#Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov

[kootyl]

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov giving off a nice smile.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

BORN ON THIS DAY:

Alexei Nikolaevich (12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 – 17 July 1918) was the last Tsesarevich (heir apparent to the throne of the Russian Empire).

He was the youngest child and only son of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.

He was born with haemophilia — inherited from his mother Alexandra, an X chromosome hereditary condition that typically affects males, which she had acquired through the line of her maternal grandmother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

It was known as the "Royal Disease" because so many descendants of the intermarried European royal families had it (or carried it, in the case of females).

In 2009, genetic analysis determined that Alexei had hemophilia B.

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Royal Mothers + Piggybacks 🤍

[imperial-russia]

The Imperial Family in the Livadia Palace by Daria Buravtseva

"In my work ... I set the task of showing a long-gone era, and people whose fate personifies the tragedy of the Russian Empire. One day I was traveling the Crimea and visiting palaces, wandering through museum halls filled with Crimean air and scorching sun. At that moment, a long-gone era appeared before me as if it were yesterday.

I wanted to show the Romanovs not as the royal seven, but as living happy people. I had a desire to show that history is multifaceted and consists not only of tragic moments but is also full of happy moments in the lives of historical figures."

[otmaaromanovas]

New photographs of the last Romanov family (scroll to see them all!)

Some of the photographs were previously only available for viewing in very low resolution - see these photos for before vs after to show the difference!

The photos mostly originate from the meetings of the Romanov family with their Hessian relatives: the Tsarina’s brother Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, his wife Grand Duchess Eleonore, and their children, Georg Donatus and Ludwig. Photographs include the family on the Standart yacht, in the Livadia Palace dining hall, and at events greeting the public, from around 1910 to 1912.

Sources and photos: 

📍Ольга, @om871218 (Pinterest), [accessed November 2024]

📍Darmstadt (Hesse), Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt

— I have cropped the photos so just the images are shown, and no background walls/screens 

[krasivaa]

A hilarious photo showing Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia climbing a hill made of snow, while her sister, Olga Nikolaevna is pushing her from the back. Her brother, Tsarevich Alexei, looks at the camera while one of his friends is pulling Nastya by the hand. Their father, Tsar Nicholas II, is looking from the side.

p.s. if anyone knows who the boy is pls write in the comments or dm me (@otmaaromanovas maybe you do tho?)

[allthingsromanov]

Grand Duchess Olga in Tsarskoye Selo, 1909

[roses-of-the-romanovs]

The Romanov siblings aboard the Standart.

(last gif by @teatimeatwinterpalace)

[the-last-tsar]

[wildfieldz]

The more elevated a person is, the sooner that person should help everyone and never in fellowship remind everyone of their position. My children should be like that.

Nicholas II

[kootyl]

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov.

[romanovsonelastdance]

Vintage tinted postcard with the family of Nicholas II and Prince Boris of Bulgaria.

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

New photos of The Romanov Family, Mogilev, Summer 1916

Kindly shared by Ilya aka LastRomanovs on Flickr and Sledstvie on Instagram!

[imperial-russia]

Royal cousins Nicholas II. and George V. with their Heirs, 1909

[otmaaromanovas]

Over 14 NEW photographs of the Romanov sisters have been discovered

I will endeavour to post them all individually eventually, with extra information!

Some of these may seem familiar, but they are new angles/poses taken at the same time as more famous, existing photos.

As always, discovered by Ilia, LastRomanovs on Flickr!

[thestarik]

Maria, Anastasia, Alexei, Derevenko and Maria Vishnyakova, 1908.