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Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3220576482/ for another photo and information.
  • Richard Norton said:
    Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866-1933) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_Alexander_Mikhailovich_o...
  • Wystan said:
    In 1913, on his second visit to America (the first was in 1893), his Imperial Highness visited Philadelphia, Newport RI, and New York City. In New York, the Grand Duke stayed at the Ritz-Carlton hotel. One of several photos that Bain took there is dated September 6, 1913. After his departure for Russia, the New York Times (on October 5, 1913) ran a story about the unpretentious royal visitor, and included a story about a famous joke that Alex had played on the press in 1893: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9406EEDF1E3BE633A...
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    During his visit to Newport, Rhode Island in 1913, His Imperial Highness, The Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866-1933), was struck by the beauty of American women. According to published reports, The Grand Duke "collected photographs of the women he met in Newport, especially at The Casino and Bailey's Beach."

    The Grand Duke was particularity smitten by Miss Marie Tailer of New York City, who was visiting Newport at that time, and he was "anxious to obtain a photograph of her". He declared that Miss Tailer was "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World". [1]

    This pronouncement was picked up by newspapers across the country (if not the world), and photos of Miss Tailer were published for some years afterwards -- always with the "Most Beautiful Girl in the World" moniker in the caption. [2]

    Marie Tailer was engaged in 1914, and married in 1915, to Mr. S. Bryce Wing. A photo of her is included in the LOC Bain Collection on Flickr -- however IMNHO there are more flattering photos of her in The (San Francisco) Call and The (Georgia) Evening Ledger.
                            "Miss Marie Tailer (right) 1913"   from Bain / LOC
                                  Noel Johnston and Marie Tailer (LOC)

     

Grand Duke George Mikhailovitch (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    Brother to the Czar, heir to the throne after the royal family was murdered, never ratified and later murdered as well. Sometimes referred to as the last Czar by historians. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_Michael_Alexandrovich_of...
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Kilted Cowboy: Thank you for the additional information about Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich. We will include some of it in the description when we update.
  • Hank said:
    This photo is incorrectly identified. The names are reversed. This is GD Alexander Mikhailovich. He was 1st cousin once removed and brother-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II: the husband of Nicholas' sister GDss Xenia Alexandrova. He was also the author of 'Once a Grand Duke', 'Always a Grand Duke', and another book whose name escapes me.
  • Anne (LOC P&P) said:
    hisimperial majesty: Thank you for providing us with the correct information here. We'll fix our description next time we update.
  • grand-duchess-cee said:
    This is Sandro, not Michael, and the label has still not been corrected.