Royal Russian Antiques Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Cover Wax Seal Romanov

Genuine 1908 Office of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Cover letter. Wax seal on back cover. Postmarked in Moscow on (01.11.08). Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna (Ella), of Russia. Described as the'Most beautiful princess in Europe', and a woman'capable of arousing profane passion', a woman whose life combined privilege and tragedy, love and riches, conviction and courage, humanity and inhumanity. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Ella was born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine. At 20, her marriage to the hardliner Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, who became the victim of terrorist assassination, like the marriage of her younger sister Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas II, was partly responsible for the fall of the Imperial House of Romanov. In her widowhood and against great opposition, Ella established the first convent community of its kind in Moscow. As the ordained abbess of the Order of Saints Martha and Mary, Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna worked tirelessly with the sick, needy, outcast and untouchable inhabitants of the city's slum districts. Brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks at the height of the Russian Revolution, Ella was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as the Holy Imperial Martyr Saint Elisabeth Romanova. We will try to describe these items to the best of our ability and would not misrepresent anything intentionally. We list the defects, problems and imperfections we see on the items, but we can sometimes overlook something or make a mistake. The photo, of Grand Duchess, is not for sale & not included in this lot. FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR SIMILAR ITEMS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

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