Alexei Romanov Was A Terror—But He Didn’t Deserve His Dark Fate D
when detectives finally found the romanof burial site they realized something was very very wrong Alexi romanof was missing rumors persisted that he had somehow escaped but in truth his fate was even darker than his family nearly a century after his death archaeologists made a discovery that Finally Revealed the disturbing truth Alexi nikolich of house romanof was born on August 12th 1904 Behind The Shining walls of the extravagant peterhoff Palace in St Petersburg he was the fifth child born to his parents Zar Nicholas II and zelina Alexandra but his Royal parents were only the tip of the iceberg Alexis’s family tree had more kings and queens than a deck of cards but his most
powerful connection came from his great grandmother Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom however anyone who knows much about Queen Victoria’s family knows that her genes had one fatal flaw she carried the gene that caused hemophilia Alexis’s parents knew that any child of theirs might fall prey to those genes but for now they simply rejoiced and prayed their new zarovich was healthy the birth of of any child is a time of Celebration but the romanovs were particularly Overjoyed when Alexi was born although he was Nicholas and Alexandra’s fifth child Alexi was their first boy the parents adored their four daughters Olga Tatiana Maria and Anastasia but a boy meant that the romanof bloodline could continue so when little Alexi came screaming into the
world the crowded room of doctors attendants and family members exploded with joy If Only They Knew What fate had in store later that day Zar Nicholas retired to his office to write in his diary as he often did he wrote that the day was a great and Unforgettable day for us there are no words to thank God enough for sending us this comfort in a time of sore trials Nicholas was right Affairs in Russia were a complete disaster at the time of Alexis birth Russia and Japan were at War and it was going badly thanks in large part to the Zars incompetence he saw Alexi as a good omen perhaps Russia’s troubles were finally at an end sadly he was mistaken it only took mere moments for the celebration over zarovich Alexis’s birth to be marred by worry at first he seemed
like a perfectly healthy child his aunt noted that he was an amazingly Hefty baby with a chest like a barrel and the air of a warrior Knight however when the time came to cut the umbilical cord they realized something was seriously wrong the Royal disease that’s what people called hemophilia in those days Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom carried the gene for the disease and that meant that any of her descendants especially any males had a very good chance of inheriting the condition Nicholas and Alexandria had known that any son of theirs was at risk mere moments after Alexi’s birth they realized their fears have become reality Alexi Romanov suffered from hemophilia and it would come to define the poor child’s all too brief
life Alexis’s condition forced his parents to make an incredibly difficult decision they kept it a secret only those who absolutely needed to know were privy to the information that left many close family members and the Russian public at large completely in the dark Nicholas made his son’s illness a state secret to be kept at all costs it took no time at all before the secret began taking its toll on the family it wasn’t long before people all over the world were making their guest Es as to what ailed the young Russian prince some simply assumed it was tuberculosis others thought the outer layer of his skin was completely missing after one particularly life-threatening Hemorrhage the Press speculated that a craze nist had attacked the zovich with a knife in most cases the royal family
would have immediately put such scandalous rumors to bed but their secret tied their hands as the ink in comprehensible Silence from the Zar continued people couldn’t help but assume the worst however behind closed doors it was somehow even worse than any of the gossip hounds could ever have imagined cuts that won’t stop bleeding aren’t the only problems that come with hemophilia there were countless other symptoms and concerns that became an everyday part of Alexi romanov’s life but the worst by far was when internal lesions caused blood to seep into his joints as his doctor put it blood destroyed bones and tendons he couldn’t bend or unbend his arms or legs in 1907 a three-year-old Alexi Romanov stumbled and hurt his leg totally normal for a boy his age but Alexi Romanov wasn’t
like other boys the minor fall caused internal hemorrhaging within mere hours the little zarovich appeared to be on death’s door he lay in bed contorted in pain with dark patches under his eyes and a frighteningly swollen leg doctors frantically did everything they could to save the boy but nothing they did had any effect the family grew desperate and so they looked for help in a Sinister place the romanovs were running out of options but they would do anything to save Alexi Alexandra called for a strange Mystic from Liberia who claimed to be able to heal the boy his name was Gregory Rasputin and the zarena invited him straight into the Royal Palace he prayed over Alexis’s withering frame and said your pain is going away you will soon be well you must thank God for
healing you and now go to sleep then Rasputin left and the romanovs prayed for a miracle and they got one by the next morning Alexi ROM off was a whole new kid while he lay in agony before scarcely able to move now he sat up in bed his fever gone eyes shining bright and with the swelling in his leg completely gone it truly did seem like a miracle from that day the Zar and zaren trusted Rasputin above all else when it came to Alexis’s Health he seemingly cured the boy when all hope was lost but inviting this Mystic into their lives came with terrible consequences in hindsight the romanov’s decision to keep Alexis’s illness a mystery was ruinous the entire world could see that there was something wrong with the boy but without knowing the
truth people’s minds were free to assume the worst then when a strange bearded Shaman appeared claiming to have mystical healing powers and gained incredible influence over the Z and Zena people understandably had a few issues with that too perhaps those who didn’t know the exact nature of Alexi romanov’s illness thought his family coddled him too much but they didn’t realize just how bad it was when Alexi was eight he took a carriage ride with his mother in the woods sounds pretty normal right well for Alexi nothing was normal within minutes he was barely conscious he suffered many such attacks before but this one was particularly horrifying as a boy Alexis’s parents had to endure his screaming and crying when he suffered a hemorrhage it was unbearable but now that he was eight and
could talk it was even more painful the zarena remained at his side through all this zaras sat with her as long as he could bear but he would always eventually have to leave the room in tears able to watch his son suffer Alexandra had only one option left she sent a telegram to Rasputin this time Rasputin wasn’t around to pray at Alexis’s bedside but his words still filled the Zino with hope he simply wrote the little one will not die do not allow the doctors to bother him too much and that’s just what she did despite their protests alexandraa limited the doctor’s contact with her son and prayed Rasputin’s words would come true the doctor simply could not believe it when Alexi made his sudden recovery within mere hours of Rasputin’s telegram they could find no
medical explanation for the turnaround but they couldn’t deny that the boy was getting better the days kept passing and Alexi’s strength kept building unfortunately this miracle sent the romanovs down a dark path at first it was mostly the zena who relied on Rasputin the Zar meanwhile viewed the Mystic with a healthy amount of skepticism but after this latest recovery Nicholas was a Believer Rasputin was here to stay although his Insidious presence only increased the building mistrust that the people of Russia had for their rulers for now all they cared about was that Alex Romanov was on the men he was free to grow up although as he did he became a little terror even at just 6 years old Alexi romanof had enough arrogance to last him
a lifetime he took to ordering his sisters about and even worse they listened indulging in the boy’s demands pretty soon Golden Boy became spoiled brat he was just a boy but Alexi knew that he had power over the people in The Palace unfortunately Nicholas didn’t do much to reign in his spoiled little air Nicholas believed that God himself had chosen him to be the Zar and thus he was utterly infallible and unquestionable it also meant that he loved it when his son ordered people around Nicholas taught Alexi that God had chosen him as well and Alexi believed it unfortunately it was that same belief in their own infallibility that led the romanovs to the Dank basement from which they would never leave since Alexi almost never heard the word No it should come as no surprise
that few people could control him his sisters came to fear his wild temper and there was little they could do to bring their younger brother to heal the only person who could was their father and the Zar generally found Alexis’s arrogance delightful so he wasn’t much help despite his frustrating Tendencies those who knew Alexi knew that there was an undeniable charm and Charisma to him though disobedient most in the palace put up with his Antics happily you might think they’d resent this little monster who ordered them around and broke their rules but Alexi Romanov was more complicated than that he could be bright and thoughtful and kind and tragically he possessed another knowledge of his own mortality that no child should the boy had nearly died several times before he was five and he knew that our time on Earth was not a given he knew his
sickness might claim him at any time though he couldn’t have known his end would be so much more tragic than that for Alexi Romanov the outbreak of World War one was great tired of being locked in the palace with little to do the Z got the chance to join his father at the Russian Army’s headquarters the one might think the Pamper Prince would hate roughing it with the soldiers Alexi was in heaven he looked up to the men around him and even started refusing his lavish meals instead eating only the black bread of soldiers rations it was also his time of headquarters that Alexis showed the first signs that he might make a good leader after all though Alexis station had given him an inflated ego he did generally take his responsibilities quite seriously when one officer learned that his son had
perished at the front Nicholas sent Alexi to sit with The Grieving father while still just a boy Alexi showed maturity Beyond his age when comforting the man nearing his teenage years this little terror was finally coming into his own unfortunately for Alexi and the rest of the Imperial romanovs World War I was the beginning of the end as Alexi had been growing up his father had been making a bigger and bigger mess of things in Russia finally his horrific decision making during World War I pushed the People Too Far during the February revolution of 1917 revolutionaries apprehended the entire Royal Family Alexi included and forced to abdicate his throne of course a spoiled boy like Alexi didn’t take well to captivity while imprisoned in toos he
wrote of his unbearable boredom and begged for God to have mercy on him now let’s not get it twisted the Soviets kept the royal family in an extravagant mansion and they still had some of their servants with them but as far as Alexi believed it was torture so he did what he he always did he acted out the way Alexi saw it life couldn’t get any worse so he started tempting fate he played rambunctiously with a kitchen boy named loned sidnev and took risks that he never would have before at one point he rode a sled down the stairs dangerous for any boy but potentially fatal for Alexi Alexi knew the risk but he went down those stairs anyway still I doubt he realized just how bad that trip would be he injured his groin causing an internal hemorrhage that quickly took a
turn for the worse within hours he could barely hold his head up let alone walk under his own power he needed a wheelchair just to get around he couldn’t have known but he would never walk under his own power again on July 16th 1918 one of their guards announced that Alexis’s Playmate Lenard sednev was leaving the manor to visit his uncle the family was Furious sednev was Alexi’s only friend how could he leave so unceremoniously of course none of them knew the Dark Truth snv didn’t leave to visit his uncle he left because the guards didn’t want him to witness what was about to happen later that night guards hustled the romanovs into a bare Cellar Nicholas demanded Ed they at least bring in some chairs for his wife and ailing son after bringing the chairs a guard told the romanovs to wait until
a truck arrived to transport them to a secure location however just a few minutes later the door reopened this time several guards filed inside and one of them was holding a piece of paper he faced the romanovs and read it aloud Nikolai alexandrovich in view of the fact that you and your relatives are continuing their attack on Soviet Russia the Euro executive committee has decided to execute you after that there was no time to react within moments smoke and the acrid smell of gunpowder filled the room the guards whether untrained nervous intoxicated or a combination of all three failed to give any of the romanovs a swift end their arms finally fell silent but as the smoke began to clear they quickly realized that the execution had gone horribly wrong the first thing
that pierced the silence were the moans of Romanov children the parents lay still but Alexi and his sisters all still breathed each of them had jewelry sewed into their clothing smuggled from the palace the diamonds had managed to deflect the gunfire enough so none of them had landed a fatal blow on any of the children an officer ordered with the guards to use their bayonets on the children instead one by one the remaining romoff children stopped moving it was a horrifying fate for children whose only crime was sharing their father’s blood but this was not yet the end of the story with Alexi and his family out of the picture the Bolsheviks now had to erase all trace of the messy execution guards stripped the Romanov of all their clothes drove them out to an abandoned in M shaft dowed them in soric acid so no one could recognize them then
toss them into the darkness below that was the final resting place of the Romar family except for Alexi and one of his sisters the guards had a plan for them that they hoped would throw anyone searching for the Lost royals off their scent Alexi Romanov didn’t get to rest with his parents garge took his remains along with the remains of one of his sisters and tossed them into a smaller pit about 50 ft away from the mass grave they figured anyone who found the remains at the bottom of the Min shaft wouldn’t guess it was the royal family as the zarovich and one of the girls wouldn’t be there in case you couldn’t tell the guards were mostly incompetent but their plan actually worked for a while amateur archaeologists discovered the site of the romanov’s grave in 1979 but they soon realized something
was wrong two bodies were missing one of the girls and Alexi rumors persisted for decades that perhaps the boy had somehow escaped until 2007 nearly a century after his death researchers found the remains of a pre-teen boy and a young woman in a fire pit nearby DNA testing confirmed that the bones had belonged to Alexi and his sister Maria finally after a century The Mystery of the romanov’s end was settled once and for all if you enjoyed this video and you’d like to see others like it please don’t forget to hit that subscribe button below and leave a like and comment on the video thanks for watching [Music]
