“The Last Tsar” is filled with revelations and fresh insights. Nicholas II was, as Mr ... in 1905 to tend to the royal family’s only son, the hemophiliac heir Alexei. Alexandra would ...

Her son Paul I restored the succession of oldest sons to the throne, which continued through Alexander III and Nicholas II, the last tsar. Alexander III (ruled 1881 Ü 1894) began a web of ...

In 1894 Tsar Nicholas II ruled Russia. Along with his German-born ... Nicholas II was also distracted by the illness facing his son, Alexei (the Tsarevitch), who was the heir to the throne.

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively ... In April 1907, Alexandra called on him to heal her only son, the Tsarevich Alexei. He was suffering from painful bleeding as a result of ...