the Bois de Boulogne, showed them off to her French friends, took them to see puppet shows, and gave them numerous "toys, presents, and chic new dresses." Honours Mecklenburg: Dame's Decoration of the House Order of the Wendish Crown, in Diamonds : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Catherine : Dame of the Order of Louise, 1st Division : Dame of the Order of Theresa : Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 30 September 1891 Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Order of Elizabeth, 1907 Ancestry References Sources Julia P. Gelardi, From Splendor to Revolution; The Romanov Women 1847-1928, St. Martin's Griffin, 2011, Robert K. Massie, Nicholas and Alexandra, Dell Publishing Co., 1967, John Curtis Perry and Constantine Pleshakov, The Flight of the Romanovs, Basic Books, 1999, 1854 births 1920 deaths People from Ludwigslust People from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchesses of Mecklenburg-Schwerin House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov Russian grand duchesses by marriage Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France Russian women of World War I Daughters of monarchs