1. Nicholas II¹ Romanov (Alexander III², Alexander II³, Nicholas I Pavlovich⁴, Paul I Petrovich⁵, Peter III⁶, Charles Frederick⁷ von Holstein-Gottorp, Frederick⁸, Christian Albrecht⁹, Frederick III¹⁰, Johann Adolf¹¹),⁽¹⁾ son of Alexander III Romanov and Dagmar Marie Schleswig-Holstein, was born in Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, Russia 18 May 1868. Nicholas died 18 Jul 1918 in Ekaterinburg, Russia, at 50 years of age.

He married Alexandra Fedorovna von Hessen in St. Petersburg, Russia, 26 Nov 1894. Alexandra was born in Darmstadt 6 Jun 1872. Alexandra was the daughter of Louis IV von Hessen-Darmstadt and Alice Maud Mary Wettin. Alexandra died 18 Jul 1918 in Ekaterinburg, Russia, at 46 years of age. She was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and it is through this connection that son Alexis would have hemophilia.

Nicholas II Romanov and Alexandra Fedorovna von Hessen had the following children:

2 i. Olga Nicholovna Romanov was born in Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, Russia 15 Nov 1895. Olga died 18 Jul 1918 in Ekaterinburg, Russia, at 22 years of age.

3 ii. Tatiana Nicholovna Romanov was born in Peterhof, Russia 10 Jun 1897. Tatiana died 18 Jul 1918 in Ekaterinburg, Russia, at 21 years of age.

4 iii. Maria Nicholovna Romanov was born in Peterhof, Russia 26 Jun 1899. Maria died 18 Jul 1918 in Ekaterinburg, Russia, at 19 years of age.

5 iv. Anastasia Nicholovna Romanov was born in Peterhof, Russia 18 Jun 1901. Anastasia died 18 Jul 1918 in Ekaterinburg, Russia, at 17 years of age. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding Anastasia and many movies and books about the possibility that she survived the massacre of her family and went on to later be denied as the Grand Duchess Anastasia to her death in the late 1900s under the name of Anna Anderson. Much has been written about this, however DNA studies done in 1998 proved that the woman who died as Anna Anderson was not the Grand Duchess Anastasia but instead a Polish factory worker.

6 v. Alexis Nicolaievich Romanov was born in Peterhof, Russia 12 Aug 1904. There has been much speculation that the downfall of the Romanov dynasty was the result of the fact that Alexis was born with hemophilia, which he inherited through his mother, a descendant of Queen Victoria of England. There is some talk that if he hadn't been sick, his mother, the Tsarina Alix, would not have been so easily come under the spell of Rasputin and the couple may have been more aware of the problems of their countrymen. Alexis died 18 Jul 1918 in Ekaterinburg, Russia, at 13 years of age. Like his sister Anastasia, there have been recent books about those who claim to be the Tsarevich and how he survived the massacre in Ekaterinburg in July, 1918.

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