships which might be hers. She was...a lovely 'Rose’ maiden, fragile and pure as a flower.” • Lili Dehn
❈ “Tatiana Nicolaevna loved dress. Any frock, no matter how old, looked well on her. She knew how to put on her clothes, was admired and liked admiration. Her character...was a mixture of exactness, thoroughness and perseverance, with leanings towards poetic and abstract ideas. She was completely unselfish, always ready to give up her own plans to...do anything that was wanted.” • Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden
❈ “Tatiana...had an extraordinary talent for all kinds of handwork. She...made beautiful blouses and other garments, embroideries and crochets. She displayed towards her younger sisters and her brother such a protecting spirit that they, in fun, nicknamed her ‘the Governess.’ Of all the Grand Duchesses Tatiana was with the people the most popular... She liked society and she longed...for friends.” • Anna Vyrubova
Happy (belated) birthday, Tiny-Librarian! ✨
#tatiana nikolaevna#otma#Imperial Russia#historicwomendaily#Romanov#tatiana nikolaevna romanova#historyedit#Romanov dynasty#Nicholas II#women in history#russian history#twentieth century#women's history#*nervous laugh* it's only SIX days late..........#five if we're being kind#but happy birthday anyway!!! ily#and you love your Tatya#so ♥#and now I only have Nastya's to do and I'll have done one of these for all of OTMA
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Photo 1 : Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna and Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden onboard the Standart, June - July 1912.
Photos from :
Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna's 1912-1916 Album
#OTMA#1912#Standart#Maria Nikolaevna Romanova#Olga Nikolaevna Romanova#Alexei Nikolaevich#Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova#Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova#anya vyrubova#Sophie Buxhoeveden
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