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foreverinthepagesofhistoryy · 3 months

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Rare photos of Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and By Rhine with her son Prince Ernst Louis of Hesse and By Rhine (later Grand Duke), 1869 🤍

Source: Hessian State Archives

#so precious and cute!#princess Alice #princess alice of hesse and by rhine #princess alice of hesse #ernst louis grand duke of hesse #1869 #hessian royal family #hesse #british royal family #princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland #favs #hessian state archives

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foreverinthepagesofhistory · 10 months

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Drawing of Princess Beatrice of Great Britain and Ireland (later of Battenberg) done by her elder sister Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland (later GD of Hesse), Osborne House August 1860

#so cute #princess alice #princess beatrice #princess alice of hesse #princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland #princess beatrice of battenberg #princess Beatrice of Great Britain and Ireland #grand Duchess of Hesse #art #osborne house #august #1860

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loiladadiani · 10 months

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The focus of the photograph for me is the Empress María Alexandrovna. I am always looking for pictures of her, as she is described as beautiful when young. I can see indications of that in pictures such as this one, but I am also beginning to understand why it might have been that many mistook her shyness for coldness and aloofness.

On the photograph from left to right: Julie, Princess of Battenberg; Elizabeth of Prussia, Princess and Prince Carl of Hesse, Prince Wilhelmina of Hesse, Empress Marie Alexandrovna, Prince Louis of Hesse; Prince Gustav Vasa from Sweden; Princess Alice of Hesse and Prince Alexander of Hesse

#romanov family #romanov dynasty #vintage photography #Empress Maria Alexandrovna #Julie Princess of Battenberg #Elizabeth of Prussia #Princess Carl of Hesse #Prince Carl of Hesse #Prince Louis of Hesse #Prince Carl Vasa of Sweden #Princess Alice of Hesse #Prince Alexander of Hesse

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grossherzoginalice · 4 months

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Alice, the Princess Louis of Hesse and her husband Prince Louis of Hesse at the wedding of Alice's brother Albert Edward and Princess Alexandra of Denmark on 10th March 1863.

#grand duchess alice #princess alice #alice maud mary #royal #royalty #princess alice of hesse #princess alice of the uk #alice of hesse #grossherzogin alice #grand duke ludwig iv #edward vii #queen alexandra

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heavyarethecrowns · 1 year

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#princess alice of hesse #empress victoria

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teatimeatwinterpalace · 20 days

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Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, 1865.

#princess alice #grand duchess of hesse #hesse #england

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thehessiansisters · 6 months

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Portraits of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia along with Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, wearing costumes of Tsar Alexei and Tsarina Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya for the 300 years anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, Winter Palace, 1903.

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drakaripykiros130ac · 1 month

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I have to say that the one scene in HotD that really annoys me is the one between Rhaenys and Alicent in episode 9.

I’m not even going to get into how much they downgraded book canon Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. The show version is almost nothing like her.

In that scene, the showrunners were using Rhaenys to try to gather some more sympathy for Alicent, with the whole heart-to-heart about the “window in your prison” bullshit. As if Alicent didn’t play a huge part in creating that “prison” for herself. And I’m sorry, if as the Queen, the most powerful woman in the Realm, you still act like a victimized prisoner, even though you had power to control your own life, then that makes you a pathetic and crappy Queen. Alicent is blaming others because she herself didn’t take control of her own life (as one of the very few women in the Realm with the power to do so).

In this scene, Alicent tries to recruit Rhaenys and by extension, the Velaryons (non-book canon), with no other argument other than badmouthing Rhaenyra. I’m sorry, but this just shows blatant and mindless pro-Green favoritism on behalf of the showrunners.

Nothing about this makes sense. Princess Rhaenys Targaryen was in a similar position as Rhaenyra many years prior. Did Alicent really think that Rhaenys would help her do to Rhaenyra what the lords of the Great Council of 101 did to her???

Like I said, logic truly seems to fail the showrunners. Either they used the moment to try to portray the Greens as the better party, or they wanted to show how much intelligence Alicent lacks (the canon version of her wasn’t the brightest but not quite this dumb either).

Canon GRRM version of Princess Rhaenys Targaryen was a fierce and intelligent woman, who didn’t hesitate for a single moment to take Rhaenyra’s side and uphold her claim. She despised Alicent and would never give her the time of day. Not to mention that Rhaenys never held back. She wanted all out war, and she was the one to propose the use of dragons (not Daemon). All of this because she sympathized with Rhaenyra greatly and she was not going to stand by and experience a deja vu. She wanted Rhaenyra to succeed, because she didn’t.

The showrunners made their version of Rhaenys have some sort of beef with Rhaenyra out of jealousy (because Rhaenyra has an actual chance to be Queen, whereas she didn’t), while at the same time, she shows sympathy towards Alicent (for some non-understandable reason).

And for a show whose purpose apparently is to impose feminism, they sure have a way of limiting their female characters, making them act all “proper” and “lady-like” and wanting to resolve matters “peacefully”. In an attempt to make Alicent the absolute victim, they even scrapped the idea that she was the mastermind behind the usurpation and the leader of the Greens. She was supposed to be the one in charge, not Otto.

In actual canon, the women were the ones who waged war, and the men obeyed.

The super biased mentality of these showrunners never ceases to amaze me.

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duchesssoflennox · 5 months

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JOSEFINE SWOBODA AND QUEEN VICTORIA’S FAMILY 💖🥺❤️‍🩹

Beautiful portraits painted by the talented painter Josefine Swoboda (1861-1924) of the granddaughters and Great-granddaughters of Queen Victoria 🥺🦋🤍

#princess elisabeth of hesse #princess Patricia of Connaught #princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein #princess Alice of Battenberg #princess Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg #Marie of Edinburgh #Victoria melita of Edinburgh

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queenalexandraofdenmark · 3 months

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Two group photographs of Prince Louis and Princess Alice of Hesse with their two daughters, Victoria and Elisabeth, alongside Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, and Prince Alfred, 1865.

#princess alice grand duchess of hesse #grand duke louis iv of hesse #princess victoria of hesse #victoria mountbatten #grand duchess elisabeth feodorovna #elisabeth of hesse #prince alfred duke of edinburgh #princess mary adelaide duchess of teck #rare photos #1865 #1860s

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lionhearteddame · 7 months

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On December the 14th 1878, Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse died after a short battle with illness. Alice, who were the sister-in-law of Princess Alexandra, is said to have been her brother Albert’s favourite sister. Albert sank deep in grief at the loss of Alice and his wife, Princess Alexandra (seated beneath Alice in the photo) said upon meeting Queen Victoria;

"I wish I had died instead of her".

#Princess Alexandra of Wales #Queen Alexandra #British Royal Family #Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse #Princess Alice #Alix of Hesse #House of Hesse #Ca 1863 - 1878 #Vintage photography

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foreverinthepagesofhistoryy · 2 months

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Prince Ernst Louis of Hesse and By Rhine (later Grand Duke) posing for a set of official photographs in a Scottish outfit and kilt, 1871 🤍

“Ernie's kilt was sent him by Mr. Mitchell. He admired Ernie so much at Berlin that he said he would send him a Scotch dress, and I could not refuse. It is rather small as it is, and I hope that you will still give him one, as from his Grandmama it would be doubly valuable.” - Princess Alice of Hesse and By Rhine to Queen Victoria, April 8th 1871

#adorable!!!#grand Duke Ernst Louis of hesse and by rhine #grand Duke Ernst Louis of hesse #hessian royal family #letters and diaries #princess Alice #princess alice of hesse #grand Duchess of hesse and by rhine #Queen Victoria #british royal family #hesse #1871 #1870s #victorian era

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foreverinthepagesofhistory · 8 months

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EXTREMELY CLEAR photo of The Hessian Royal Family in 1872 ✨

From left to right: Irene, Ernst Louis, Louis IV, Elisabeth, Victoria, Alice, and Frittie. 🤍

Source: my lucky day at the Hessian State Archives

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royal-confessions · 5 months

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“I still hope they make an accurate drama series on Princess Alice of Battenberg. Given how dramatic and fascinating her life was, there's no real need to fabricate or embellish. Same with the lives of the Hessian sisters. There's a lot of potential.” - Submitted by Anonymous

#Princess Alice of Battenberg #empress alexandra feodorovna #Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine #Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna #Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine

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loiladadiani · 9 months

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Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 1885 – 1969) - Princess of Greece and Denmark

One of her Great-Grandmothers was Queen Victoria; her maternal grandmother was Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine; her mother was Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia; her father was Prince Louis of Battenberg. Her son was Prince Phillip, consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

She married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark

She had five children: Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Theodora, Margravine of Baden

Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse

Sophie, Princess George of Hanover

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Alice suffered incredibly through her life, but she did not let that stop her from always thinking of others; she was born with a hearing deficit and her brilliant mother Victoria, taught her to lip read not in one but several languages. She had a husband who preferred to gamble in Montecarlo to being with his wife and children or...anything else. She was diagnosed with squizophrenia (there is no evidence that this was a correct diagnosis even though it was issue by Dr. Freud himself) and her pelvic organs irradiated to produce an early menopause (this was supposed to relieve the symptoms according to the medical thinking of the times). She lost her daughter Cecilie in a plane crash.

Yet, like her grandmother Alice, helping others came to her naturally. Israel gave her the award Righteous Among the Nations, bestowed on people who risked their own lives to help Jewish people survive the Holocaust. She worked for the Swiss Red Cross.

The princess founded a nursing order of Greek Orthodox nuns, the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary, modelled after the convent that her aunt, the martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, had founded in Russia in 1909. She dedicated herself to helping others but eventually the order failed because of lack of funds.

And besides all of that, she was beautiful.

She died at Buckingham Palace at the age of 84.

(I have to add something here: Alice's smile in the picture is one of the most open, sweetest, tenderest, and most beautiful smiles I have ever seen. It filled me with awe, and thinking about her life brought tears to my eyes)

#brf #Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark #Prince Phillip #Victoria of battenberg #Louis of Battenberg #Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark #Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse and By Rhine

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heavyarethecrowns · 1 year

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#princess alice of hesse #princess helena

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