Natalia Brasova, Countess Brasova was a Russian noblewoman who married, as her third husband, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia.
World War I postcard of Brasova. The caption states that she established military hospitals in Gatchina, Lvov and Kiev with her own money.
Natalia between Wulfert (left) and Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (right)
Natalia and Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich with their son
Maria Feodorovna, known as Princess Dagmar of Denmark before her marriage, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as the wife of Emperor Alexander III. She was the fourth child and second daughter of
Natalia Brasova
…had known each other as children, but only fell in love after re-meeting in Moscow when Wulfert was on leave. He was an army officer serving in The Dowager Empress's Life Guard Cuirassier Regiment, known as the Blue Cuirassiers from the colour of their uniforms, stationed at Gatchina near Saint Petersburg. Natalia…
Tsesarevna Maria Feodorovna of Russia, 1870s
Alexandra and Dagmar, ca. 1859-1870; from the 19th Century American Trade Cards collection of the Boston Public Library
Dagmar's birthplace and childhood home, the Yellow Mansion in Copenhagen