Biography Olga Koroleva

After the wedding of her sister, Maria, who married the prince below her on rank, the parents of Olga Nikolaevna wanted to find her promising spouse. But a year passed, two, and nothing changed in the life of the Grand Duchess Olga. The close people were perplexed: “How, at nineteen years, are still not married? And at the same time there were many applicants for her hand.

Back in the year, during his stay with parents in Berlin, the sixteen -year -old princess attracted the attention of the Crown Prince Maximilian Bavarian. But neither she nor relatives liked him. A year later, her thoughts were taken by the Archduke Stefan. He was the son of the Palatine of the Hungarian Joseph the wife of the deceased Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna from her second marriage.

But this union was prevented by the stepmother Stefan, who did not want to have a relative to the Russian princess because of jealousy for the first wife of the Archduke Joseph. Emperor Nicholas I said that she was free and could choose who she wants. Aunt Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, the wife of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, began to make efforts to pass her to Prince Friedrich Württemberg - he was twice as older than me.

I treated him like an uncle ... unexpectedly a proposal came from another Archduke - Albrecht. An immediate refusal was sent to him. But the answer to the oncoming proposal for marriage with Stefan had to wait a long time. A letter from Vienna said that the marriage of Stefan and Olga Nikolaevna, who profess different faiths, seems unacceptable to Austria. Archduke of Russian origin can become dangerous for the state due to the fact that among the Slavic population of the "explosive" regions of Austria, fermentation may occur.

Stefan himself said that he knew about Albrecht's feelings, he considered it right to “step aside” correctly. This uncertainty acted oppressively not only on Olga, but also on her parents. She had already begun to be considered cold nature, meanwhile, her heart was yearning for love. Before the eyes of Olga Nikolaevna flowed the happy life of the elder brother Alexander and the sister of Maria.

When the Prince Friedrich Hesse-Kasselsky of two sisters preferred the youngest, Alexander, many comforted her that he was too young, Nicholas I was glad that his daughter was left with him. And this almost led to the gap with the wife of Mikhail Pavlovich, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna. She had long dreamed of giving her younger daughter Elizabeth for him. Nicholas I, caring for the preservation of peace in the imperial house, decided that the prince was free to make a choice between cousins.

But the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, who did not forgive her niece that she neglected her brother, was now worried because Adolf would give preference to the royal daughter to the detriment of her Lily. The emperor had nothing against, but was surprised. The younger duke showed signs of attention to Olga Nikolaevna. She wrote: it was a beautiful boy, well -built, very pleasant in the conversation, with a slight raid of sarcasm.

He quickly won our sympathy, but I liked him with his generosity, as well as frankness. Every time it tried to take off up, it immediately fell back. Sometimes Olga thought about marriage with Maurice, but still refused. She believed that the wife should follow her husband, and not her husband to enter the father’s fatherland. The idea that Maurice would play the same role that Prince Maximilian Leuchtenberg played in the imperial family seemed humiliating.

From the august parent, the sovereign daughter received the title of Grand Duchess. The wedding took place in Peterhof on July 1, on the birthday of Alexandra Fedorovna and on her wedding day with Nikolai Pavlovich. They calculated that this number should bring happiness to a new pair. The bells called all day, even houses in St. Petersburg were decorated with illumination. The emperor wished his daughter: "Be Carl the same as your mother has been to me all these years." Olga's family life was quite safe, but they had no children.

Virtuoso of charity, the young couple moved to Württemberg. Olga wrote to Zhukovsky: it was comforting at the moment of separation to think that the unforgettable grandmother Maria Fedorovna was born in this earth, where I was destined to live and where Ekaterina Pavlovna sister Nicholas I left so many memories of herself. They love the Russian name, and Württemberg is connected with us by many ties.

Olga Nikolaevna, together with her husband, lived constantly in Stuttgart and only occasionally visited Russia. In February, she, learning about the illness of Emperor Nicholas I, urgently left for Petersburg with her husband, but did not find her father alive. For several months, Olga Nikolaevna remained with her mother, who was seriously experiencing the loss of her husband.

The Olga Olga Hospital was the first pediatric clinic in Stuttgart founded in the year. He received the name of the Duchess in the year. The Board of Trustees named after Nikolai Nikolauspflege, founded by her in the year and named after the father, Emperor Nicholas I, was created to help the blind. There they were prepared for everyday life: they taught literacy and craft.

This organization in the year became part of the Red Cross.At that time, Olga Nikolaevna shone in the press "a great master, virtuoso of charity." In the year in honor of his wife, Charles I established the Order of Olga as a reward for the exploits of charity and helping the sick and the wounded. In the year, Olga Nikolaevna united the voluntary sisters of mercy in the "sisters of Olga" Olgaschwester.

Their task was to care for the sick, helping elderly people or wounded soldiers. This association collaborated with the Hillbron hospital, who provided the opportunity to take medical courses. In the field of education, the queen also left her mark. Many of the institutions founded by Queen Olga have been preserved to this day. She constantly maintained ties with the august relatives in Russia, corresponded with them, was very friendly with her daughter-in-law, Empress Maria Alexandrovna, the crowned wife of Emperor Alexander II Nikolayevich, often came to St.

Petersburg, loved to accept relatives and friends, officers of her Shefsky regiment. Unfortunately, this marriage remained childless. Olga Nikolaevna “Dear and beloved by the entire Württemberg people” survived her husband for one year and 24 days and died in the castle of Friedrichmgafen in the year of her life on October 18 31. The queen was buried in the crypt of the old castle in Stuttgart.

The memoirs were published in Paris in the year and they end with such words - “After marriage, a completely different life begins, a life, which is also mixed with bitter memories, despite the happiness of the hearth. Therefore, it seems to me reasonable not to disturb and not wake them up! Both the good and bad days of our life form our character. Not to become embittered, to honor those that we cannot love, to answer evilly good and preserve in ourselves a sense of independence, calmness and favor - it was what I always tried to fulfill.