Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna
Grand Princess Elizaveta Feodorova (Grand Duchess Sergei), formerly Princess Elisabeth or Ella of Hesse Darmstadt, dressed as a Sister of Mercy of the reek Church, the Order of Martha and Mary. Following the assassination of her husband, Grand Prince Serge, Ella took the veil and set up her own convent in Moscow to help the needy of the city. Along with other members of the Imperial family, she was murdered by Bolsheviks in a mineshaft near Alapaevsk in 1918
Picture No
13991209
Media ID
45428359
Size
2560px x 6470px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Tatler, 4 November 1914
Date
1914
