Victoria was born a British princess and was pressured by her family to marry her paternal first cousin Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse. The Grand Duchy of Hesse was a small semi-autonomous state within the German Empire.
Sadly, the marriage was not happy, and Victoria scandalized the royal families of Europe when she filed for divorce in 1901. Sadder yet, the couple’s only child, Princess Elisabeth, died of typhoid fever in 1903.
Victoria married Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, her maternal first cousin, in 1905 without the formal approval of Britain’s King Edward VII and in defiance of Russia’s Emperor Nicholas II. As a result Kirill was initially stripped of his honors and titles and banished from Russia. The couple lived in Paris, where Victoria had two daughters, but a few years later Emperor Nicholas relented and they moved back to Russia in 1910.
They escaped the Russian Revolution, during which Victoria had her third and last child, a son. They lived in exile in Germany and Brittany and eventually Victoria died of a stroke in 1936.
Her son Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia was head of the Imperial Family of Russia in exile from the death of his father in 1938 until his death in 1992. Vladimir was able to visit Russia in November 1991 when he was invited to visit[St Petersburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Petersburg)by its Mayor [Anatoly Sobchak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Sobchak).
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Jesus. She must be exhausted. I am just from reading it
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Victoria was born a British princess and was pressured by her family to marry her paternal first cousin Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse. The Grand Duchy of Hesse was a small semi-autonomous state within the German Empire.
Sadly, the marriage was not happy, and Victoria scandalized the royal families of Europe when she filed for divorce in 1901. Sadder yet, the couple’s only child, Princess Elisabeth, died of typhoid fever in 1903.
Victoria married Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, her maternal first cousin, in 1905 without the formal approval of Britain’s King Edward VII and in defiance of Russia’s Emperor Nicholas II. As a result Kirill was initially stripped of his honors and titles and banished from Russia. The couple lived in Paris, where Victoria had two daughters, but a few years later Emperor Nicholas relented and they moved back to Russia in 1910.
They escaped the Russian Revolution, during which Victoria had her third and last child, a son. They lived in exile in Germany and Brittany and eventually Victoria died of a stroke in 1936.
Her son Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia was head of the Imperial Family of Russia in exile from the death of his father in 1938 until his death in 1992. Vladimir was able to visit Russia in November 1991 when he was invited to visit[St Petersburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Petersburg)by its Mayor [Anatoly Sobchak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Sobchak).
Jesus. She must be exhausted. I am just from reading it
Beautiful photo.
Smoking! I am shocked!
Sneaking a smoke in the garden?