Search results
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna as a toddler in 1898. Grand Duchesses Tatiana, left, and Olga Nikolaevna dressed in court dress, ca. 1904. Olga was born on 15 November 1895. She was the oldest child and daughter of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra. The birth was difficult, and Alexandra was in labour for 13 hours.
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia by Christina Robertson. Grand Duchess Olga of Russia was born on 11 September 1822 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her father was Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, the son of Emperor Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia (née Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Württemberg).
- Olga (1895-1918) “Beautiful blond hair, large blue eyes and a marvelous complexion; a slightly turned up nose similar to that of the Sovereign,” one of the ladies-in-waiting described the look of the oldest daughter of Nicholas and Alexandra.
- Tatiana (1897-1918) Two years after Olga, the second daughter was born. The imperial parents were disappointed – they were awaiting an heir, a son. The daughter was called Tatiana, a rare name for the Romanovs.
- Maria (1899-1918) Alexandra’s third pregnancy was complicated and, later, she got upset that she gave birth to another daughter. “Too bad it wasn’t a son.
- Anastasia (1901-1918) “What a disappointment! The fourth daughter!” the relatives of the imperial family wrote when Anastasia was born. The tensions indeed rose – the question of succession was acute and the empress was ready for any mystical rites to give birth to a son.
Oct 16, 2017 · Olga was the last direct link to the Romanov family, which ruled Russia for three centuries. She escaped the revolution and settled in Canada, where she ran a farm, painted and died in 1960.
Grand Duchess Olga NikolaevnaGrand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1895-1918) of Russia was the eldest daughter of the last tsar of Imperial Russia, Nicholas II (1868–1918). She died at age 22, along with her three sisters, younger brother, and parents, on a night in July of 1918, when the royal family—then under house arrest after Nicholas's ...
In her 1906 book, Six Years at the Russian Court, she recounts numerous anecdotes, many of them centered on the young Grand Duchess Olga. Among the personality traits she noted in her oldest charge, and which would become all the more prominent as Olga matured, were a strong interest in the outside world, a stubborn streak tempered by compassion, and a complete devotion to her father.
People also ask
Is Olga a Russian princess?
Who was Grand Duchess Olga of Russia?
When did Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna die?
What happened to Grand Duchess Olga of Russia?
May 10, 2020 · Learn about Olga, the eldest child of Russia's last Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra, who was born in 1895 and executed in 1918. Discover her personality, family, education, and role in the Romanov dynasty's downfall.
