Tsar Alexander III (1845-1894) and Empress Marie Feodorovna (Dagmar) (1847-1928)

[CyrilVladisla]

Emperor Alexander III loved the family gatherings at Fredensborg Palace in Denmark.
On one occasion Alexander drenched King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway with water.

[Al_bina]

https://humus.livejournal.com/3879391.html

The above link contains photos of Alexander III, Empress Maria Fedorovna and other members of the Russian Imperial family hunting.

[Al_bina]

https://il-ducess.livejournal.com/357612.html

The above link contains various photos of Alexander III.

[victor1319]

These Fabergé-Eggs are somewhat sinister, taking into account what later happened to the Romanovs!

Meant as a precious easter-surprise - "Oh, look, what is in there!"... Well, the real surprise were the Bolsheviks crawling out of snake eggs...

And that under Lenin and Stalin so much of the russian cultural heritage was then sold abroad! I wonder, what else ended up in the West!

[Tarlita]

Originally Posted by Al_bina

https://il-ducess.livejournal.com/357612.html

The above link contains various photos of Alexander III.

Have only just found your link and I want to thank you for the wonderful historic photos and the quality of them is marvelous. Many thanks.

As for the missing Faberge eggs. One can only hope that they will appear again one day. Or we that we finally find out one day conclusively what happened to them, if they were pulled apart.

[CyrilVladisla]

Empress Marie Feodorovna travelled to Elsinore in 1900.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKwBZ2lprKc

[koval]

There is a pink ribbon in the lesser coat of arms of Empress Maria Fiodorowna, (the picture in Wikipedia). Do you know what is the meaning of the ribbon? And one more issue, Maria Fiodorowna was a great rose lover. Do you have any infomation, what a variety or group of roses she liked best? Have you ever heard of her imperial rose?
Thank you in advance for any help.

[Al_bina]

18 November 2017

President Putin attended the inauguration of the statue to Tsar Alexander III in Livadia Palace, Crimea. Tsar Alexander III is viewed as one of the best monarchs Russia had. His famous words "Russia only has two allies: the army and the navy" are often repeated by President Putin and other government officials.

Tsar Alexander III's statue inauguration | Kremlin.ru
Tsar Alexander III's statue inaugurated in Livadia Palace, Crimea - TASS

[betina]

Originally Posted by AGRBear

Dagmar >>...spoke to the Swedish-speaking Finns... <<.

Far as I know, she didn't speak Finnish.

Danish, Swedish, German... are similar.

AGRBear

Danish, swedish and norwegian are similar. German is not similar at all to those languages in understanding. The scandinavians can basicly speak their native toungue in the three countries. You cant do that with german

[Queen Claude]

Queen Margrethe tells the story of Empress Dagmar (2006)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlDaiAWVv64

[victor1319]

Thank you for this nice video,@Queen Claude!

I was surprised, how proud Queen Margarethe was of her famous relative, Empress Dagmar.

After all I thought, Empress Dagmar was just a royal too. But Empress of Russia seems to be something, a lot, more, than Queen of Denmark.

[CyrilVladisla]

In Alexander III's time, was Danish ever used in court?

[Curryong]

Why would Danish be used? Dagmar/Marie was a Russian Empress. She adored her homeland but on her marriage became Russian first and foremost. There would have been no Danish people at Court to speak it with her anyway. French was the language of polite society in 19th century Russia but Tsar Alexander used Russian within family circles a lot too.

[Iluvbertie]

We do know that Queen Victoria didn't allow Alexandra to bring any Danish staff with her when she went to Britain but whether Dagmar had the same restriction I have no idea. She may or may not have had someone with her in Russia who only spoke Danish.

[CyrilVladisla]

When Alexandra, Princess of Wales, visited her sister in Russia, might not Alexandra and Marie speak Danish?

[Curryong]

Yes, when all the siblings got together, when visiting each other or in Denmark on holiday, they would speak in Danish.

[CyrilVladisla]

Empress Marie Feodorovna visited the Islands of Petrograd in 1910.
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/3254644

[M. Payton]

I see this royal family like some other royals families of the past so out of touch with the people and reality. No wonder things went so horrible and vicious, a very sad state of affairs for all, even for the people that suffered daily.

[Tarlita]

Thank you Qu Claude for the video. Very lovely. Coryne Hall wrote a book about Dagmar.
"Little Mother of Russia" and also
Imperial Dancer well worth a read. An excellent book, especially as the various family members were escaping Russia. And quite a bit about the Grand Duchess Vladimir. A very interesting character in her own right. I came within 2 feet of her beautiful 347 carat sapphire that was smuggled out, and ended up with Queen Marie of Romania. Whose memoirs are on line and worth reading as well. (I visited the Cartier Exhibition here in april. There was a lot of security glass between me and that sapphire.)
Dagmar, Alexandra and Sasha were all very interesting characters back then.
Once her son was married she become the Dowager Empress.
An Empress outranks a Queen.
A Grand Duchess outranks a Crown princess
A Crown Princess outranks a princess.

But i do not know where an Archduchess ranks. Just below a Grandduchess i think.
For some the rankings are very important. Heirachy is very important among some royals certainly those from Dagmars generation.

[Iluvbertie]

Originally Posted by Tarlita

A Grand Duchess outranks a Crown princess

Queen Victoria disagreed with that one insisting that the Crown Princess aka HRH The Princess of Wales took precedence ahead of the Grand Duchess Marie who was only married to the second son. Victoria was adamant that the wife of the heir to the throne took precedence over all the Grand Duchesses.