Her Imperial and Royal Majesty Tatiana, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary was the consort of Franz Joseph II, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. 

Empress Tatiana was born Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolayevna of Russia as a daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra. In 1917, her father abdicated in favour of his son, who became Emperor Alexei II. During the peace talks between Austria and Russia in 1918, Tatiana caught the eye of Emperor Franz Joseph II. Tatiana and him agreed to exchange letters and they fell in love. When he proposed to her, their marriage was seen as a symbolic alliance between Austria and Russia. 

Empress Tatiana became beloved by the people, a leader of fashion, charity, society, and beauty Her courtiers were worried she’d have a succession of daughters like Alexandra, but Tatiana gave birth to four sons in a row, as well as a daughter. Her notable charity venture was founding an order of nurses.

(update from very old post; dedicated to tsarevnamaria, whose colours of the talented AnnieBirdy’s AU’s are seen second row right and fifth row left <3)

Zoom of a photo of Tatiana with her camera.

(I’d like to steal her sweater personally. I love it, it looks so comfy!)

Rowing with the Romanovs at Tsarkoye Selo.

From GARF (Russian Archives); high quality, lightened zoom by me of Tatiana Romanov

From GARF (Russian Archives); high quality, lightened zoom by me of Tatiana Romanov

Get to Know Me Meme || [1/7] royal children

“Ｓｈｅ ｗａｓ ｔｈｅ ｄａｕｇｈｔｅｒ ｏｆ ａｎ  Ｅｍｐｅｒｏｒ”

“The tallest, slenderest and most elegant of the sisters, Tatiana had rich auburn hair and deep gray eyes. She was organized, energetic and purposeful and held strong opinions. ‘You felt that she was the daughter of an Emperor,’ declared an officer of the Imperial Guard. In public, Grand Duchess Tatiana regularly outshone her older sister. Her piano technique was better than Olga’s although she practiced less and cared less. With her good looks and self-assurance, she was far more anxious than Olga to go out into society. Among the five children, it was Tatiana who made the decisions, her younger sisters and brother called her ‘the Governess.’ If a favor was needed, all the children agreed that ‘Tatiana must ask Papa to grant it.’”

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna of Russia holding her sister, Grand Duchess Anastasia in a hug. Maria looks back to talk to them whilst Tatiana laughs at them. 

Olga, Tatiana, and Maria.

♔ Get To Know Me ♔ royalist version ~ Fancasts/AU/Best Performances

“The Grand Duchess Tatiana was as charming as her sister Olga, but in a different way. She has been described as proud, but I never knew anyone less so. With her, as her mother, shyness and reserve were accounted as pride, but once you knew her and had gained her affection, this reserve disappeared, and the real Tatijana became apparent. She was a poetical creature, as always yearning for the ideal, and dreaming of great friendships which might be hers. The Emperor loved her devotedly, they had much in common, and the sisters used to laugh, and say that, if a favor were required, ‘Tatiana must ask Papa to grant it.’ She was very tall, and excessively thin, with a cameo-like profile, deep blue eyes, and dark chestnut hair… a lovely ‘Rose’ maiden, fragile and pure as a flower.”

"She was a poetical creature, always yearning for the ideal, and dreaming of great friendships which might be hers. The Emperor loved her devotedly, they had much in common, and the sisters used to laugh, and say that, if a favour were required, ‘Tatiana must ask Papa to grant it.’ She was very tall, and excessively thin, with a cameo-like profile, deep blue eyes, and dark chestnut hair… a lovely Rose maiden, fragile and pure as a flower." - Lili Dehn

TatianaZ’s new quality versions of her rares from earlier this year (both zooms)