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  Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Charlotte, Grand Duchess Luxembourg
Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of A small country in north-west Europe surrounded by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south.
, 1921-, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964-2000); son of Charlotte, grand duchess of Luxembourg, and Felix, prince of Bourbon-Parma.
Dateline: LUXEMBOURG The funeral cortege for Luxembourg's Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte threads its...
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Charlotte%2C+Grand+Duchess+of+Luxembourg   (810 words)

  
  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Grand Duchess
A Grand Duchess is the wife of a grand duke or a woman who rules a grand duchy in her own right.
The title of Grand Duchess is currently used by the female sovereigns of Luxemburg.
Grand Duchess is also the traditional translation of the title velikaia kniaginia, which was given to daughters and granddaughters of a Russian Tsar.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/gr/Grand_Duchess   (183 words)

  
 Life of the Holy New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth
The grand duchess herself acknowledged that a great influence on the formation of the inner, purely spiritual side of her character was the example of a paternal ancestor, Elizabeth Turingen of Hungary, who through her daughter Sophia was one of the founders of the House of Hesse.
The grand duke's extended tenure of office as Governor-General of Moscow, the true heart of Russia, where he and his wife were in living contact with the ancient, holy shrines and the immemorial Russian national way of life, must have bound the grand duchess even more to her new homeland.
The grand duchess paid special attention to the unfortunate children who bore within themselves the curse of their fathers' sins, the children born in the turbid slums of Moscow only to wither before they had a chance to blossom.
www.orthodoxinfo.com /general/duchess.aspx   (5072 words)

  
 Older Namesake - Grand Duchess Maria Of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova) (In Russian language), also known as Marie or Mashka (June 26, 1899 - July 17, 1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
She was a happy go lucky girl and often bossed around by her younger sister Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia, interested in children and the families of normal people, she assaulted soldiers when she was imprisoned in Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg with questions of their wives, children, families, homes and other things.
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (In Russian language) (February 16, 1786 - June 23, 1859) was a daughter of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
mywebpage.netscape.com /Acacia1327/grand-duchess-maria-of-russia-older-namesake.html   (181 words)

  
 Royal Russia - The Fate of the Romanovs: The Survivors
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was the Abbess of the Convent of Sisters of Mercy of Martha and Mary which she founded in 1910.
Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna (the elder), Duchess of Mecklenburg, the widow of the Emperor's uncle, the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich.
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich and his mistress and future wife (Princess Marie Krassinskia--she was Mathilde F. Kschessinska the Prima Ballerina Absoluta of the Mariensky Theater in Petrograd and had formerly been the mistress of the Emperor while he was a Grand Duke) and their son (Prince Vladimir Andreivich Krassinsky).
www.angelfire.com /pa/ImperialRussian/royalty/russia/survivor.html   (3991 words)

  
 Cameo: Silhouette portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna and Grand Duke Paul [Russian; Saint Petersburg] (1999.525) ...
Cameo: Silhouette portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna and Grand Duke Paul [Russian; Saint Petersburg] (1999.525)
Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna (1759–1828) cut this glass cameo with bust-length portraits of her husband and herself à l'antique.
"Cameo: Silhouette portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna and Grand Duke Paul [Russian; Saint Petersburg] (1999.525)".
www.metmuseum.org /TOAH/hd/stpt/hod_1999.525.htm   (136 words)

  
 Image Gallery of Grand Duchess Elizabeth   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Grand Duchess Elizabeth in 1899, at the age of 35
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was the older sister of Empress Alexandra, born Princess of Hesse.
In 1905 Grand Duke Sergei was torn apart by a Socialist's bomb in the Moscow Kremlin in front of his wife.
www.allsaintsofamerica.org /martyrs/nmrgd.html   (155 words)

  
 Alexander Palace Time Machine - HIH Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna
The Grand Duchess Elisabeth, sister of the Empress Alexandra of Russia, was the daughter of Princess Alice of Hesse, and grand-daughter of Queen Victoria.
The Grand Duchess was just leaving her palace to go to her work-rooms; she threw herself into her sledge and arrived on the scene of the disaster at the moment when a soldier was spreading his military cloak over the mangled remains to hide them from the poor wife.
Whether the Grand Duchess survived her fall into those fl depths, and whether she died of starvation, we do not know; only one thing is certain, that she suffered patiently, that she died serenely, and that as long as life lasted, she never ceased to praise the God from whom her soul drew its strength.
www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/GDElisabeth.html   (5149 words)

  
 Grand Duchess
The title of Grand Duchess is currently used by Maria Teresa Mestre, the consort of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, and also by her mother-in-law Joséphine-Charlotte, whose husband abdicated in 2000.
Several grand duchesses in Russia kept the title in their own right after the death of their husbands.
For instance, prior to her marriage, Empress Alexandra of Russia was known as "Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Alix of Hesse and the Rhine" (Ihre Großherzogliche Hoheit Alix Prinzessin von Hessen bei Rhein).
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/g/gr/grand_duchess_1.html   (248 words)

  
 Grand Ducal Standards 1858-1918 (Baden, Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I guess the reason is that she was actually the Grand Duchess at the time Ströhl 1897 [stl97] was published, becoming a widow at some point between 1897 and 1918.
According to this webpage, Friedrich II was the son of Grand Duke Friedrich I (1826-1907) and Luise Marie Elisabeth of Prussia (1838-1923).
Frederick II was married to Hilda of Luxemburg (1864-1954, daughter of Grand Duke Adolf).
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de-ba_d.html   (1206 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna
Grand Duchess Olga, age 19, at her St. Petersburg residence shortly after her first marriage to Prince Peter of Oldenburg in 1901.
The Grand Duchess was the youngest sister of ill-fated Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
Artworks by Grand Duchess Olga are in the collections of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, His Majesty King Harald of Norway, the Ballerup Museum, Denmark, and private collections in the United States, Canada and Europe, among others.
www.si.edu /oahp/olga   (659 words)

  
 HRH Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
Grand Duchess Maria Teresa was born in Havana, Cuba, on 22 March 1956, to José Antonio Mestre and Maria Teresa Batista-Falla de Mestre.
Since 1997, the Grand Duchess acts as a Good-Will Ambassador of UNESCO and supports in this respect specifically organisations which are active in the field of micro-credits and child protection.
The Grand Duchess is showing a strong interest in the social situation in her country, dedicating her efforts mainly to the children and families in danger, to the social integration of persons who are physically, mentally or socially handicapped and to gender related issues.
www.gouvernement.lu /dossiers/famille_grand_ducale/chregneuk/infobase/cvmtheresa.html   (590 words)

  
 A Sacrificing Love  - New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth
The Grand Duchess was born on October 20, 186l, the daughter of Princess Alice of Hesse and the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England, under whose strict tutelage she received both an extensive and a practical education.
Wherever there was a need the Grand Duchess would try to answer it, and only her strong spirit was able to keep her from being entirely overcome physically by all that she in her willingness was ready to undertake.
On Pascha, 1918, the Grand Duchess was suddenly arrested and taken first to Ekaterinburg and then to Alopaevsk where, with her ever-faithful companion Sister Barbara, she was imprisoned in one of the city schools.
www.roca.org /OA/41/41d.htm   (1419 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia Relationships: Her Growth and Ex   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia has a modest nature and is more concerned with the success of her project or work than with personal aggrandizement.
Grand Duchess Tatiana enjoys working and she is happiest when she is being productive and using her time efficiently.
Grand Duchess Tatiana has a great tolerance of others and a tendency to sacrifice herself in her relationships.
www.topsynergy.com /famous/Grand_Duchess_Tatiana_07.asp   (225 words)

  
 Telegram 3
Yesterday, in the premises of the War Committee of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fedorovna (the sister of the Empress and the widow of the Grand Duke Sergius), situated in the Palace of the General Governor, a search was made by order o Colonel A.E. Gruzinoff.
Grand Duchess Elizabeth is not in Moscow but at the Mary and Martha nunnery.
The Grand Duchess refused to go, reminding the visitors that she is a nun.
history.hanover.edu /texts/tel3.html   (1256 words)

  
 UNESCO - Her Royal Highness Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg
Her Royal Highness Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg has been a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador since 1997 with a special interest in micro-credit grants and the education of girls and women the world over.
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, has strongly supported the cross-cutting theme project entitled “Breaking the poverty cycle of women: Empowering adolescent girls to become agents of social transformation” in South Asia, since it was launched in 2002.
H.R.H. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg undertook a field visit to Bangladesh on 21 and 22 November 2003 in her capacity as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
portal.unesco.org /en/ev.php-URL_ID=8315&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html   (898 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna: Current Claimant to the Throne 2: Oct 2006 - - The Royal Forums
Words carry a lot of weight in history and Grand Duchess Maria was trying her best to clear the negativity associated with the execution of Czar Nicholas and his family.
If Putin is the one behind all this then Grand Duchess Maria and /or her son could be the ones the Kremlin has an eye on as the most appropiate candidates for a restoration.
I think Grand Duke Kyril's betrayal of the monarchy should be enough to exclude him and his branch (ie "Grand Duchess" Maria and her son "Grand Duke" Georgi) from the succession.
www.theroyalforums.com /forums/f80/grand-duchess-maria-vladimirovna-current-claimant-throne-part-2-a-10971.html   (2489 words)

  
 anastasia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The purpose of HIH Grand Duchess Anastasia Historical Society is to advance the theory that Anna Anderson Manahan was indeed the youngest daughter of Tsar Nikolai Romanov II of Russia.
Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaievna Romanova was born June 5th 1901 (Russian Calendar) in Peterhopf, Russia to Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova and her husband Tsar Nikolai Alexandrovitch Romanov II.
The Tsaritsa's friend Anastasia, for whom the Grand Duchess was named after, and her sister Militsa, were made aware of the young boy's illness and became determined to help him.
www.concentric.net /~Tsarskoe   (4231 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna
He have done a honest work, red what was needed, and then written the grand duchess word without alter something, he wrote about Olga's eccentricities and probably left some things out, in devotion to her thinking that some parts was best not to remember.
In 1954 the duchess of Kent visited her, and when the English royal couple visited Toronto in 1959 Olga was invited to the royal yacht, Britannia.
A woman, in hard competition, was the most original, she wrote from Montevideo and claimed that she was the grand duchess Olga of Russia and that the woman in Canada was just an impostor.
members.fortunecity.com /abnic/olgaalexandrovna.html   (2787 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Elisabeth
Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna of Russia, Princess of Hesse
Elisabeth Feodorovna, Grand Duchess of Russia by Jesús Ibarra
Grand Duchess Victoria: Grand Duchess Elisabeth's cousin and niece
die_meistersinger.tripod.com /ella.html   (347 words)

  
 Alexander Palace Time Machine - Grand Duchess Elizabeth
Elizabeth, called 'Ella" by her family, married the Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich Romanov, brother of Alexander III and Nickolas II's >uncle.
He was an unusual man, who was strongly disliked by many and was the subject of many rumours and gossip.
Grand Duke Sergey was blown up by a terrorist bomb in the Kremlin in 1905.
www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/Ella.html   (605 words)

  
 Murder of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth
We knew that the fate of the tsar and his family Ekaterinburg, and of the other members of the imperial family in Alapaevsk, had already been decided in Moscow, and were only waiting for the order to carry out the sentence.
Along the way, grand duke Sergei Mikhailovich again repeated he knew they were all going to be killed.
It became clear that, having dragged herself out of the water, the grand duchess had also pulled her lay-sister out.
www.serfes.org /lives/grandduchess/murder.htm   (765 words)

  
 Basil Rathbone: The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
Basil Rathbone: The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
"The Grand Duchess Xenia, run out of Russia by the Bolshevists, is staying at a Swiss hotel with a small but loyal band of royal relatives, living on her pawned jewels.
Albert, the waiter, falls hopelessly in love with her and she undertakes to cure his passion by making him a sort of valet de chambre and submitting him to the most humiliating of intimacies.
www.basilrathbone.net /theater/grandduchess.htm   (181 words)

  
 Grand Duchess commentary
And, we have a Duchess who is broke because she cannot return to her country while there's a revolution still in full swing.
Also, we have a millionaire posing as a lowly waiter - which complements nicely the fact that the Duchess is broke - and he must win her love with the "poverty" handicap while keeping his riches a secret.
He is wonderfully clever in the periods where the Grand Duchess calls for him, especially when he supposed that she is in her bath.
www.silentsaregolden.com /featurefolder6/GDAWcommentary.html   (2251 words)

  
 HRH The Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte
As Hereditary Grand Duchess first, then, since Prince Jean's accession to the throne on 12th November 1964, as Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, She has indefatigably carried out the many and varied duties (particularly of a social and cultural nature) of the Consort.
The Grand Duchess is interested in childhood problems, family and health problems.
From 1959 to 1970 She was President of the Luxembourg Youth Red Cross; since 1964 She is President of the Luxembourg Red Cross.
www.gouvernement.lu /dossiers/famille_grand_ducale/chregneuk/infobase/cvjosephine.html   (321 words)

  
 Smaragde der Grossfürstin Maria Pawlowna - Grand Duchess Vladimir
The Grand Duchess Vladimir in a native Boyar costume, wearing her emeralds displayed on her breast, head-jewel, as necklace, earrings, bracelets and brooches.
A serious quarrel has broken out between the Czar and his aunt, the Grand Duchess of Vladimir, which has had the result of causing her husband, the Grand Duke, to tender the resignation of his office as Commander of the Metropolitan Military District of St. Petersburg and of the Imperial Guard.
As the Grand Duchess is the most dashing member of the imperial family and the acknowledged leader of St. Petersburg society, from which the Czar and Czarina hold wholly aloof, the great world of the Russian Capital has ignored the ukase of the Emperor and taken the cue from his aunt.
www.royal-magazin.de /russia/emeralds-grandduchess-pavlovna.htm   (513 words)

  
 Grand Duchess by Towle Silversmiths
Reminiscent of royal garb in 17th-century England, Grand Duchess by Towle Silversmiths calls upon scrolls, ovals and rosettes to make its mark.
The oval mirror in the center of the handle acknowledges the vanity of ancient royalty, and serves as the focal point of the pattern.
Grand Duchess by Towle Silversmiths - sterling silver flatware not to be missed.
www.onlinesterling.com /proddetail.asp?prod=grandduchess   (142 words)

  
 Alexander Palace Time Machine - Grand Duchess Elizabeth
Elizabeth, called 'Ella" by her family, married the Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich Romanov, brother of Alexander III and Nickolas II's >uncle.
He was an unusual man, who was strongly disliked by many and was the subject of many rumours and gossip.
Grand Duke Sergey was blown up by a terrorist bomb in the Kremlin in 1905.
www.alexanderpalace.com /palace/Ella.html   (605 words)

  
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