Video: To love the emperor: letters from Alexandra Feodorovna to Nicholas II
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The marriage of Nikolai Romanov with Alexandra Fedorovna really can be called happy - the spouses were tied by mutual love, respect, understanding, trust and support during the most difficult periods for the royal family. The diaries and letters of Alexandra Feodorovna, published abroad in 1922, have survived to this day. These lines speak for themselves about the degree of depth and sincerity of feelings.
“My dear treasure, my dear, you will read these lines when you go to bed in a strange place, in an unfamiliar house. God forbid that the trip was pleasant and interesting, and not too tiring and not too much dust. I am so glad that I have a map so that I can follow you hourly … Prayer for you helps me when we are apart. I cannot get used to the fact that you are not here in the house, even for such a short time, although I have our five treasures with me. Sleep well, my sun, my precious, a thousand tender kisses from your faithful wife. God bless and bless you”(Livadia, April 27, 1914).
“My dear, my dear, I am so happy for you that you were finally able to leave, because I know how deeply you suffered all this time. This journey will be a little consolation for you, and I hope that you will be able to see many of the troops. More difficult than ever to say goodbye to you, my angel. If only there was good news, while you are gone, as my heart bleeds at the thought that you have to endure heavy news alone”.
“Taking care of the wounded is my consolation… what a shame, what a humiliation it is to think that the Germans can behave as they do!.. From a selfish point of view, I suffer terribly from this separation. We are not used to her, and I love my precious sweet boy so infinitely. For twenty years soon that I belong to you, and what a bliss it was for your little wife!.. My love, my telegrams cannot be very hot, since they pass through so many military hands, but you will read all my love and longing for you "(Tsarskoe Selo, September 19, 1914, the first letter after the outbreak of the war)."
“My most beloved of loved ones, the hour of separation is approaching again, and my heart aches with grief. But I am glad that you will leave and see a different situation, and feel closer to the troops. I hope you can see more this time. We will look forward to your telegrams. Oh, how I will miss you. I already feel such despondency these two days and my heart is so heavy. This is a shame, because hundreds of people are happy that they will soon see you, but when you love as much as I do, you cannot help but yearn for your treasure."
“Tomorrow twenty years, how do you reign, and how I became Orthodox. How the years have passed, how much we have experienced together!.. Thank God, tomorrow we will take Holy Communion together, this will give us strength and peace. May God give us success on land and at sea and bless our fleet … How wonderful it was to go together on this day to Holy Communion, and may this bright sun accompany you in everything. My prayers and thoughts, and my most tender love accompany you all the way. My dear love, God bless and keep you and may the Holy Virgin protect you from all evil. My sweetest blessings. I kiss you endlessly and hold you to my heart with boundless love and tenderness. Forever, my Niki, your little wife”(Tsarskoe Selo, October 20, 1914).
The couple really rarely parted, for example, in 1896 Alexandra Feodorovna accompanied the emperor during a visit to France. Nicholas II in Paris: "honeymoon" of Franco-Russian relations
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