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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...
Tsarevich Alexei’s suspected diagnosis. The lack of confirming laboratory evidence has prompted serious questions about the popular interpre-tation of the symptoms recorded in the Tsarevich Alexei’s medical history. Doubt has even reached into the ranks of Russia’s twenty-two-member State Romanov Commission, appointed by Boris Yeltsin in
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- 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.
Sep 13, 2021 · The couple had four children: three daughters and one son, heir Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia. Alexei inherited the hemophilia gene from his mother and was a very sick child who suffered from serious bleeding episodes (per Nature ).
Alexei Nikolaevich was the last Tsesarevich. He was the youngest child and only son of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. He was born with haemophilia, which his parents tried treating with the methods of peasant faith healer Grigori Rasputin.
Aug 25, 2022 · Victoria’s great-grandson, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, inherited this disease. The holy man Rasputin, who was brought into the palace to treat the Russian Tsar, came to...
