Post-upload edit: There is a mistake at 15:54 - it says that she was Grand Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, when it should have just been Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

@husseinmuhammed828

Жыл бұрын

She was grand duchess of saxe coburg and gotha because it was a grand duchy

@barrymoore4470

Жыл бұрын

@@husseinmuhammed828 It actually was not. The host of the channel is correct in asserting its status as a Duchy. There was a Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, ruled by another branch of the same Wettin dynasty, but the other principalities where the family reigned were Duchies (with the exception of the Kingdom of Saxony, and those countries [Belgium, Britain, Portugal, and Bulgaria] where scions of the House of Wettin came to their respective thrones through various circumstances).

@thomasplinguidy4588

Жыл бұрын

@@barrymoore4470 That´s right, she was Grand Duchess of Russia for being a daughter of the russian Tsar Alexander II. The last emperor/tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. , was her nephew.

Thank you for doing Grand Duchess Maria, such a shame the nobody has ever written a Indepth biography on her, such a fascinating and compilated women

@daniel_sc1024

Жыл бұрын

She is covered in depth in Julia P. Gelardi's book "From Splendour to Revolution."

@huascar66

Жыл бұрын

@@daniel_sc1024 An excellent book.

Thank you for putting together such an amazing channel.

Always found Maria, very interesting, and it is very difficult to find information on her, especially a biography and her diaries . Thank you for this video.

You missed out the best bit ......... she was said t have died of shock after receiving a letter from someone in Coburg addressing her as just Frau Coburg Her status was everything to her

Grand Duchess Marie was a very fortunate woman. She was loved by her family and when she married her father, Alexander ll showered her with magnificent jewelry and her dowry was a staggering sum of $100, 000 pounds. Her marriage was unhappy as Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh married her for her huge fortune and died an alcoholic. Her daughter, the beautiful Marie Queen of Roumania, said in her autobiography that her mother was unhappy and hard to please. She hated England. She died in Switzerland and left her 4 daughters magnificent jewelry.

@whanuipuru4446

Жыл бұрын

I could of added more but I wanted to keep it short. I am amazed by her but am not sure if I would please her! She was very grand yet accomplished. Thank you for the heart. I'm surprised!

You’re videos are constantly improving! This was really good!

Grand Duchess Marie she loved her family . She was a pretty lady

It should be noted that although the very homely looking Marie Alexandrovna was initially smitten with Prince Alfred (he was considered extremely handsome), Prince Alfred in return was mainly attracted to her enormous fortune. They did not have a happy marriage.

@yelenan.5851

Жыл бұрын

Romanovs are the most beautiful dynasty in Europe. Maria was a beautiful young girl.

@cathylanders6377

9 ай бұрын

How come😢

@daniel_sc1024

9 ай бұрын

@@cathylanders6377 They really didn't have too much in common. He was a rather difficult personality, and tended to drink a lot. She was a very serious, intellectual woman with very high standards. It didn't help that Marie hated life in England and was always clashing with Alfred's mother, Queen Victoria.

Excellent video! 👏👏👏

MARIA WAS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN

I just started binge watching all of your videos. They are great. I only have one critique. It's kind of an important one because it kind of makes me not want to watch it anymore.. the background music in your video is as loud as you're speaking. It becomes insanely distracting to the point that I turn off the video for a while. If the music is just a little softer so that you're beautiful voice is what we hear more of that would be the greatest of improvements. Great work and thank you

Excellent biography

Queen Victoria could be a real control freak

Interesting. Love the Erik Satie music.

As the only daughter of Alexander ll she was spoilt and arrogant. Such traits would not have made her many friends in England, or elsewhere. Having said that she is one of the more interesting royal women of the late 19th century and she deserves a biography.

I heard she and Princess of Wales Alexandra did not like each other !!! Well, they were sisters in law but this Duchess of Edinburg is not looking friendly at all , like : hey, I’m a Russian princess and I look down on you ! Buhuhuuu

@johnpickford4222

Жыл бұрын

Tan Trinh: Well Grand Duchess Marie looks down on you! Boo-hoo!! Nice dog.

@pedanticradiator1491

Жыл бұрын

She did not see why she as a Russian Grand Duchess should curtsey to the Princess of Wales who when she born was only a minor member of the Danish Royal family though her father later became King and her sister was the Empress Consort of Russia

@tantrinh1343

Жыл бұрын

@@pedanticradiator1491 yeah ! It was her bad cause she should know better , she married into the British royal family and her hierarchy was lower than the Princess of Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 !!! That’s why she never won anyone’s favor and ended up living outside Britain 🇬🇧

@tantrinh1343

Жыл бұрын

@@johnpickford4222 your words pretty much sum up you!! Talk like a human plz!!! Lol

@talmadge1926

Жыл бұрын

Quite true. The Duchess was always kicking up a fuss about precedence. She thought she ought to come before Alexandra because she (Maria) was daughter of an emperor while Alexandra came from minor royalty.

Marie biscuits are named after her.

What a very sad story, never knew.

Sweet🎉

Why are they called Grand Duchesses and not Princesses like in other empires and kingdoms? 🤔

@boston_octopus

Жыл бұрын

I think it's because the Russian royal family is led by a tsar/emperor and not a king. The tsar's children are titled Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses. The children of kings are princes and princesses.

@ZiggyWhiskerz

Жыл бұрын

@@boston_octopus that doesn't work because the British, French, Spanish, Austrian, Holy Roman, and even Chinese empires use the titles of prince and princess. And that's only some.

@amberluna9047

Жыл бұрын

Grand Princess and Grand Duchess are same in rank 💙 They're interchangeable, like how Lichtenstein is called either Grand Duchy or Grand Principality, and their current monarch is called either Grand Duke or Grand Prince.

@HistorywithMaria

Жыл бұрын

I did a little research, and what I could find was: After Ivan IV of Russia was crowned as the first Tsar of All Russia in 1547, the titles of the sons and daughters of the Tsar of Russia was changed to Grand Duke and Grand Duchess respectively. It was also passed on to grandchildren through the male line. The title only passes down to as far the male line grandchildren. The Tsar's great-grandchildren can only hold the rank of prince or princess. Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses outrank princes and princesses. It's their form of titles. Technically, Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses rank higher than Princes and Princesses. Like in modern terms, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks higher than lets say Prince William, Prince of Wales, as a Grand Duke is ruler, whereas a Prince is generally not. But it depends on the country, and titles. The Russian emperor or Tsar wanted to bestow his children with titles that were befitting of rank, and chose Grand Duke/Grand Duchesses. I may not be completely correct, but that's all I could find. If you can find anymore information, I would be very happy to hear more

@boston_octopus

Жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithMaria Thank you! 🥰