). I think all brides of the Romanov family wore this tiara and other jewels at their wedding. Note that behind the tiara she is wearing a bridal crown. I believe some of the jewels belonged to Catherine the Great.
I have to read that book! I let it go back to the library!!
you are right those romanovs always feel that they are above anyone else first they though their title grandduchess mean grandprincess and in the early nineteen century those daughters of paul were being scorned by other european royals for their behavior which was it was out of question for a proud romanov to marry abroad,romanovs grandduchess were not to change their fate regardless and romanovs like to degrade queens and princesses who take precedence before them by wearing their most magnificent jewels all this and last romanovs were also accuse of being to picky in the end most of them decide to marry kings daughter and descendent of paul i their distant cousins so i wouldn be surprise to learne that princess nicholas of greece look down over the greeks princesses and her daughter who am sure will look down at the duchess of yorkP (future queen elizabeth the queen mother) and the duchess of glocester as they were merely commoner people whome the romanovs avoid in tsarist russia
Maybe she was getting back at them for all the snubs that Grand Duchess Marie of Edinburgh received?? Hmmm?
Oh I do not believe Princess Ellen looked down her nose at the Greek royals to avenge the Duchess Marie's trials. Do you?
Queen Marie of Roumania's sisters were: Ducky aka. Victoria Melita who married Kryill Vladimirovitch Romanov; Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and the other was Princess Beatrice whom they called "Baby Bea".
Well to be honest, she did outrank them, Marie Bonaparte as fascinating and wealthy as she was, the Bonapartes were a parvenu dynasty and her wealth came from her mother’s family who had business interests in Monte Carlo and they were not royal or nobles. Princess Alice as charitable and warm hearted as she was, was the product of a morganatic marriage so Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna definitely outranked her too.
Status meant everything in those days. Grand Duchess Elena and Princess Marina would be shocked at some of the marriages especially from some of their own descendants (particularly Princess Marina’s descendants and some of Princess Olga’s descendants) but they would certainly be impressed with Princess Elizabeth’s descendants because they have married well and the Törring-Jettenbach’s are still wealthy.I have to read that book! I let it go back to the library!!
Quite a few people felt that their blood was better then. What would they think today with royalty marrying commoners left and right?
As I said status meant everything in those days. But of course Elena’s family could be extra and imperious. What does George VI have to do with any of this, and did she beg for asylum from him? The point that was being discussed was rank and status and she outranked Marie Bonaparte and Princess Alice, not George VI’s personal opinion of Elena and Marie Bonaparte supporting some members of the Greek royal family. Since you mentioned her giving Marie Bonaparte giving money to Elena, she even financially supported Prince Philip’s branch of the family mainly his sisters and they stayed in her house in Paris. She supported many members of the Greek royal family not just Elena. Money is not a prerequisite of being a noble, it helps but is not the end and be all when it comes to being a noble.
I stated that she could be imperious and extra and I don’t believe was close to King George VI. But at least Prince Philip was close to Princess Marina
She did have jewels and paintings that she could sell to get money and she managed to get good marriages for her daughters, but yes she was a very “Grand” Grand Duchess
