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1848 Olga, Queen Wurttemberg by Nicaise de Keyser (private collection)

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This and the next seven images are of Queen Olga of Wurttemberg.*** Beginning her Wikipedia article: "Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (September 11, 1822 - October 30, 1892), later Queen Olga of Wurttemberg, was a member of the Russian imperial family who became Queen Consort of Wurttemberg.* She was the second daughter of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. She was thus a sister of Alexander II of Russia. She married Charles I of Wurttemberg, with whom she had no children.* Grand Duchess Olga of Russia was born on September 11, 1822 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her father was Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, the son of Emperor Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria of Russia (nee Princess Sophia Dorothea of Wurttemberg). Her mother was Empress Alexandra of Russia (nee Princess Charlotte of Prussia), the daughter of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Queen Louise of Prussia (nee Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz).* Olga grew up as part of a close family of many sisters and brothers. She had two elder siblings: Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia; and five younger siblings: Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia, Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia, Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia and Grand Duke Michael of Russia.* Attractive, cultured and intelligent, she was considered to be one of the most eligible princesses in Europe. She spoke several languages, and was fond of music and painting.* Olga met Crown Prince Charles of Wurttemberg in early 1846 in Palermo, Two Sicilies. Her parents wished that she make a dynastic marriage, especially since her siblings Alexander, Maria and Alexandra had married relatively insignificant royal partners. There had already been several marriages between members of the Russian Imperial Family and members of the Wurttemberg Royal Family (in addition to the marriage between Olga's paternal grandparents): Olga's future father-in-law, King William I of Wurttemberg, married Olga's paternal aunt, Grand Duchess Catherine of Russia; Olga's paternal uncle, Grand Duke Michael of Russia, married William I's niece, Princess Charlotte of Wurttemberg.* Olga gave her consent to Charles' proposal of marriage after only a few meetings, on January 18. The wedding was held in great splendor on July 13, 1846 at the Peterhof Palace, Russia. The couple came back from Russia to Wurttemberg on September 23. They lived mostly in the Villa Berg in Stuttgart and in the Kloster Hofen in Friedrichshafen.*** I cannot source this particular version of this image.

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