Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse, Nicholas II, and Tsarevich Alexei in the park at the Alexander Palace Park: 1908.

Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, and Anastasia (background) with one of their Hessian cousins:1910. 

Princess Victoria of Battenburg and her sister Princess Alix of Hesse with a lady in waiting. 

Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig Holstein, Fraulein von Fabrice, Princess Alix of Hesse (seated with Eira at her feet), and Fraulein Schneider: 1894.

Princess Alix of Hesse as a young woman, 1880s. 

Princesses Irene and Alix of Hesse c. 1884.

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Nicholas II and Victoria Melita of Hesse

That’s definitely not Nicky. I’m not 100% on who it is though.

I wonder if it is just one of her groomsmen. At first I thought it could be her brother but I don’t think it is. 

The Hesse children in front of Wolfsgarten Castle while their father Louis looks on: 1877. 

The New Palace at Darmstadt in its original condition: 1866. 

Grand Duchesses Alice and Grand Duke Louis of Hesse, parents of Princess Alix of Hesse.