alexei Archives - History of Royal Women

The Romanov Pretenders – The imposters of Alexei, Olga and Tatiana

Sunday, 29 July 2018, 0:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

In the last article, we heard about the women who pretended to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia after her death. To follow on from that, in this post, we will have a look into those who impersonated her siblings who died alongside her in 1918. Soon after the Romanov family were killed by the [read more]

Alexandra and Nicolas II’s remains exhumed for DNA testing

Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 20:15 Moniek Bloks 0

Yesterday the bodies of Nicolas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, the last emperor and empress of Russia, were exhumed to do DNA-testing on the bodies. The DNA taken will be used to confirm the identities of the last two missing children, Maria and Alexei. The two have been previously identified but subsequent DNA testing is necessary [read more]