EmpressRouge
Serene Highness
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The Russia Nicholas inherited would not have any been different with or without Alix, but the popularity of the monarchy would not have suffered as much. Alix did not make herself popular neither around the court nor to the masses. She could have learned a lot from the Dowager Empress Marie if she weren't such a religious fanatic and prude. Also, Alix was blamed for not being able to provide a male heir until a decade after her marriage, and he turned out to be a hemophiliac. This was not revealed to the public, and really could not be controlled, but it added to her unpopularity. Also Rasputin would have likely out of the picture, too if Alix wasn't Empress. Finally, if Nicholas had married say Helen d'Orleans (or a non-German princess like so many of his ancestors), at least the Empress would not have been accused of being an enemy spy during WWI.