Helena Pavlovna Romanova

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Helena Pavlovna in the grand princely regalia. Portrait of Wladimir Lukitsch Borowikowski from 1795
Grand Duchess Helena, around 1802. Portrait of Joseph Maria Grassi

Helena Pavlovna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia ( Russian Елена Павловна , * December 13 . Jul / 24. December  1784 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † 24. September 1803 in Ludwigslust ) was a member of the House of Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp . By marriage she became Hereditary Princess of Mecklenburg .

Life

Helena was the second daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia (1754-1801) and his second wife, Tsarina Maria Feodorowna, Princess Sophie Dorothee of Württemberg (1759-1828), daughter of Duke Friedrich II. Eugene and Princess Friederike Dorothea Sophia von Brandenburg-Schwedt. She had nine siblings, including the later Tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I. Her grandmother Tsarina Katharina II thought her granddaughter was beautiful as a baby and so she named her Helena, based on the model from Homer's epic Helen of Troy . Her upbringing and schooling was in the hands of several tutors and governesses. She was taught philosophy , literature, music, dance and languages ​​(German, Italian, French and English).

On October 23, 1799, the 14-year-old Grand Duchess Helena married the Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig zu Mecklenburg (1778-1819), eldest son of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I and his wife Princess Luise of Saxe-Gotha. The harmonious marriage resulted in two children:

Helene Hereditary Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Shortly after the birth of her daughter, Hereditary Princess Helena fell seriously ill, presumably from pneumonia , and died on September 24, 1803. She was first buried in the Ludwigslust castle church in the vault under the pulpit and the body after completion in the Helenen- Paulownen mausoleum in Ludwigslust Palace Park. Her husband married twice more, 1810–1816 Princess Karoline Luise von Sachsen-Weimar and 1818–1819 Princess Auguste von Hessen-Homburg.

In Ludwigslust a memorial designed by Franz Pettrich around 1810 commemorates them.

literature

Web links

Commons : Helena Pawlowna Romanowa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Kenzler: A short lifetime filled out nobly. Why Ludwigslust has a Helenen Paulownen mausoleum. In: Mecklenburg-Magazin (2006), 37, p. 13
personal data
SURNAME Romanowa, Helena Pavlovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Romanova, Elena Pavlovna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the House of Romanow-Holstein-Gottorp and, by marriage, Hereditary Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1803
Place of death Ludwigslust