Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna na Rasha

**Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia** (Russian: Елена Владимировна Романова, romanized: Yelena Vladimirovna Romanova; 29 January 1882 – 13 March 1957) was the only daughter and youngest child of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Her husband was Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and they were both first cousins of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. She was also the first cousin of Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen of Denmark, and the maternal grandmother of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Michael of Kent. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was also her half-first cousin.

## Rayuwa ta farko
Elena da 'yan uwanta uku da suka tsira, Kirill, Boris, da Andrei, suna da mai kula da Ingilishi kuma suna magana da Ingilishi a matsayin yarensu na farko. Matashiyar Elena tana da fushi kuma wani lokacin ba ta da iko. A lokacin da take da shekaru hudu, ta yi wa mai zane Henry Jones Thaddeus hoto. Ta kama wuka na takarda kuma ta yi barazanar mai kula da ita, wanda ya ɓoye a bayan Thaddeus. "Sau da karamar yarinyar ta canja hankalinta zuwa gare ni, idanunta masu baƙar fata suna ƙonewa da fushi, "in ji Thaddeus. Elena, wacce mahaifiyar da ke sane da matsayinta na zamantakewa ce ta haifa, wasu sun kuma dauke ta mai girman kai. "Mutumin talakawa, ina jin tausayi a gare ta, "in ji abokin hamayyar mahaifiyarta, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, "domin tana da dadi sosai, amma banza ne kuma kyakkyawa ce".

## Aure da yara

Ta yi alkawarin aure ga Yarima Max na Baden, amma Max ya fice daga alkawarin. Mahaifiyar Elena ta yi fushi kuma al'umma ta yi jita-jita game da wahalar Elena wajen samun miji. A wani lokaci a shekara ta 1899, an yi la'akari da Elena mai shekaru 17 da haihuwa ga Archduke Franz Ferdinand na Austria; duk da haka, wannan bai kai komai ba yayin da ya fada cikin soyayya da Countess Sophie Chotek . 

Yarima Nicholas na Girka da Denmark, ɗan na uku na George I na Girka, ya fara gabatar da shi a cikin 1900, amma mahaifiyar Elena ba ta son barin 'yarta ta auri ƙaramin ɗa ba tare da dukiya ko damar gadon sarauta ba. Daga karshe ta amince da barin Elena ta auri Nicholas, wanda shine dan uwan Elena na biyu ta hanyar mahaifiyarsa Olga Constantinovna ta Rasha da mahaifinta Vladimir Alexandrovich na Rasha, a cikin 1902 bayan ya bayyana cewa babu wani tayin da ke cikin sararin samaniya.

Ma'auratan sun yi aure a ranar 29 ga watan Agusta 1902 a Tsarskoye Selo, Rasha. Kamar bukukuwan aure da yawa na mulkin mallaka, babban al'amari ne, kuma Sarki sarakuna da Sarauniyar Rasha, Sarki da Sarauniya na Helenawa, da sauran sarakuna da manyan mutanen Rasha sun halarta.

"Babban hali" na Elena ya fusata wasu mutane a kotu.[1] A cewar jami'in diflomasiyyar Burtaniya Francis Elliot, akwai wani abin da ya faru tsakanin Elena da surukarta Princess Marie Bonaparte: An yi zargin, Elena ta ki gaishe da Marie kuma "ta janye takalman ta kamar ba za ta taɓa ta ba". Elena ta yi tunanin cewa Marie tana ƙarƙashinta, saboda kakanta yana aiki da gidan caca na Monte Carlo. [undefined][3] Elena ta kalli wata surukarta Princess Alice na Battenberg saboda jinin morganatic na baya.[2] The Dowager Empress ta rubuta cewa Elena "tana da sautin da ba shi da kyau kuma mai girman kai wanda zai iya girgiza mutane".[1]

### Dukiya da mazauna

A matsayinta na babbar Duchess ta Rasha, an karɓi Elena shekara-shekara na rubles 15,000 a kowace shekara tun daga haihuwa, wanda ya ba ta damar tara dukiya mai zaman kanta kusan rubles 300,000. Bayan aurenta ta ƙare shekara-shekara, kuma a maimakon haka ta karɓi sadaki na al'ada na Grand Duchess na Rasha, wanda ya kai 1,000,000 rubles. Wannan adadin ya kasance daidai da kusan US $ 500,000 (daidai da $ 18,171,154 a 2024).   An gudanar da babban birnin sadaki a Rasha, daga inda aka biya Elena kudin shiga na shekara-shekara na rubles 50,000.  

## Rayuwa a gudun hijira

Daga baya rikice-rikicen Juyin Juya Halin Rasha na 1917 da rikice-rikice na gaba a Girka, wanda ya zama jamhuriya kuma ya haifar da iyalin da ke zaune a Faransa na ɗan lokaci.

Yayinda take zaune a Faransa Grand Duchess Elena ta shiga cikin aikin sadaka ga 'yan gudun hijirar Rasha, musamman yara. Rashin kudi saboda gudun hijirar da suka yi daga Girka da kuma asarar kudaden shiga na Rasha, Yarima Nicholas da iyalinsa sun rayu a cikin yanayin da ya ragu, amma mai kyau. Babban tarin kayan ado na Grand Duchess Elena, da kuma zane-zane na Yarima Nicholas, sune hanyoyin samun kudin shiga.

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