Maria pavlovna

in 1778 the king Gustaf III introduced a national costume that was to be worn in the court and preferably also by subjects of the kingdom. Originally the costumes for both men and women in the court were designed to be consist of only black and white (red accessories were seen) but also the king himself wore costumes in colors such as yellow gold, purple and shades of blue. The formal black and white court dress color code remained at the Swedish court, dominating the style to the 20th…

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House of Romanov. Princess Consort of Prince Vilhelm, Duchess of Sudermania. Divorced 1914.∼Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Her father was the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia who was the son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Her mother was his first wife Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark who was...

Sophia of Nassau (Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette, Swedish Sofia 9 July 1836 30 December 1913) was Queen consort of Sweden and Norway. Sophia was Queen of Sweden for 35 years, longer than any other Swedish queen before her. She was the longestserving queen until 2011, when she was surpasse

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Prince Wilhelm of Sweden (1884-1965) and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia (1890–1958) Prince Vilhelm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia: This...

Alexandra Pavlovna, Archduchess of Austria (left) Alexandra's birth was a disappointment to the Empress Catherine, who preferred ...