Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1895-1903) (Posts tagged Aftermath ephemera)

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1907

THE STUDIO MAGAZINE

Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture

In the series of illustrations given on this and the four following pages, we reproduce examples of the work of Professor Josef Olbrich, for permission to do which we owe thanks to Messrs. A. Wasmuth & Co., of Berlin.

The “Princesshäuschen”, or cottage, was erected in honour of the young princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt, a niece of the Emperor of Russia, but since her lamented death at St. Petersburg it has remained untenanted. The illustrations give a good view of the front and side elevations.

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source: my collection. The pictures above were scanned from the original 1907 magazine article.

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1903

DIE WOCHE, 28 November

Newspaper article depicting 2 images from Princess Elisabeth’s of Hesse’s funeral procession. 

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Top image & caption:

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The funeral procession after leaving the railway station. 

1. Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse. 2. Grand Duke Sergei of Russia. 3. Prince Henry of Prussia. 4. Duke of Saxe-Coburg.

Bottom image & caption:

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Arrival of the funeral procession in front of the Mausoleum. 

1. Grand Duchess Victoria Melitta. 2. Prince Eitel Friedrich. 3. Duke of Saxe-Coburg. 4. Regent of Coburg. 5. Prince Andrew of Greece

Funeral celebrations of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse in Darmstadt. – Court photographer Zinsel.

source: latest addition to my collection. Exactly a year ago, I shared a low quality image of this article, kindly shared with me by princessvictoriamelita.tumblr.com. Since then, I had been looking for it non-stop. Finally, I found it and I managed to buy it. These are, for the moment, the only known images of Elisabeth’s parents during her funeral procession. 

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I recently acquired Princess Johanna of Hesse’s (1936-1939) mourning booklet.

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It deeply touched me how in the mourning text, a paragraph mentioned Johanna’s half-aunt, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1895-1903), who had died more than 35 years before.

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The paragraph above, marked in red, can be translated as follows:

“The month of November is a fateful month for the Grand Ducal family. With the death of little Princess Johanna, we simultaneously remember once again the death of the daughter of Grand Duke Ernst-Ludwig, Elisabeth, who died on 16 November 1903 in Skierniewice in Russia under mysterious circumstances, for whom the children of Darmstadt have, as is well known, erected a monument in the Herrngarten.”

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I was so lucky that a vintage postcard depicting Johanna was glued on the mourning booklet!

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On the back of the booklet, a photograph of the Hessian Gran Ducal Family posing with baby Johanna in 1936. I found the caption of the photograph really heart-breaking: the whole family is marked with a cross. By 1939, three years after this photo was taken, they were all dead. 💔 

source: my collection

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1903

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THE SPHERE. November 21, 1903

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THE LATE PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF HESSE

Princess Elizabeth was born at Darmstadt on March 11, 1895. Her father is the son of the Princess Alice and her mother is the daughter of the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The little girl, who succumbed to Children’s cholera on Monday, was grand-niece of King Edward.

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I recently bought the cutting depicting Elisabeth from the publication. I will mount it on a card and add it to my postcard album.

source: latest addition to my collection

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1905

The Minneapolis journal

April 15, 1905

BABY CZAREVITCH AND RUSSIAN SUPERSTITION

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“…The princesses no longer go for walks in the royal park with their father and their animal pets. The czar has given orders that outside the palace doors his children must not be allowed to approach him. He cannot forget the sad fate of the Princess of Hesse, who swallowed the poison meant for him, and he fears that he risks the lives of his children if they are in his company.”

source: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

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1905

Personal invitation to reveal “The children’s monument” for Princess Elisabeth

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His Royal Highness The Grand Duke informs that the memorial stone that the children of Darmstadt want to consecrate in memory of OUR PRINCESS is going to be revealed on Wednesday, October 25th at 10 o’clock.

We are honoured to invite (handwritten name) to this solemn event.
The committee for the erection of a memorial stone for Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Elisabeth (signed)

Confidential school advice.

The invitation is considered to be an admission ticket for the named gentleman and his lady.
Suit: overskirt and high hat.

source: R. Werner collection.

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1903

Northern Wisconsin advertiser

December 17, 1903,

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With her mother in the above photograph is the pretty little Princess Elizabeth, who at the reunion of the czar’s family at Skiernewice, Poland, where wholesale poisoning was attempted, alone succumbed to the infamous act. The czar and czarina were both made too ill to attend the funeral. The dead child was a niece of the czarina. The Princess Victoria is the divorced wife of the grand duke of Hesse, who seeks a reconciliation with her.

source: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

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