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Alexei Nikolaevich (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич) (12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 – 17 July 1918) was the last Tsesarevich (heir apparent to the throne of the Russian Empire). He was the youngest child and only son of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
Tsarevich Alexei’s short life was full of pain and suffering: he was afflicted by a congenital disease his entire life, and was shot by the Bolsheviks at the age of 13. When Alexandra...
Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia during a mudbath treatment probably to cure his hemophilia at Livadia, Crimea. Public domain. Alexei Romanov (1904–1918), the only son of Russia’s last...
- Olga (1895-1918) “Beautiful blond hair, large blue eyes and a marvelous complexion; a slightly turned up nose similar to that of the Sovereign,” one of the ladies-in-waiting described the look of the oldest daughter of Nicholas and Alexandra.
- Tatiana (1897-1918) Two years after Olga, the second daughter was born. The imperial parents were disappointed – they were awaiting an heir, a son. The daughter was called Tatiana, a rare name for the Romanovs.
- Maria (1899-1918) Alexandra’s third pregnancy was complicated and, later, she got upset that she gave birth to another daughter. “Too bad it wasn’t a son.
- Anastasia (1901-1918) “What a disappointment! The fourth daughter!” the relatives of the imperial family wrote when Anastasia was born. The tensions indeed rose – the question of succession was acute and the empress was ready for any mystical rites to give birth to a son.
Three hundred cannons had announced the birth of Alexei Nicolaievich, Sovereign Heir, Tsarevich, Grand Duke of Russia, in the summer of 1904, the first male heir to be born to a reigning Russian monarch in some 300 years. Twenty-six days before his 14th birthday, of Queen Victoria.
- John M.L. Kendrick
- 2004
Alexei Nikolaevich ( Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич) (12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 – 17 July 1918) was the last Tsesarevich ( heir apparent to the throne of the Russian Empire ). He was the youngest child and only son of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
Biography: Alexei was the last Tsarevich of Russia, the heir to the Russian throne. His father, Nicholas II, was the last Tsar. He famously had hemophilia, which directly contributed to the downfall of the Russian monarchy.
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