Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Tiara: Part 1
A grudge, a ghost, a fire, and the girl who survived it all.
This is part one of the story of Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and her Fabergé tiara. It was supposed to be a simple story about a tiara - a pretty hat made of diamonds. I didn’t expect it to take me to the darkest places of the 20th century. From war and betrayal to the Third Reich, Soviet prisons, and nuclear war, this story has it all - including a happy ending. Because unlike the story of many royal jewels, this one ends with the tiara safe and sound. I wish I could say the same for all the people in this story.
You may have seen the headlines & social media posts when her tiara came up for auction in 2019. But who wore the tiara? Most of the time, there was little to say about Alix herself. So I decided to dig deep and see what I could find.
Turns out, there's a heck of a story here.
It begins with her parents and the troubled legacy of her father's family - a stolen kingdom, a missing fortune, and a grudge that lasted for decades (if not more).
Alix herself was the center of a whirlwind of gossip from almost the minute she debuted. Would she be the one who married one of their enemies and healed the rift between their two families?
Long story short: nope.
Instead, Alix married a man she'd known since they were kids. And they were happy - until the vicissitudes of war and revolution tore them from their home and country.
This is part one of her story.
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ABOUT THE GIRL IN THE TIARA
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I tell stories about tiaras and the fascinating royal women who wore them. Join me as I follow these tiaras across generations and countries, through wars and revolutions and-sometimes-into darkness and disappearance and destruction.
This isn't the kind of history your professor lectured about. Instead, think of this as conversational history, like a mash-up of Drunk History and The Crown. Yes, there's a little swearing. There's also humor and heart and a boatload of compassion for these amazing royal women.
ABOUT ME
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I never intended to start a channel or a website about tiaras and royal history. But a midlife crisis forced me to re-examine my life. I gave up fiction writing after self-publishing 9 of the 10 books I'd written and earning next to nothing.
Instead of the misery of marketing books, I turned to my first love...royal history. So here I am, a 40-something burnout, trying to start over by recapturing her love of history, royal women, and their jewels.
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Very, very good video. Your voice is like ASMR and these are not very famous royals like Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth, and the like. I am happy that through you, we are able to know more about them.
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you - that means so much to me! It's exactly why I pick women without a lot of information on them...I want to tell the stories that haven't been told dozens or hundreds of times before. These less-famous royals deserve a little love, too. ❤️
@DollsAndSpooks
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGirlintheTiara Agree! Most of them seem to have lead very interesting lives.
@annnee6818
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheGirlintheTiara I love that. I always wonder what happened to the people that make brief appearances in more famous people's lives but there's very little to find about them
I love how you tell the story, can't wait for the second half!
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you - that means so much to me! The second half is going to get a little crazy. I can't wait to share it with you. :)
You have done an absolute wonderful job narrating this story. I imagine you spent many long countless hour's doing research. It shows. Thank you for sharing with all of us. Happy Holiday's.🍷🍷🎄
You have a lovely speaking voice. And I do like that you caption the photos. A pleasure to watch. Thank you.
My great grandfather was from Mecklenburg! My grandfathers was named Ernst August too. But he lived in an adobe house on the Dakota prairie. Still waaay cool video. Thanks!
This is better than a storybook. Very fascinating
Love the dry comments! Especially about who was "pissed" at whom! This is the nitty gritty that the the grand sweep of historical narration misses! Never knew (or cared) what happened to the kingdom of Hannover after George IV.
Beautifully narrated. Love your videos. Learn so much.
What a beautiful story, and a beautiful narrative.
You have a beautiful voice! I am really looking forward to part 2!!
Amazing stories and storytelling!
Well done A very well thought out and researched story. I was intrigued from beginning to end.
You're an excellent writer. I love how you string your stories together and present them! It's both interesting/educational and fun!
Thank you for another fascinating video. At the begining I had never heard of Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin but by the end I was heavily invested in her story. I look forward to the next part with bated breath.
Fascinating story, I really enjoyed it! Thank you . I like how you are bringing unknown royal characters from other countries of Europe.
@The Girl in the Tiara I found your e-mail and dropped everything. Such an interesting and yet off life she led, all these feuds. Can't wait for part 2 Many thanks:)
I get sooo happy when you post! Looking forward to part 2 ✨
You sound so very young. As a historian I so enjoyed this video. Clear, informed and decently researched. It's a story I have never heard, so am looking forward to your next episode. Thank you for giving me so much pleasure.
Thank you so much for this beautiful story. I cant tell you how much I look forward to each of your videos!
another awesome video from the amazing Girl In The Tiara. I can't wait for part II! You go, girl! 😍👸
I just found your channel, an I already love it. I love royal history, but I think I've learned enough about Henry 8 and his 6 wives 😅 This is so refreshing, to learn about other, less known royals and their lives. Thank you so much ♥️
Really looking forward to each new video. Well done. 👍👍
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, thank you! I'm so glad you liked it. Part 2 of this story gets a little crazy. I can't wait for you to see it....so I better get back to making it. ;)
Enchanting! 🤴👸
So well done and fascinating. Thank you!
Love this video. And the pronounciations are perfect.❤️
Thank you for these genuine stories of little known or forgotten royal family women. It has helped me understand how the royals intermarried and answered many questions I have had about my historical French, Dutch, German ancestry.
Glad I found you, love history ❤
Love how you make these stories so enjoyable even though some of them face so much turmoil and troubles. Looking forward to the next part. This is proving that just because you are a princess your life is not free of problems or pain. The Danish royal family has members in a lot of the royal families of Europe. Keep up the wonderful and fascinating stories of The Girl in the Tiara.
Thank you. Excellent presentation
Fascinating video, thank you!
Your videos are excellent! Great job, thank you!
What an amazing & engaging story. I subscribe to a jewelry sight , & this is one of, if not my very favorite tiara. Isn't it in the McFerrin Collection at the museum in Houston. I haven't been to Texas, but when I do get there that museum is on the top of my list. AMAZING TIARA!
Yay! I love waking up to a new post from you!!! I haven’t even watched yet, but it’s gonna be good, I just know it. Well researched and wonderfully written.🥰
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
Woo-hoo - I hope you like it! 🤞
@jessifoust9620
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGirlintheTiara Loved it! The only part I didn’t like was the fact that part 2 is gonna take two weeks!😜
Aaaah we have to wait TWO more weeks for part 2 this was excellent!!!!
Love your videos!😊
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! :)
@schubert268
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGirlintheTiara Me too! xx
I enjoyed this very much. I look forward to future videos.
This definitely made my morning there should be so many more likes ,if they had videos in school like this I would be so much smarter! So excited your back with another upload ! The tiara was so close to perfect! ❤️ #Thegirlinthetiaracommunity 💕
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I could brighten your morning! :) That's exactly why I do these videos...not the same-old same-old stuffy way of looking at history. It makes me soooo happy to know you feel the same way. ❤️
@kailynnlynnrosee964
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGirlintheTiara yes love it !
Marvellous. Thank you. I just had to hear abd see it all! Looking forward to part two. marvellous "soundtrack", by the way!
I'm a new subscriber and I love your stories. I'm looking forward to the next installment !
Thank you for uploading I love your content a lot and it teached me to love history
Your videos are so amazing!! So excited when a new one comes up
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That makes all the hard work worth it. ❤️
@IamMinnie90
3 жыл бұрын
Me too 😀
Fabulous. I’m hooked !!!!!
I've been to Schloss Schwerin - it's interiors and gardens are beautiful. So interesting to find out the fascinating story of its inhabitants.
Really well done! I can't wait for Anastasia, although I have to. Longer than two weeks? Better get to work! Edit: The " better get to work" was meant to inspire you, but, on reflection it sounds like a criticism. I'm sorry.
SO glad to see this. Thank you.
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome - I'm glad I could finally get this out! Phew! Now, back to work on part 2... :)
A very interesting story and video! Thank you 🙂
Your videos are getting better and better! Congratulations. Great job, great research work! Your fabulous stories border from fairy tales to Nordic sagas and greek tragedies!
love your videos , excellent !!!
I love history and I enjoy your videos so much. ;-)
Excellent job
Wonderful!
Wonderful video.
excellent job
Saw this tiara at the V&A faberge exhibition... was gorgeous and so delicate up close.
New sub! I love your content.Don’t change a thing.
Is can't wait for part 2
You are an amazing storyteller. You have a beautiful voice and interesting people, royalty, from the past! I watched a documentary called “the father in law of Europe”, about Christian the 9th of Denmark and his family and all the royal families that sprang
@cindyreynolds4045
3 жыл бұрын
From that family . Anyway looking forward to part 2.
Yah! Thank you for making another video. I thought your tales were lost forever! (Seems a bit over exaggerated, but true!) Thank you 😊🎉. !!!!
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! My tales definitely aren't lost forever. I just got buried in work and real-life stuff...and translating and researching, of course. There are plenty more videos to come. I have a long list to do and a huge stack of books for research. :)
Like the story. And your voice is very pleasant.
@TheGirlintheTiara
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! :)
This is a very good informative video. We recommend it if you like history
Very interesting. I have always been interested in the Royal Families descended from Queen Victoria of Great Britain and King Christian of Denmark.🥰
Grate thank you
Thank you, the work you put into this video was commendable. I’m looking forward to the next interesting chapter. They certainly led eventful,lives the poor things 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Very interesting! Well done! Just one correction 29:20 Germany did not declare war on Great Britain. it was vice versa.
Pronunciations sounded good to me! What a convoluted story! How did they ever manage to keep the Christmas card list straight!?😕
There are some books on the Jewels but George Kunz has a sweet list on the Russian jewels before the revolution I think?
Her life needs to be turned into a TV show! I would watch the heck out of that.
@cathylanders2479
11 ай бұрын
me too
Yeeeeeees!!!!
You are critically unsubscribed! Love your channel! 🤗
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
Aww, thank you so much! I do it for the love of these women and their stories, but a few more subscribers wouldn't hurt. ;) So glad you're enjoying the channel.
@jessifoust9620
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
I'd wished that I could find reproductions of crowns and tiaras or at least the components to make them
@deannairvine6123
3 жыл бұрын
Some time ago (weeks, months????) I saw a KZread video of a woman in England who collects replicas of royal crowns. I must say, they would be good enough for me!!! Seems like they were in the $200-$500 range and looked very convincing.
Lol I live in Schwerin
How about research and a video on Princess Kaiulani!
What happened to this channel? I miss the stories.
.'..If the Danish royal family was the Brady Bunch...' Oh please! So crass.
She was really beautiful, they were just salty lol
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
I think so, too! Those salty newspaper writers just needed to chill out.
You didn't mention that the reason George V "looked" in the direction of Bismarck was that he was totally blind.
Victoria proposed to Albert too. So what happened to all that Hanover money in Britain?
Like ? Where is the Looove button ?!
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Schwerin👀
Any word on the child given up for adoption?
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😂😂😂😂 love me some story time! 🎉🎉 Please more stories on times youve punked rh out 😂 i know theres been plwnty of times that youve p!ssed him tf off 😂😂 Also i heard theyve both gained so much weight that they never csme up anymore.... 🧐🧐
Who can listen to her. !
Wonder if her mother's first love really committed suicide?
All problems, back then, began with Prussia.
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Making story about tiara , can’t forget to give names of people who made this story. You can’t present mother of the hero like- one Russian great duchess - that is what history about
Deutscher Untertitel bitte!!!! Damit Schweriner auch die Geschichte hören können!🙄
@petrabachmann3877
3 жыл бұрын
Über Einstellungen, Untertitel, automatische Übersetzung ;-)
@suschi1429
3 жыл бұрын
@@petrabachmann3877 Danke. Untertitel nur auf Englisch verfügbar.....🤔
@petrabachmann3877
3 жыл бұрын
@@suschi1429 über eigenen Google Account KZread öffnen. Die Einstellungen sind dann im Video unten und dort können die Untertitel von Englisch auf Deutsch und allen weiteren Sprachen eingestellt werden. Ansonsten mal googlen, wie es geht.
Cannes is pronounced “can” like the metal container.
Your videos are very good. They would be excellent if you would curb your impulse to use phrases like "pissed off", "jerk", etc., and make dismissive, impertinent comments. You pronunciation of Thyra and August is a tiny bit off.
@TheGirlintheTiara
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback - I appreciate it! I struggled with the German pronunciations in this video, that's for sure. The pronunciation of Thyra I attempted to use comes straight from members of the Danish royal family - that's how they pronounced her name in the documentary, "A Royal Family." They talk about Thyra in episode 6 - it's available here on KZread. I may not have replicated it exactly as they pronounced it, but that's what I was going for.
@inaleyen2737
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGirlintheTiara In the documentary you will hear Count Rosenborg pronounce "Thyra" at 7:44. I recommend that you watch a KZread video called "How to pronounce the Danish Vowel Y". (It is really rather easy!) It will help you with at least one German umlaut. In German, the first syllable of the name August is stressed. These are minor points. With a bit of help and practice, your pronunciation will soon become flawless. Keep up the good work.
@IamMinnie90
3 жыл бұрын
I think the phrases you don’t like are very much needed to bring some light heartedness, personality and general FUN to these videos which already carry so much heavy information. I personally welcome the humor 💯
@inaleyen2737
3 жыл бұрын
@@IamMinnie90 I find these words and phrases a distraction. They lend an element of flippancy and vulgarity to otherwise excellent videos.
@annbsirius1703
3 жыл бұрын
@@inaleyen2737 To each his/her own. I happen to agree with Minnie that I enjoy the occasional salty comment. Different tastes.
I’m offended by your comment on Franz -Josefs smile being creepy. This wasn’t necessary.
@DollsAndSpooks
3 жыл бұрын
It was creepy. And it was her opinion and her video. I find it odd that you are offended by that.
Is it really necessary to use vulgar words while narrating? Really takes away from the credibility and professionalism of your video.