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Marie of Hesse and by Rhine

Marie of Hesse – The saintly Empress (Part one)

Thursday, 7 November 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine was born on 8 August 1824 as the daughter of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Wilhelmine of Baden. Her biological father could also be Baron August von Senarclens de Grancy, but she was recognised as his daughter by Louis. Marie spent most [read more]
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Jewels! The Glitter of the Russian Court Exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam

Friday, 25 October 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1
This autumn the Hermitage museum in Amsterdam is playing host to a grand collection of magnificent jewels from the Russian court with “Jewels! The Glitter of the Russian Court” The exhibition contains 300 pieces of jewellery but also more than 100 paintings, accessories and dresses and other types of fashion. I expected to be amazed [read more]
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Catherine the Great

Catherine Dashkova – Russia’s Enlightenment Princess (Part two)

Thursday, 18 July 2019, 7:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 1
Read part one here. In early 1762, Russian politics and Princess Dashkova’s life were both in a state of turmoil. Russia had a new Emperor, Peter III, who was the husband of Empress Catherine, Princess Dashkova’s close friend. As we learned earlier, though, Peter’s policies were deeply unpopular, and people were beginning to favour the [read more]
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Catherine Dashkova

Catherine Dashkova – Russia’s Enlightenment Princess (Part one)

Sunday, 7 July 2019, 0:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0
The princess was born as Catherine Romanov Vorontsov in 1743 but for the purposes of this article, we will mainly call her by her married name of Princess Dashkova to differentiate from her friend Empress Catherine. Princess Dashkova’s parents were Count Roman Vorontsov and his wife Marfa who were closely involved with the Russian royal [read more]
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Catherine the Great

Anna – Catherine the Great’s daughter

Friday, 1 March 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna was born on 9 December 1757 as the daughter of the future Empress Catherine the Great. Anna was born between 10 and 11 o’clock in the Winter Palace on the Nevsky Prospect with the Empress Elizabeth and Catherine’s husband Peter present. The following day, her birth was announced to the city with [read more]
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Maria Volkonsky – The Siberian Princess (Part two)

Monday, 25 February 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Read part one here. Her husband had been put to work as a labourer in a silver mine in Transbaikalia. She finally reached Nerchinsk where she heard her name being called by Katyusha Trubetskoy, who had also followed her husband. They had not been close friends in St. Petersburg, but now Maria fell into her [read more]

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