April 18, 1890 - Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna was born in St. Petersburg as the daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna. This means she was a cousin of Tsar Nicholas II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. She was named after her late grandmother, Empress Maria Alexandrovna, and her aunt, grandaunt, and godmother, Empress Maria Feodorovna.
Maria was not yet two years old when her mother died from complications after giving birth to Maria's younger brother, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich. Grand Duke Paul was so distraught by the unexpected death of his wife that he neglected his two small children, who were left in the care of his elder brother, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. Growing up without a mother and a frequently absent father, Maria and her brother Dimitri became very close, relying on each other for affection and companionship.
Shortly after Easter 1907, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, visited St. Petersburg and was introduced to the 16-year-old Maria Pavlovna. The prince was tall, thin, dark, and distinguished-looking "with beautiful grey eyes," Maria recalled in her memoirs. He stayed for dinner, and the following day, Maria was told that he wished to marry her. The official betrothal was announced in June 1907 at Peterhof Palace.
Maria Pavlovna later wrote that she felt her aunt had rushed her into the marriage. In her memoirs, Maria wrote: "I was using Wilhelm, in a sense, only to obtain my freedom." She and Prince Wilhelm married the following year in Tsarskoye Selo, and she became Princess Maria, the Duchess of Södermanland. The couple had one child together in 1909, Prince Lennart (later Lennart Bernadotte).
Their marriage was not happy, and they dissolved in March 1914. Maria returned to her home country in the same year as the divorce. After the revolution, she fled to France, and towards the end of her life, she lived in Konstanz, West Germany, near her son Lennart and his family.
Photo 1: Prince Wilhelm and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna photographed on their wedding day in 1908.
Photo 2: Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna photographed with Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and his children Dmitri and Maria in 1892. Portrait taken from Wikimedia Commons.
Photo 3: Photograph of Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna, her daughter Queen Olga of the Hellenes, her great-granddaughter Princess Maria and her great-great-grandson Prince Lennart of Sweden. Princess Maria is holding a photograph of her mother, Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna. The photograph was taken in 1909.
Photo 4: Prince Wilhelm and Princess Maria were photographed together in 1908 at their home, Stenhammar Castle. Maria is pictured wearing the Sweden dress. Portrait taken from Wikimedia Commons.
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So since it’s CPC’s anniversary or something, here’s a WIP for a big thing :D I’ve been having a lot of artblock recently so I haven’t made much progress with this lol 💀💀💀💀 Hoping I can finish it before the comic ends XD
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TIARA ALERT: Princess Maria of Lippe wore a peridot and diamond floral tiara for the wedding of Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Carina Axelsson at Berleburg Castle on 4 June 2022.
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A reminder that 4 of cpc main characters are teenagers with Blaine and Lance being early young adult (is 20 considered late teen? Early adulthood?)
Gwen and Jamie are 16
Lorena and Frederick are 17
Maria is 18
Blaine and Lance are 20
It just hit me that they are already experiencing a trauma as this deep, heavy guilt, burden, and they are young.
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A thought I had while listening to Softcore by The Neighbourhood
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"Presenting the Mushroom Kingdom's Royal Family, Queen Peach and King Mario, accompanied by their daughters, Princess Maria and Princess Penny Bun!"
In celebration of the Super Mario Movie premiering today, have a family portrait that I started back on Mario Day (Mar. 10)
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Fanart for @deldeldel90′s CPC fanfiction Gwendolyn in Wonderland! Please check it out (and all her other works), they’re all amazing and she does so much for this fandom :D
Also, an Isolde art I made after reading her fanfic Daughter :D
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Behind The Scenes...
Hartwards House, San Myshuno, 7:32am
Yue: Mama, Mom… There’s something I need to discuss with you…
Maria: It must be serious if you’ve summoned us to the living room like this.
Encarna: Is it about Sam? Are things okay between you two?
Yue: No, no it’s not about Sam. We’re great, she’s great. This has to do with… my birth mother…
Maria: Oh?
Encarna: What about your birth mother?
Yue: Well… she… or supposedly she… the other night when I… god this is hard…
Maria: Take your time, Mijah.
Yue: The other night when I came home from Highwall and FM met me at the gate, a strange woman approached us and claimed she was our birth mother.
Maria: …
Encarna: …
Yue: Well?
Maria: Well…
Encarna: Do you believe this woman is your birth mother?
Yue: She said her name was Zheng?
Maria: And you think this Zheng woman is her?
Yue: Don’t you know the name of my birth mother?
Encarna: No, we never got any of that information. The agency had said the birth parents wanted a closed adoption, so we never got any info on their names or where they were from or anything.
Maria: The most we were given was a short medical history- blood types, known diseases that ran in their families, stuff like that- which was very helpful- but no names.
Yue: Then… how do I know if this woman is telling the truth? Or just trying to make a connection with FM and I because we’re part of the royal family?
Encarna: I guess… you could reach out, get a blood test done?
Maria: Do you want to know your birth mother? Mama and I will support you, whatever your decision, but…
Yue: But?
Maria: You don’t seem very excited about the fact that you potentially just met your birth mother.
Yue: FM is excited. She wanted to go meet the woman at her hotel the very next day but I said we should talk to you guys first.
Encarna: If FM wants to meet this woman, don’t feel pressure for you to go as well, if you don’t want to. You are both your own people, and if one of you wants a relationship with her and the other doesn’t, that is completely fine.
Maria: I say, this Mrs. Zheng can come here and we’ll all meet her and have one of our doctor’s do the test. Then we can know for sure, and plan out how to move forward as a family.
Yue: Thank you Mom, Mama. I don’t know how to feel yet, but I do know I want to know for sure before I decide to feel anything…
Encarna: Of course, Mijah. Mom and I are always here for you.
Maria: We love you.
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