Nicholas II & Alexandra
A Brief Overview
The son of Emperor Alexander III and his Empress Maria Fyodorovna, Nicholas was the grandson of Christian IX of Denmark through his mother and of Emperor Alexander II through his father. His hard, demanding father whom, not anticipating his own premature death did nothing to prepare his son for the crown of Russia he saw Nicholas as too soft. Nicholas fell in love with Princess Alix of Hesse, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, but his father did not approve of the match, instead hoping for a marriage with a princess from the House of Orleans, to consummate Russia's newfound alliance with the French Republic. However, it was not until Alexander was on his deathbed did he consent to the marriage of Nicholas to the German Princess.
As Tsarevich, Nicholas did a fair amount of traveling, including a notable trip to the Far East that left him with a scar on his forehead. A crazed Japanese man had nearly killed him, but he was saved by the......

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