imperial-russia: The four daughters of the last Tsar, though sharing some of the family resemblance,
imperial-russia: The four daughters of the last Tsar, though sharing some of the family resemblance, all took after different predecessors when it came to their looks.Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, the eldest of the four, was a perfect mix of her parents.Grand Duchess Tatiana favoured her Hessian relatives, most notably her great-grandmother Empress Maria Alexandrovna and her aunt Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fyodorovna.Grand Duchess Maria bore unmistakable resemblance to her paternal grandparents, Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Fyodorovna.Grand Duchess Anastasia was a less beautiful version of her own mother, resembling in that aspect her aunt Princess Irene of Prussia. -- source link