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Monomakh was depicted in a two-tiered hat that looked more like a papal tiara than the Cap of Monomakh, which, according to legend, the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX presented on a golden platter to his grandson Vovka

Coat of arms with a red shield bearing three armoured legs, a crown above, a falcon left, a raven right and a motto ribbon below.

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Coat of arms of the Isle of Man with triskelion, crown, falcon, raven and motto

The arms of Mann are rather splendid too: the Sicilian triskelion (a tripod), the coronation crown of St Edward, supporters a falcon and a raven. The motto is Quocunque Jeceris Stabit: "Whichever way you throw it, it will stand".

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The title of Prince of Wales was first conferred upon the eldest son of Edward I, the future Edward II, born at Caernarfon Castle in 1284; ever since, the eldest royal son has by tradition become Prince of Wales

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Timofey Yashchik (1878-1946), Bodyguard of Empress Maria Feodorovna

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Leib Cossack Timofey Yashchik, escort of Maria Feodorovna from 1914, and his memoirs

Life Cossack Timofey Xenofontovich Yashchik escorted Maria Feodorovna by appointment of Nicholas II from 1914 until the last day of her life. He remained at her side after the Emperor's abdication, and after the death of the imperial family. It was Yashchik who was one of the men

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In this photograph the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna steps out of a motor car with the help of her Kamer-Kazak, Timofey Yashchik

Black-and-white photograph of a woman in black, a man in a long overcoat and tall fur hat, and other people on a ship's deck, with a city on the shore behind.

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Empress Maria Feodorovna leaves Russia aboard the British ship Marlborough in April 1919

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna left Russia in April 1919 aboard the British ship Marlborough. Beside her is Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich

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Louise of Denmark despised Frederick VII, who married the actress Louise Rasmussen in 1850

The fact that Louise of Denmark openly despised Frederick VII, her husband's predecessor on the Danish throne, who had been married three times and had many love affairs, speaks eloquently of her character. One of his marriages was morganatic: in 1850 he married the actress Louise Rasmussen, for

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Queen Louise of Denmark, seated first from the left; next to her sit the future Queen Alexandra of Denmark, Empress Maria Feodorovna, Crown Princess Louise of Denmark and the Tsesarevich Nicholas

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Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel, ancestors of nearly all European monarchs

The Danish royal couple Christian IX (1818-1906) and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817-1898) were called the father- and mother-in-law of Europe for having contrived to marry into so many reigning houses. Today they are the direct ancestors of nearly all the monarchs of Europe. Their grandsons

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Queen Alexandra of Denmark, consort of Edward VII of England, and the Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna, consort of Alexander III, were sisters, daughters of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel

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In the Fifteenth Century, Strangely Enough, It Was the Priests Who Were Active Public Figures

In the fifteenth century, strangely enough, it was the priests who were active public figures. And after the annexation of Novgorod to Moscow in 1478, Ivan III began to persecute those Novgorod priests who held an active public position. But, understanding the importance of men of this type in the