Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna with her descendants, 1909

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Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna with her descendants by Boissonnas & Eggler, 1909

Photograph of Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna (1830-1911), her daughter Queen Olga of the Hellenes (1851-1926), her great-granddaughter Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna (1890-1958) and her great-great-grandson Prince Lennart of Sweden (1909-2004). Grand Duchess Alexandra is sitting in a chair with the baby Prince Lennart on her knee. Queen Olga is kneeling to the right, looking down at the baby. Grand Duchess Maria is standing behind them holding a photograph of her mother Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna, who died in 1891. This photograph shows Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna with four further generations of her family. She died in St Petersburg in July 1911.

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