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Antique Programme Hosted Grand Duchess Victoria Melita Russia Saint Briac 1932
Product code:
6046
£295.00
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Fine antique Programme with a hand painted cover retaining its original ribbon, with the cypher of Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia (1876-1936), surmounted by a Russian imperial crown for an improv play performed in one act dated 12/25 November 1932 at their home in Saint Briac. The play being on the shores of the beach of Sorrento with the following actors:
Countess V.P. Graff as Nadezhda Pavlovna Elentskaya aged 30
Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna as Maria Petrovna aged 18
K.L. Stefanov as Alexei Nikolaevich Bielskii aged 28
A.I. Durnovo as Sergei Platonovich Avakov aged45
Count V.G. Graff as an Italian servant
Prince M.N. Chavchavadze as Monsieur Popelin, a French artist
She was the third child and second daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburgand Gotha, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovnaof Russia. She was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Emperor Alexander II of Russia.
Born a British princess, Victoria spent her early life in England and lived in Malta for three years, where her father was serving in the Royal Navy. In 1889 the family moved to Coburg, where Victoria's father became the reigning duke in 1893. In her teens Victoria fell in love with her maternal first cousin Grand Duke KirillVladimirovichof Russia, but the disapprobation of marriage between first cousins of his faith, Orthodox Christianity, discouraged their romance. Bowing to family pressure, Victoria married her paternal first cousin, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesseand by Rhine in 1894, following the wishes of their shared grandmother, Queen Victoria. Their marriage was a failure. Victoria scandalized the royal families of Europe when she divorced her husband in 1901. The couple's only child, Princess Elisabeth of Hesseand by Rhine, died of typhoid fever in 1903.
Victoria married Grand Duke KirillVladimirovichin 1905. They wed without the formal approval of Britain's King Edward VII, required by the Royal Marriages Act 1772, and in defiance of Tsar Nicholas II. In retaliation, the Tsar stripped Kirillof his offices and honours, also initially banishing the couple from Russia. They had two daughters and settled in Paris before being allowed to visit Russia in 1909. In 1910 they moved to Russia, where Nicholas recognized her as Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna. After the fall of the Russian monarchy in 1917, they escaped to Finland where she gave birth to her only son. In exile they lived for some years among her relatives in Germany, and from the late 1920s on an estate they bought in Saint-Briac. In 1926, Kirillproclaimed himself emperor in exile and Victoria supported her husband's claims. Victoria died after suffering a stroke while visiting her daughter Maria in Amorbach.
She was the third child and second daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburgand Gotha, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovnaof Russia. She was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Emperor Alexander II of Russia.
Born a British princess, Victoria spent her early life in England and lived in Malta for three years, where her father was serving in the Royal Navy. In 1889 the family moved to Coburg, where Victoria's father became the reigning duke in 1893. In her teens Victoria fell in love with her maternal first cousin Grand Duke KirillVladimirovichof Russia, but the disapprobation of marriage between first cousins of his faith, Orthodox Christianity, discouraged their romance. Bowing to family pressure, Victoria married her paternal first cousin, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesseand by Rhine in 1894, following the wishes of their shared grandmother, Queen Victoria. Their marriage was a failure. Victoria scandalized the royal families of Europe when she divorced her husband in 1901. The couple's only child, Princess Elisabeth of Hesseand by Rhine, died of typhoid fever in 1903.
Victoria married Grand Duke KirillVladimirovichin 1905. They wed without the formal approval of Britain's King Edward VII, required by the Royal Marriages Act 1772, and in defiance of Tsar Nicholas II. In retaliation, the Tsar stripped Kirillof his offices and honours, also initially banishing the couple from Russia. They had two daughters and settled in Paris before being allowed to visit Russia in 1909. In 1910 they moved to Russia, where Nicholas recognized her as Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna. After the fall of the Russian monarchy in 1917, they escaped to Finland where she gave birth to her only son. In exile they lived for some years among her relatives in Germany, and from the late 1920s on an estate they bought in Saint-Briac. In 1926, Kirillproclaimed himself emperor in exile and Victoria supported her husband's claims. Victoria died after suffering a stroke while visiting her daughter Maria in Amorbach.
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Size of: 18.5 x 23 cm approx
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Size of: 18.5 x 23 cm approx
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