Romanov, Alexander II Nicholaevich b. April 17, 1818 d. March 1, 1881 Russian Monarch. Imperial House of Romanov. Czar-Liberator, Emperor & Autocrat of all the Russias. Czar Alexander II was the son of Czar Nicholas I. Alexander II married Maria of Hessen-Darmstadt in 1841. Alexander II became Emperor on Feb 9, 1855 after the death of His Majesty's father. Czar Alexander II began a series of reforms as a result of Russia's defeat in the Crimean War. These reforms included trial by jury, reducing censorship, and establishing town councils. Czar Alexander II also...[Read More] (Bio by: john hinkle) Petropavlovskaya Krepost, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Romanov, Alexander III Alexandrovich b. March 10, 1845 d. October 20, 1894 Russian Monarch. Imperial House of Romanov. Grand Duke Alexander became Emperor of All the Russia's upon the death of His Majesty's father, Czar-Liberator Alexander II. In 1866, Grand Duke Alexander married Princess Dagmar of Denmark, known as Czarina Marie. Alexander III was Czar from 1881-1894 and reversed some of the reforms of the Czar-Liberator. Emperor Alexander III refused to grant the constitution which the Czar-Liberator was on the verge of signing before His Majesty's murder. Czar...[Read More] (Bio by: john hinkle) Petropavlovskaya Krepost, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Romanov, Alexandra b. June 6, 1872 d. July 17, 1918 Russian Tsarina. Born Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice vonHesse in Darmstadt, she was the daughter of Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Alix met Tsarevitch Nicholas Romanov at the wedding of her sister Ella to Nicholas' uncle Grand Duke Sergei in 1884. Nicholas was immediately smitten. They began a correspondance, and became engaged in 1894, the same year Nicholas became Tsar. They were married on November 26, 1894 at the Winter...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed) Petropavlovskaya Krepost, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Romanov, Alexis Nicholaevich b. July 30, 1904 d. July 17, 1918 Russian Nobility. The only son of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra. Stricken by hemophilia, he could not live a normal life, as his tutor wrote "he enjoyed life, when it let him". He was adored by his parents and sisters, being very mischevious and intelligent. He inherited his father's charm, and love of the Russian Army, whom he saw on his visits to the front during the World War I. He and his whole family were shot at Ekaterinburg in July of 1918 by the Ural Soviets. In...[Read More] Petropavlovskaya Krepost, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Romanov, St. Elizabeth b. November 1, 1864 d. July 17, 1918 Russian Orthodox Saint, Russian Royalty. She was the daughter of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and Princess Alice, who was the daughter of Queen Victoria. The sister to Czarina Alexandra, she married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, Czar Nicholas' uncle on June 15, 1884. Grand Duke Sergei was the Governor-General of Moscow. After the Grand Duke's murder, Grand Duchess Elizabeth founded the Convent of Sts Mary & Martha in Moscow, which served as a hospital and an orphanage, and devoted herself...[Read More] (Bio by: john hinkle) Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Romanov, George b. August 6, 1910 d. July 22, 1931 Son of Grand Duke Michael (Romanov) of Russia, youngest brother of the last Tsar Nicholas II and Nathalie (Natasha). (Bio by: Gary Mosher) Cause of death: auto accident Cimetiere de Passy, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France Plot: next to his mother
Romanov, Grand Duke Pyotr Petrovich b. November 15, 1715 d. April 19, 1719 Russian Royalty. Born HIH Pyotr Petrovich, Grand Duke of Russia, to Pyotr I 'the Great' Romanov Czar of Russia and his mistress Ekaterina before their marriage, after which she became Ekaterina I Skavronska, Czarina of Russia. He was born less than a month after his half brother's son, Pyotr Alexeievich (later Peter II), threatening the ascendancy of them both. He died at age three, ten months after his half brother'...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Alexander Nevsky Monastery, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Plot: Annunciation Church
Romanov, Igor Konstantinovich b. June 10, 1894 d. July 18, 1918 Prince Igor was the sixth child of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia by his wife Elisabeta of Saxe Altenburg. He grew up to be a slender, kind-hearted young man, who fancied theatre, was generally liked by people and spoke a bit too loud. He attended the Corps des Pages, an imperial military academy in Saint Petersburg. During the I World War he was captain in the Ismailovsky Guard Regiment and became a decorated war hero. But his health was quite fragile: he suffered from lung...[Read More] (Bio by: Jorge) Body lost or destroyed
Romanov, Ioann Konstantinovich b. July 5, 1886 d. July 18, 1918 Prince Ioann, elder son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia by his wife Elisabeta of Saxe Altenburg, was a gentle, religious human being, nicknamed Ioannchik by his relatives. He once entertained the possibility of becoming an Orthodox monk, but eventually fell in love with the fair and strong-willed Princess Elena Petrovna of Serbia, and married her on September 2, 1911. They were a very happy couple, blessed on January 20, 1914 with a son, Vsevolod (see his grave), and on July...[Read More] (Bio by: Jorge) Body lost or destroyed
Romanov, Ivan V. b. August 27, 1666 d. January 29, 1696 Russian Leader. Co-Tsar with his half brother Peter the Great. Ivan was mentally handicapped but was treated with great respect and dignity by Peter. He married Praskovia Saltykova and they had daughters. (Bio by: girlofcelje) Cathedral of the Archangel Michael, Moscow, Russian Federation
Romanov, Konstantin Konstantinovich b. January 1, 1891 d. July 18, 1918 Prince Konstantin, nicknamed Kostia by the family, was the fourth child of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinoich of Russia by his wife Elisabeta of Saxe Altenburg. He was a silent, shy person who fancied theatre and was educated in the Corps des Pages, a military academy in Saint Petersburg. He served in the army during the First World Word. A priest who met him at the front, Hegumen Seraphim, wrote: "He was an extremely modest officer of the Guard of the Ismailovsky Regiment, much beloved by...[Read More] Body lost or destroyed
Romanov, Maria Alexandrovna b. October 17, 1853 d. October 24, 1920 Russian and British Royalty. She was the Duchess of Edinburgh and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Born in Tsarskoe Selo, she was the only surviving daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and Maria of Hesse. She married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh on January 23, 1874 at the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg. The couple made their public entry into London on March 12. Marie was thought to be haughty by the British, and her father's insistence that she be styled "Her Imperial Highness"...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed) Glockenburg Cemetery, Coburg, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany Plot: Ducal Mausoleum
Romanov, Maria Nikolaievna b. June 27, 1899 d. July 17, 1918 Russian Royalty. The third child of Czar Nicholas II and his wife, Czaritsa Aleksandra. When World War I broke out in 1914, the good-natured Maria visited wounded Russian soldiers in infirmaries with her youngest sister and best friend, Anastasia. In 1917, with the Russian Revolution, Maria's father abdicated the throne and the entire family was taken prisoner. In July 1918, Maria, her parents, her 3 sisters, and 1 brother were assasinated by the Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg, Siberia. In 2008 it...[Read More] Petropavlovskaya Krepost, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Romanov, Michael b. November 22, 1878 d. June 12, 1918 Grand Duke Michael (Romanov) of Russia, youngest brother of the last Tsar Nicholas II. Married Nathalie Sheremetevsky. Though the marriage was never officially recognized (they married in Vienna in 1912) by the Romanov family. The Tsar eventually gave her the title of "Countess of Brassovo" (the name coming from one of Michael's estates in Russia). When Nicholas abdicated in March 1917 he abdicated in favor of his brother Michael who was officially Tsar for 24 hours. He later rejected the...[Read More] (Bio by: Gary Mosher) Cause of death: shot to death Unmarked grave in woods outside of Perm, Perm, Russian Federation
Romanov (Sheremetvsky), Natasha (Nathalie) 'Madame de Brassow' b. June 27, 1880 d. January 23, 1952 Twice divorced she fell in love with and later married Grand Duke Michael (Romanov) of Russia, youngest brother of the last Tsar Nicholas II. Though the marriage was never officially recognized (they married in Vienna in 1912) by the Romanov family. The Tsar eventually gave her the title of "Countess of Brassovo" (the name coming from one of Michael's estates in Russia). When Nicholas abdicated in March 1917 he abdicated in favor of his brother Michael who was officially Tsar for 24 hours. he...[Read More] (Bio by: Gary Mosher) Cause of death: cancer Cimetiere de Passy, Paris, Ile-de-France Region, France Plot: next to her son, George
Romanov, Nicholas Alexandrovich b. May 6, 1868 d. July 17, 1918 Russian Czar. Born the eldest son of Alexander III and Marie Feodorovna. At 26, upon the death of his father, he ascended the Russain throne becoming the last Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias. Less than a month later he married the daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse, Alice Victoria Eleanor Louisa Beatrice who adopted the Russian name Alexandra Feodorovna. The marriage produced five children. He embroiled Russia in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War, suffering a decisive defeat at a cost of...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Cause of death: Shot by Bolshevik firing squad Petropavlovskaya Krepost, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Romanov, Nicholas I Pavlovich b. May 25, 1796 d. February 18, 1855 Russian Monarch. Imperial House of Romanov. Emperor & Autocrat of all the Russias. Czar Nicholas I was born in Gatchina near St Petersburg, Russia. His Majesty's father was Czar Paul I. Nicholas I married Princess Charlotta the daughter of King Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia. Grand Duke Nicholas became Emperor in 1825 upon the death of his brother Czar Alexander I and the refusal of his older brother Grand Duke Konstantin to assume the Crown. Czar Nicholas I first act in 1825 was to suppress...[Read More] (Bio by: john hinkle) Petropavlovskaya Krepost, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation