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Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra with their first child, Grand Duchess Olga, 1896. Leaving Livadia on 7 November, Tsar Alexander's funeral procession—which included Nicholas's maternal aunt through marriage and paternal first cousin once removed Queen Olga of Greece, and the Prince and Princess of Wales—arrived in Moscow
The coronation of Emperor Nicholas II and his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna was the last coronation during the Russian Empire. It took place on Tuesday, 14 May (O.S., 26 May N.S.) 1896, in Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin. Nicholas II, known in Russian as Nikolai II Aleksandrovich, was the last emperor of Russia.
Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna in 1896. Nicholas' mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna can also be seen seated on the dais at left. The coronation of the emperor of Russia (generally referred to as the Tsar) from 1547 to 1917, was a highly developed religious ceremony in which they are crowned and invested with regalia, then anointed with chrism and ...
Prince Philip attended the funeral with the UK's Prime Minister at the time, Alec Douglas-Home, the then-leader of the opposition, Harold Wilson, and Andrew Cavendish, the 11th Duke of Devonshire ...
The Hessian people came out by the thousands to view the funeral procession and "sobbed in unison so that I could hear it", Ernst wrote. [18] A cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm II, expressed shock at the child’s death in a letter to Tsar Nicholas II on the day after.
This was the first time it was used in this way at a monarch's funeral. [12] Contemporary photograph showing 'the late King's charger and favourite dog' walking in front of his coffin in the State funeral procession Ceremonial funeral procession of King Edward VII passing through the streets of London on 20 May 1910. Views of the moving coffin ...
Prince William reportedly told a mourner that Queen Elizabeth II‘s coffin procession brought back memories of Princess Diana‘s funeral. Princess Diana Through the Years Read article A ...
The funeral procession for Queen Elizabeth II departed from Westminster Abbey; the coffin was placed on a gun carriage, which was towed by 142 members of the Royal Navy through the streets of ...