The Romanovs

 Well, it's been another whole month without a post! Time does just slip away. Also, I might be more motivated if I made more money from this blog. Remember, if you have ad blockers, disabling on this site gives me revenue from the ads (no need to actually click on ads). Anyways, as evidenced from all the views on any post I do on the Russian Imperial Family, here are some pics of your favorite royals:

Painting of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna.

Photograph of Empress Alexandra. Alexandra was a daughter of the Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt. Her mother, Princess Alice of Great Britain, died when she was only six.

Painting of Empress Alexandra, wearing a magnificent diamond kokoshnik style tiara and lots of pears.

The Empress Alexandra wearing a simple diamond necklace as a headband.

The Empress Alexandra in full court dress, complete with a heavy pearl and diamond tiara.

Empress Alexandra Fedorovna Romanova.

A young Empress Alexandra Fedorovna Romanova.

A very young Empress Alexandra Fedorovna Romanova.

The Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna Romanova, sister to Tsar Nikolai II.

Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov at his wedding to Princess Irina Alexandrovna Romanova, daughter of the Grand Duchess Xenia.

Princess Irina Yusupova on her wedding day. She is wearing a diamond tiara by Chaumet.

The children of Tsar Nikolai II, l-r: Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duchess Tatyana, Grand Duchess Anastasia, Grand Duchess Olga and Grand Duke/Tsarevich Alexey.

The Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia

The Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Older of Russia, also known as the Grand Duchess Vladimir.

The Grand Duchess Vladmir had perhaps the most expansive jewelry collection of all the royals. When she died in 1920, her jewels were auctioned, and many of her important pieces were snatched up by Queen Mary of England, grandmother to the present Queen of Britain.

A young Grand Duchess in fancy dress costume, with a concentric circles diamond tiara and wearing a diamond necklace with a large pearl drop as a headband.

The Grand Duchess wearing rows of pearl and a large diamond kokoshnik tiara, a style that all Russian Grand Duchesses owned.

Grand Duchess Vladmir  was born Marie Alexandrine Elisabeth Eleonore of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 14 May 1854, daughter of Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Augusta of Reuss-Köstritz. She died on 6 September 1920 in Contrexéville, France.

The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Vladimir.

The Grand Duchess Vladimir on her wedding day.

Grand Duchess Vladimir in her impressive pearl and diamond suite. Her tiara of concentric diamond circles and large pear pearls is in the collection of Queen Elizabeth II, who wears it often.

Grand Duchess Vladimir was the mother of Grand Duchess Yelena "Helen" Vladimirovna, aka Princess Nicholas of Greece, who was the mother of Princess Marina of Kent, who was the mother of the still-living Prince Michael of Kent.

Fabergé Trinkets

 A Faberge cape clasp made from gold, enamel, and cabochon gemstones.

 A green jade Faberge desk clock, complete with a decorate floral spray of diamonds, pearls, gold, silver, and a cabochon ruby.

 A Faberge ring of a large button pearl, surrounded by diamonds in an antiqued, blackened setting.

A Faberge picture frame containing a photograph of Tsar Nikolai II's third daughter, the Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna. 

 An enamel and diamond snuff or trinket box, which was made to match the Coronation Egg, the most fascinating and valuable of all the Faberge Imperial Easter Eggs. The monogram in the middle of the box is a Cyrillic "N" for Nikolai II.

 A gold and pearl mesh picture frame containing a washed-out photograph of Tsar Nikolai II.

 A Faberge bracelet, pave'd in turquoise, edged in diamonds, with natural pearls suggesting an open clam shell design.

A snuff box with the monogram of either Catherine (Yekaterina) the Great or the Empress Yelisaveta of Russia.