Exhibition

Family Album of the Duke of Edinburgh

Place

Peter and Paul Fortress

Zaychy Island

Category

Exhibition

Date

13 august 2021, 10:00 — 13 november 2021, 18:00

Price

от 250 rub

Events / Exhibition

During the reign of Peter I (1672-1725), members of the Russian imperial family began to enter into marriage alliances with representatives of European dynasties. These marriages have been an important part of Russian foreign policy. When choosing brides and grooms for the tsar's children and grandchildren, the position and prestige of the family, which was supposed to become related to the Russian imperial house, were carefully analyzed.

On January 11, 1874, the wedding of the daughter of Emperor Alexander II, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, and the son of Queen Victoria, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, took place in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. After the wedding, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna moved to her husband's homeland, but she often visited Russia. In 1893, Prince Alfred ascended the throne of the Duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the family settled in Coburg.

Duke Alfred and Grand Duchess Mary had five children. Their fates turned out to be connected with different countries.

The exhibition presents for the first time the family album of the Duke of Edinburgh from the collection of the Livadia Palace Museum, created in 1875. It includes photographs of the Duke's family members from different years from the UK and Russia. The pictures were taken in different places in Europe and Russia: in St. Petersburg, London, Coburg, Darmstadt, Cannes. Most of the photographs are exhibited for the first time.