Photo of Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna with her daughter, Princess Olga Konstantinovna

An original and extremely rare photograph in satisfactory condition. Unknown photographer. The size is 10.2*5.9cm. The reverse side is dirty, with fox spots. Guarantee of authenticity.

1. Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna, born Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830-1911), was an Ernestine princess, wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, her second cousin. The chief of the 6th Glukhovsky Dragoon regiment named after himself. I met Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich when he came to Germany for the wedding of his sister Olga Nikolaevna. Konstantin was passionately in love with her, writing to his parents: "She or no one." In October 1847, she arrived in Russia. In February 1848, she converted to Orthodoxy. Alexandra Iosifovna was rightfully considered one of the court beauties. With huge blue eyes, red-gold hair, a straight nose and a beautiful mouth, this was how the young Grand Duchess looked. The beauty and elegance of the girl impressed Emperor Nicholas I, a famous connoisseur of female beauty. In the family circle, she was called "Aunt Sunny." She worked a lot with vagrant children. She established the Metropolitan Council of Orphanages. For a long time she was in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Russian Musical Society. Alexandra Iosifovna lived in Russia for 64 years, she was the guardian of the traditions of the Romanov family and strict court etiquette. Until her last days, the Grand Duchess enjoyed honor and respect.

1. Olga Konstantinovna (1851, Pavlovsk — 1926) — Grand Duchess, wife of the second Greek King George I, Regent of Greece in November — December 1920. A member of the Romanov dynasty, she was the daughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. She spent her childhood in St. Petersburg, Poland and the Crimea, and in 1867 she married King George I of Greece at the age of sixteen. At first, she was uncomfortable in the Greek Kingdom, but soon she became involved in social and charitable activities. She founded hospitals and schools, but her attempt to promote a new, more accessible Greek translation of the Gospels sparked riots by religious conservatives. After her husband's murder in 1913, Olga returned to Russia. When the First World War began, she opened a military hospital in the Pavlovsk Palace, which belonged to her brother. She was locked up in the palace after the Russian Revolution of 1917, until the Danish embassy intervened, allowing her to escape to Switzerland. Olga could not return to Greece because her son, Tsar Constantine I, had been deposed. In October 1920, she returned to Athens due to the terminal illness of her grandson, King Alexander. After his death, she was appointed regent until the restoration of Constantine I the following month. After the defeat of the Greeks in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922, the Greek royal family was again exiled, and Olga spent the last years of her life in Great Britain, France and Italy.