The Children of Tsar Nicholas II ("OTMAA")

[Blog Real]

Video about Alexei Romanov:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2TNrtv_-Gng

[Blog Real]

The baptismal procession of Alexei Romanov, heir to the throne of Russia, directed to the Chapel of Peterhof, near Saint Petersburg, August 24, 1904, Russia:

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/...a/DAE-BA056005

[SirGyamfi1]

There were supposed to be marriage negotiations with one of the daughters for one of the Serbian Princes I think, but nothing came of it as WWI was approaching and Nicholas and Alexandra were too attached to their family.

[CyrilVladisla]

The baptism of the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztC1y1ZJvw0

[SirGyamfi1]

I just wish that the lady in waiting took the children

[CyrilVladisla]

The lady in waiting may not have had a lot of children to take.
Grand Duchess Olga was the first child of Tsar Nicholas II.
Nicholas' sister Grand Duchess Xenia's daughter, Princess Irina Alexandrovna was born July 15, 1895.

[SirGyamfi1]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

The lady in waiting may not have had a lot of children to take.
Grand Duchess Olga was the first child of Tsar Nicholas II.
Nicholas' sister Grand Duchess Xenia's daughter, Princess Irina Alexandrovna was born July 15, 1895.

The lady actually asked Nicholas and Alexandra but they refused

[Blog Real]

Information about Alexei's birth and christening:

https://www.alexanderpalace.org/alexandra/XII.html

[CyrilVladisla]

The article stated: The birth of the Tsarevich Alexei gave the Empress popularity.
If the Tsarevich had been a Grand Duchess instead, how devastated Alexandra would have been!

[Prinsara]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

The article stated: The birth of the Tsarevich Alexei gave the Empress popularity.
If the Tsarevich had been a Grand Duchess instead, how devastated Alexandra would have been!

So she had a handful of days of being happy and then was devastated that he had a tortuous, incurable disease that she gave to him, instead.

[CyrilVladisla]

It would have been a magnificent blessing from the Lord if the Tsarevich had been born without the illness. This would have been one less concern for Alexis' mother to worry about.

[CyrilVladisla]

Tsarevich Alexis at Darmstadt in 1910
http://the-romanovs.tumblr.com/image/87732532874

[Toledo]

Per video description:

This video is produced as part of the project for the book "The Romanov Royal Martyrs”, which is an impressive 512-page book, featuring nearly 200 black & white photographs, and a 56-page photo insert of more than 80 high-quality images, colorized by the acclaimed Russian artist Olga Shirnina (Klimbim) and appearing here in print for the first time.

The Last Letter of Alexis Romanov

[Toledo]

The first book I bought about the Romanovs was Nicholas and Alexandra in the late 70s or early 80s. I was so absorbed by it that I became a bit obsessed looking for books about Russia. I recall I had around the 80s I was already in the USA and bought a Coins Collector Magazine because it had an article on the imperial coins with a small black and white picture of people climbing the fence and walls of the Winter Palace.

My favorite Russian theme movie for years was Anastasia, with Ingrid Bergman, until I read in another book she was an impostor all along. Even her own family in Poland exposed her con. This now reminds me on the current scandal in the USA involving a member of congress. All it took for Anna Anderson was to repeat the lie till a few people could not differentiate it from the truth.

But my fascination with Russian history goes all the way to my teens, when I read Nicholas and Alexandra for the first time.

[Denville]

Originally Posted by Toledo

The first book I bought about the Romanovs was Nicholas and Alexandra in the late 70s or early 80s. I was so absorbed by it that I became a bit obsessed looking for books about Russia. I recall I had around the 80s I was already in the USA and bought a Coins Collector Magazine because it had an article on the imperial coins with a small black and white picture of people climbing the fence and walls of the Winter Palace.

My favorite Russian theme movie for years was Anastasia, with Ingrid Bergman, until I read in another book she was an impostor all along. Even her own family in Poland exposed her con. This now reminds me on the current scandal in the USA involving a member of congress. All it took for Anna Anderson was to repeat the lie till a few people could not differentiate it from the truth.

But my fascination with Russian history goes all the way to my teens, when I read Nicholas and Alexandra for the first time.

Anna Anderson was a mentally unstable girl who probably deluded herself that she was Anastasia. But yes once she told some people it took on a life of its own.

[Blog Real]

Alexei’s christening:

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid...92985695602590

[shady lady]

Originally Posted by juliamontague

1. + 2. Olga and Tatiana
3. Maria, Olga, Anastasia and Tatiana (l-r)
4. + 5. Maria, Tatiana, Anastasia and Olga (l-r)
6. Elisabeth of Hesse, Olga and Tatiana (l-r)
7. The girls: Maria, Tatiana, Anastasia and Olga (l-r)
8. The girls with two women
9. Alexey
10. Tatiana, Olga, Alexey, Maria and Anastasia (l-r)

The picture of Alexei with his curly hair and little hat is a favourite of mine; he really does look so sweet in that picture!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...520000.&type=3