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Grand Duke Vlaimir Alexandrovich Romanov and his family. Four photos and one post card.

Lot contains five objects:
1. Photo of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Romanova and four children on horsebacks.
Russian Empire, Ropsha, unknown photographer, ca 1890. Size 18 x 21 cm.
Loss, damages.
2. Photo of the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Romanov and the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna in carriage.
Russian Empire, unknown photographer, ca. 1900. Size: 9.9 x 12.1 cm.
On the reverse side owner's remarks in pencil.
3. Photo of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Romanova with family. Russian Empire, unknown photographer, 1911. Size: 17.8 x 11.4 cm.
From left to right, from top to bottom: Grand Duke Cyrill Vladimirovich, his spouse princess Viktoria Meltia (Viktoria Feodorovna), prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, his spouse Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovnoa, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich Romanovs.
Owner's remarks in pencil.
4. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich at the anniversary of the Life-guards Uhlan Regiment of Her Majesty. Russian Empire, Peterhof, unknown photographer. Size: 11.4 x 15.7 cm.
On the reverse onwer's inscription in black ink, in Cyrillic.

5. Photo card to the 25th anniversary of the marriage of the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. For the benefit for the community of St. Eugenia.
Russian Empire, unknown photographer, 16th of August 1899.
On the photo are depicted (numeration as on the last photo):
1. Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich
2. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich
3. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna
4. Grand Duke Cyrill Vladimirovich
5. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna
Lower edge is slightly cut, owner's remarks in pencil.

 

 

Maria Pavlovna Romanova (born Marie Alexandrine Elisabeth Eleonore, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) (1854-1920) - the elder daughter of Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. From 1874 she was the wife of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Romanov.

Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov (1876-1938) was the second son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, the third son of Emperor Alexander II, and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna; a cousin of Nicholas II.

Andrei Vladimirovich Romanov (1879-1956) was a Russian Grand Duke, the youngest son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, cousin of Emperor Nicholas II.

Boris Vladimirovich Romanov (1877-1943) - Major-General of His Majesty's suite, Russian Grand Duke, third son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, grandson of Emperor Alexander II. During World War I he commanded the Ataman Life-guard Regiment, then was the marching ataman of all the Cossack forces under Emperor Nicholas II.

Elena Vladimirovna Romanova (1882-1957) - Russian Grand Duchess, daughter of the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. Spouse (from 1902) of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872-1938), son of the king Georg I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna Romanova.