Gallery of Images from the Alchemia Decoratif Card Deck. Artist: Takaki.
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Dub & Drino Knee High Checkerboard
A veritable maze of pretty facades perched high above the Drino Valley, Gjirokaster is a striking sight. These are the best things to do in Gjirokaster, Albania.
Alexander, Prince of Hesse Born: 15 July 1823 Son of: Grand Duke Ludwig II (1777-1848) & Wilhelmine of Baden (1788-1836) Married: Julia Von Hauke (1825-1898) Morganatic marriage. Children: Louis, Marie, Alexander, Franz Josef, Heinrich Died of cancer: 15 July 1888, Heiligenberg “[He} is most clever and amusing.” (Princess Alice) Alexander, Price of Lippe-Detmold Born: 1831, Detmold Son of: Leopold II (1796-1851) & Emile of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1800-1867) Died: 1905, Detmold Alexander, Prince of Oldenburg Born: 1844 Son of: Peter (1812-1881) & Theresa of Nassau-Weilburg (1815-1871) Married: Eugeni of Leuchtenburg (1845-1925) Children: Peter Died: 1932 Alexander III (‘Sasha’), Tsar of Russia Born: 19 March 1845, St. Petersburg Son of: Alexander II (1818-1881 – murdered) & Marie of Hesse (1824-1880) Married: Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928) Children: Nicholas, Alexander, George, Xenia, Mikhail, Olga Died of nephritis: 1 November 1894, Livadia “I like him very much – though I did not when I first saw him. He is awkward, shy and uncouth, from being so very big, but he is simple and unpretending not proud…He makes a good husband…although I think he is rather idle and lazy.” (Crown Princess Victoria 1868) “[He] is a kind well-meaning and honest man but I should not think intelligent and large minded enough to grasp the situation and rise superior to all the bad advice that is given him; he is indolent by nature and does not like change, and then I suppose he is very obstinate and so angered by all the horrible deeds that have been committed that he will not make anything like a concession even there, where they are harmless and necessary. “ (Crown Princess Victoria 1884) “He is most kind and attentive to Minnie [his wife], but still I know neither wished to marry the other....” (Queen Victoria 1868) “He is universally respected on account of his exemplary domestic life.” (Queen Victoria 1884) Alexander, Prince of Orange Born: 1851 Son of: King Willem III of the Netherlands (1817-1890) & Sophie of Wurttemberg (1818-1877) Died: 1884 Alexander, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Born: 1857 Son of: Hermann (1825-1901) & Auguste of Wurttemberg (1826-1890) Died 1891 Alexander (‘Sando’), Prince of Battenberg, Sovereign Prince of Bulgaria Born: 5 April 1857 Son of: Alexander of Hesse (1823-1888) & Julia von Hauke (1825-1895) Married: Johanna Lossinger (1865-1951) Morganatic Children: Arsen, Tsvetana Deposed: October 1886 Died: 1893 “Such a very nice, charming, good, young man, so pleasing and amiable, natural, frank and simple, and full of the best intentions.” (Queen Victoria) “He is quite charming – so clever, so dispassionate, so amiable and kind – and so handsome. I am quite devoted to him and as proud of him as if he were my own son…” (Queen Victoria) “He is grown so handsome and seemed so nice and sensible, manly yet modest,” (Crown Princess Victoria) Alexander Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Born: 1863 Son of: Frederick William (1820-1884) & Anna of Prussia (1836-1918) Married: Gisela Stockhorner von Starein (1884-1965) Abdicated in favour of his younger brother. Died: 1945 Alexander, Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Born: 13 August 1859, Doberan Son of: Frederick Franz II (1823-1883) & Augusta Reuss of Kostritz (1822-1862) Died: 13 August 1859, Doberan Alexander (‘Sandro’) Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia Born: 13 April 1866, Tbisi Son of: Mikhail Nikolaivich (1832-1909) & Cecile of Baden (1839-1881) Married: Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1870-1960) Children: Irina, Andrei, Feodor, Nikita, Dmitri, Rotislav, Vasili Died: 26 February 1933, Roquebrune “He is often mistaken about people, falls under their influence, then becomes disenchanted with them and seeks other counsellors; he has, it seems to me, a certain mercantile streak and is inclined towards personal gain.” (Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich) “They say Sandro is very demanding and tactless…The family is very critical of Sandro.” (Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich) Alexander Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia Born: 1869 Son of: Tsar Alexander III (1845-1894) & Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928) Died: 1870 Alexander of Wales, Prince of Great Britain Born: 6 April 1871, Sandringham Son of: Edward VII (1841-1910) & Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) Died: 7 April 1871, Sandringham Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schonberg Born: 1872 Son of: Gustav (1840-1908) & Marie of Battenberg (1852-1923) Married: Elizabeth of Waldeck Pyrmont (1873-1961) Children: Irma, George Ludwig Died: 1944 Alexander, Prince of Wied Born: 1874 Son of: Wilhelm (1845-1907) & Marie of the Netherlands (1841-1910) Died: 1877 Alexander, Prince of Teck, Earl of Athlone Born: 1874 Son of: Franz, & Mary of Cambridge Married: Alice of Albany (1883-1981) Children: May, Rupert, Maurice Died: 16 January 1957, Kensington Palace Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia Born: 1875 Son of: Vladimir Alexandrovich (1947-1909) & Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854-1920) Died: 1877 Alexander, King of Serbia Born: 14 August 1876, Belgrade Son of: Milan Obrenovich IV & Natalia Keshko Married: Draga Lunjevica Masin (murdered with her husband 1903) Shot, mutilated and disemboweled by a mob: 11 June 1903 Alexander of Leuchtenburg, Prince Romanovsky Born: 1881 Son of: George (1852-1912) & Theresa of Oldenburg (1852-1883) Married: Nadine Caralli Died: 1942 Alexander (‘Drino’), Prince of Battenberg Born: 1880 Son of: Henry (1858-1896) & Beatrice of Great Britain (1857-1944) Married: Irene Dennison Died: 1950 “[He] is full of ability, has great artistic sense, and a very lovely baritone voice.” (Princess Marie Louise) “Drino and Ena are flourish and very amusing. He is getting more impudent.” (Queen Victoria 1889) Alexander I, King of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes Born: 1888 Son of: King Peter I of Serbia (1844-1921) & Zorka of Montenegro (1864-1890) Married: Marie of Roumania (1900-1946) Children: Peter, Tomislav, Andrei Murdered: Shot in Marseilles 9 October 1934 Alexander I, King of the Hellenes Born: 1893, Athens Son of: Constantine I (1868-1923) & Sophie of Prussia (1870-1932) Married: Aspasia Manos (1896-1972) Children: Alexandra Died of septicaemia after being bitten by a pet monkey: 25 October 1920, Athens Alexander Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Born: 20 January 1901, Wels Son of: Albrecht (1869-1942) & Elsa of Wurttemberg (1876-1936) Died: 26 November 1923 Alexander Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Born: 1912 Son of: August Wilhelm (1887-1949) & Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1887-1957) Married: Irmgard Weygand (b. 1912) Children: Stephen Died: 1985 Alexei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia Born: 1850 Son of: Tsar Alexander II (1818-1881) & Marie of Hesse (1824-1880) Died: 1908 “[He] was admitted to be the best looking man in the imperial family, although I am afraid his tremendous weight would have handicapped him with the modern girls. A man of the world to his finger tips, a Beau Brummell and a bon vivant hopelessly spoiled by women…he travelled a great deal…[He was] not interested in anything that did not pertain to love-making, food and liquor.” (Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich) Alexei Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia Born: 28 December 1875, Tblisi Son of: Mikhail Nikolaivich (1832-1909) & Cecile of Baden (1839-1881) Died of TB: 1 April 1895, San Remo “A brilliant boy of absolute sincerity.” (His brother, Grand Duke Alexander) Alexei, Tsarevich of Russia Born: 12 August 1904, Peterhof Son of: Tsar Nicholas II (1867-1918) & Alix of Hesse (1872-1918) Murdered by Bolsheviks: 17 July 1918, Ekaterinburg “He was a splendid baby…two delightful dimples appeared in his cheeks as he crowed and stretched out his arms towards his mother. I shall never forget the look on the Empress’ face as she took him from the nurse.” (Baroness Buxhoeveden) (He suffered from haemophilia) “When he was well the palace was, as it were, transformed. Everyone and everything seemed bathed in sunshine. Endowed with a naturally happy disposition, he would have developed quite regularly and successfully had he not been kept back by his infirmity.” (Pierre Gillard)
