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Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917.
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- Betrayal and Murder
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Before the Great War of 1914-18, Europe was ruled by three first cousins; King George V of Britain, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. They were also fifth cousins, being equal descendants of King George II of England. Nicholas’ wife, Alexandra Feodorovna, was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria after Victoria’s daughter ...
The cousins met each other at the funeral of George V’s father Edward VIIwhen the Kaiser also attended the ceremony in London. George was a man of desolation after the death of his father and felt inadequate physically and mentally. Desperately nervous, he may have felt undermined in the company of his more bombastic cousins. Close relations betwee...
Despite his power, wealth and vast palaces Tsar Nicholas had one major problem. Unlike his cousin George, Nicholas having sired four daughters still had no male heirs. But in 1903 when a son Alexei was born it was discovered the child had inherited the dangerous genetic blood disease haemophilia. The boy’s future as Nicholas’ heir looked bleak. Suc...
The catalyst to world war occurred on 28 June 1914 when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife were shot during a royal visit to Sarajevo in Bosnia by a Serbian anarchist. Russia as an ally of Serbia mobilised its army. Two years later the downfall of Tsar Nicholas had begun. By 1916 Russian soldiers having seen ...
Aware of the public’s hardened feelings against the Russian royals – viewed as autocratic tyrants – King George became increasingly worried about how the presence of the Russian Imperial family could raise all sorts of difficulties. Self-preservation for all monarchs is the overriding factor and George acted accordingly. He withdrew the offer of as...
Born: 18 May 1868 (Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Russia.Died: 17 July 1918 (Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Russia) aged 50Reign: 1 November 1894 – 15 March 1917 (deposed)4 days ago · Nicholas II, the last Russian emperor (1894–1917), whose autocratic but indecisive rule and disastrous military ventures led to the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917. He abdicated in 1917 but was killed, along with his wife, Alexandra, and their children, by the Bolsheviks the following year.
- John L.H. Keep
- Nicholas II’s father was Tsar Alexander III, and his mother was Maria Fyodorovna, daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark.
- In 1894 Nicholas II married Alexandra, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. They had four daughters—Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia—and one son,...
- The Russian Revolution toppled the Romanov dynasty, and Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917. The royal family was arrested by the Bolsheviks an...
- Nicholas II was an uncompromising autocrat, and this stance helped provoke the Russian Revolution of 1905. After Russia entered World War I, Nichol...
Apr 2, 2014 · Nicholas II was the last tsar of Russia under Romanov rule. His poor handling of Bloody Sunday and Russia’s role in World War I led to his abdication and execution.
Nicholas II, The Last Tsar. This is a brief, but very well written account of the life of Nicholas II, whose life and that of his family were notoriously cut short by the Bolsheviks in revolutionary Russia, the 100-year anniversary of which occurs in 2018.
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Jan 5, 2010 · Now, in a sensational biography that could not have been written before glasnost, noted Russian playwright and historian Edvard Radzinsky unearths solutions to many of the questions that have remained unanswered since the terrible events in Ekaterinburg on the night of July 16-17, 1918.
