#nicholas hess

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Coiled snake

BY NICHOLAS HESS

[romanovsonelastdance]

Alexandra Feodorovna in mourning dress with her husband Nicholas II.

[the-last-tsar]

Alix and Nicky.

[adini-nikolaevna]

“At 7 in the morning, the first signs of premature birth occurred.

At 8 o'clock the distinguished young woman [Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna] took Holy Communion according to the rite of the Greek Church. Her confessor had demanded to see her, and so the Grand Duchess' desire for the ordinance was brought about in a natural way. According to the custom of the Greek religion, the sick woman asked not only her parents present but also her husband's forgiveness for any slights. This was so touching for the young gentleman, who was not used to this ecclesiastical form, that he knelt by the bed and also asked for forgiveness for any worries that he had caused her during the short time of their marriage.

An hour later she gave birth almost painlessly and unusually easily to a boy who screamed loudly and audibly, although he was only 25 weeks old. I went with the child and all members of the august family, except her father and mother, into the next room, where I wrapped him in warm cotton wool to await the baptism. All the members gradually approached the basket to see their sister's child . The prince [Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel] also approached and seemed deeply touched with fatherly joy, which dwindled with each passing moment.”

A Protestant priest had been sent to perform the baptism. However, when he had not arrived after three quarters of an hour, and the weak spark of life threatened to go out at any moment, the fear arose in the entire circle of those present that the child might die without the sacrament of baptism. Someone, I think it was the Duke of Leuchtenberg, had opened the door of the sick room and saw the emperor kneeling beside the bed. No one dared to disturb this moment, and yet danger was imminent.

I handed over the care of the young prince to a very capable chambermaid, entered the mother's room and actually saw the emperor [Nicholas I] at her bedside, holding both of her hands in his in a half-kneeling position.

To get his attention I made a small noise, but he would not look up, and I was forced to wave. He immediately got up, came toward me, led me to the doorway and asked,

“What do you want?”

“The child is in danger of dying any minute; the clergyman has not come. Does Your Majesty wish to baptize your grandson yourself, lest he die without the ordinance?”

“Yes, yes. Certainly.”

The emperor immediately went into the next room and entered the circle of his family surrounding the basket with the child. When the bowl of water was given to him as ordered, he performed the baptism with a dignity and emotion that made the deepest impression on me. Everyone knelt around the great emperor, who was baptizing his youngest grandchild. Then, without another word, he left the room and returned to his daughter’s bedside.

After a good half hour the summoned clergyman finally appeared in full regalia, decorated with several medals. The child was barely alive; but he performed the baptism according to the regulations of the Protestant church.

Of these two baptisms, that of the grandfather of his grandson was certainly recorded in heaven.”

— Imperial physician Dr. Martin von Mandt on the premature birth of Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel, the short-lived son of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia.”

[empress-alexandra]

Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra dress as Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and his first wife Tsaritsa Maria Miloslavskaya for the 1903 costume ball.

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

July 17th 2024, 106 years since the Romanov Family, The Last Imperial Family of Russia, was executed in Yekaterinburg, 1918

"I then went to the lower storey, the greater part of which was a basement. I entered with intense emotion the room in which, perhaps, they had died. Its aspect was most sinister. Daylight came in through a window with iron bars across it. The walls and the floor bore marks of bullets and bayonet thrusts. It was quite obvious that a dreadful crime had been committed there, and that several people had been killed. In my despair believed that the Emperor had perished, and, that being the case, I could not believe the Empress had survived him… Yes, it was quite possible that they had both been killed. And the children? Had they also been massacred? I could not believe it. The idea was too horrible. And yet everything seemed to prove that the victims had been numerous." - Pierre Gilliard (French tutor to the Imperial Children)

Voice: Lord Louis Mountbatten (in a documentary)

[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

[worldoftheromanovs]

Tsar Nicholas ii, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and her nephew Ludwig of Hesse on the beach of Novi Svet, 24th May 1912

[roses-of-the-romanovs]

I decided to use this "Face Similarity Test Online" as a fun experiment to see who OTMAA looked most like, using photos of the participants that were a) around the same age, b) mostly front-facing, and c) being a good representative of the person (you know how some photos - looking at you, 1916 Funk photos - don't quite look like them?). Naturally this was not easy, and the results were underwhelming, speaking more about the tool than the Romanovs.

Olga and Alexandra: 74% face similarity

Olga and Nicholas: 40%

Tatiana and Alexandra: 73%

Tatiana and Nicholas: 39%

Maria and Alexandra: 72%

Maria and Nicholas: 40%

Anastasia and Alexandra: 71%

Anastasia and Nicholas: 38%

Alexei and Alexandra: 49%

Alexei and Nicholas: 70%

[xxkittenkissesxx]

super excited to start decorating my little corner🖤🩷

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

~ ROYALS AND THEIR SIGNATURES ~

Part 1/3

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Queen Alexandra(Alexandra of Denmark)

Princess Beatrice of Battenberg

Princess Victoria of Wales

Queen Victoria

King Edward VII

Louise, Princess Royal & Duchess of Fife

Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna(Alix of Hesse)

Tsar Nicholas II

Queen Maud of Norway(Maud of Wales)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Frogs

Photographer: Nicholas Hess

[romanovsonelastdance]

The future Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna at the time of their engagement.

[the-last-tsar]

Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra.

[kaiserrreich]

I have to share this fic... it's really good. Alexei II by Cribman // link

Summary: Instead of abdicating for his younger brother, Nicholas II is instead pressured to abdicate in favour of his underage and haemophiliac son, Alexei. With Russia in the midst of a revolution during a war against the brutal onslaught of the Central Powers. The new provisional government must work with the new Tsar and his regent to heal the fractured empire before more damage can be done. With their popularity damaged almost to the point beyond repair. The senior members of the House of Romanov must begin to embrace political reforms to survive the turbulence that is surely to come.

[empress-alexandra]

Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna with their eldest daughter Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaievna, 1896