Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine began her journey to becoming Empress of Russia when she met her future husband the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia at her sister’s wedding reception in 1884. The pair fell deeper in love in 1889 when Alix took a six-week-long trip to St Petersburg which gave them a [read more]
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]
It is now widely known that Russia’s royal family; the Romanovs were executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. Just after the event, however, with a confusing mix of stories of the family’s fate hitting the news, many ‘pretenders’ or imposters came forward claiming to be part of the Romanov family, stating that they had survived [read more]
Alice was born in 1843 and was the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her name was chosen because Lord Melbourne, the former prime minister, had expressed to Queen Victoria that it was his favourite name. As a child, Alice was raised with her eight siblings under the watch of a series of [read more]
Representatives of the Romanov family are hoping to bury the remains of Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria soon. Prince Rostislav Rotislavovich, a great-great-grandson of Emperor Alexander III, said, “”Together with other relatives, I participated in the last few days in Copenhagen in funeral of the head of the family, Prince Dimitri Romanov, a wonderful [read more]
‘The Last Empress: The Life & Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia’- by Greg King is not exactly a new book (1994), but the story of Alexandra Feodorovna and her family is still alive today. Several movies and series have been made where she and her family are featured; the fall of the Romanovs [read more]
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