Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Queens Podcast

History, Comedy

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Marie of Mecklenburg: The Bold Grand Duchess Who Defied and Thrived Today we are telling the tale of a grand duchess with an attitude Marie of Mecklenburg! She's the only Romanoff who managed to give the Bolshevik Revolution the slip with all her bling intact. We'll chat about her early days, her match with Vladimir Alexandrovich, and the glitz, gossip, and power moves of their ritzy life. This one is a patreon rerun after the Mathilde Kschessinska episode we did in 2022. Enjoy! Time stamps: 00:39 Marie Mecklenburg: The Only Romanoff to Escape with Her Jewels 01:26 Early Life and Family Tragedies 05:58 Marie's Marriage and Defiance 15:46 Revolts and Assassination Attempts 18:21 Power Struggles and Family Drama 22:10 Rasputin and Hemophilia: A Royal Dilemma 24:43 Rumors of a Coup and Rasputin's Influence 26:13 The Russian Revolution: Time to Flee 32:26 Smuggling Jewels: A Clever Escape 40:22 Final Days and Legacy Some sources: Unofficial Royalty European Royal History The Court Jeweller The Beau Monde https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/platinum-jubilee-the-queens-accession/buckingham-palace/platinum-jubilee-the-queens-accession/exhibition/vladimir-tiara The Ra Ra Rasputin song Queens podcast is part of Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast.Want more Queens? Head to our Patreon, check out our merch store and follow us on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.
0:04.0	New series, Those About to Die, only on Prime Video.
0:08.0	Let the game spagge!
0:10.0	Win or lose. All must fight to survive.
0:13.4	My son, show them you can fight.
0:15.8	Enter the arena of the gladiators, starring Anthony Hopkins.
0:20.0	Nothing is more important than our beloved wrong.
0:23.0	From the Director of Independence Day.
0:25.0	The moment is upon us.
0:27.0	Kill or be killed.
0:30.0	Those about to die.
0:32.0	Watch now only on Prime Video. Well guys you know we love a Russian sized rabbit hole here at Queens
0:58.0	podcast they're big oh my gosh we wanted to spend more time in revolutionary Mother Russia.
1:05.7	Yeah, because it's just so much fun.
1:08.8	It's so much drama.
1:11.2	It's just so much period. And I here for it in our last with the Matilda episode
1:16.8	We covered her and her hubby Andrei
1:20.4	Talk to briefly about Andre's mom in that episode, but we're gonna go down a whole
1:26.7	rabbit hole about Duchess Marie Mecklenburg who she was. Who she was, she was like the only Romanov to escape with all of her jewels from the
1:39.0	Bolshevik Revolution.
1:40.4	That's like my favorite.
1:41.4	The end, story over.
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