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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3085

Historical Documents
Royal Christmas Cards
Princess Elizabeth of Hesse, Russia
1890 Christmas card to her sister Irène, "To my darling Irène, Merry Xmas & Happy New Year ... Ella. 1890". In a superb state of preservation. Photo

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1864–1918)
She was the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. After her husband was assassinated in 1905, she founded a convent, became a nun and devoted her life to the care of the poor and sick. She was later murdered by the Bolsheviks, together with other members of the Imperial Family by being thrown alive down a mine shaft

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