Alexei Nikolayevich Bébé

23.10.2015

ALEXEI Romanov Алексей Николаевич Романов

Le grand-duc et tsarévitch Alexis Nikolaïevitch de Russie

(Alekseï Nikolaïevitch Romanov,

en russe : Алексей Николаевич Романов),

né le 12 août 1904 (30 juillet du calendrier julien)

à Peterhof et assassiné le 17 juillet 1918 à Ekaterinbourg,

membre de la famille impériale de Russie,

était le fils du tsar Nicolas II et de la tsarine Alexandra Feodorovna.

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolayevich, 1904. The name of the heir to the throne was not chosen by chance. It was also that of one of the first members of the Romanov dynasty, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich (1645-1676), later known as ‘the unifier of Russia’. Nicholas told an acquaintance, ‘The tsarina and I have decided to call the heir Alexei; it’s time we broke with the series of Alexanders and Nicholases.’

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolayevich, 1904. The name of the heir to the throne was not chosen by chance. It was also that of one of the first members of the Romanov dynasty, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich (1645-1676), later known as ‘the unifier of Russia’. Nicholas told an acquaintance,

‘The tsarina and I have decided to call the heir Alexei; it’s time we broke

with the series of Alexanders and Nicholases.

Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarevich Alexei 1904 Photograph

Nicolas et Alexei