4 Curses on the Romanov Dynasty of Russia

[@annesane3502]

It’s ironic how the Romanov family’s ascension was filled with brutality, including widespread violence, famine, and foreign occupation. And in the end, their rule was ended just as brutally. The Romanovs began and ended their reign in blood, with history repeating its own cruel cycle.

[@RavenIdril2966]

They had the chance to save themselves but rejected it.

[@gregoryjones9546]

​@@RavenIdril2966 Their Cousin King George V Of The United Kingdom Offered To Let Them Stay There,But They Turned Him Down. And Also Having A Foreign Dynasty In Exile There Would Look Suspicious As King George V Changed The British Royal Family's Name From The German Saxe-Coburg Gotha To The English Windsor!!!

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

The Duma was the dynasty last chance.

[@Ellie-o1i]

lot of rulers met lots of brutal ends, nothing shocking

[@johnwagner7154]

Tragic ending of what happened to the Romanov dynasty, but at the same time they had many warnings for many years since Peter the great, and never listened until it was too late…

[@cindchan]

I always felt sorry for the Romanov kids. I always think, "oh if only the eldest two had been married by this time, they would have survived". Such a horrific way to die!

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

I wonder why the captors didn't take the romanov sisters as wives since they were beautiful young women.

[@Vampirecronicler]

​@lilacgirl-z8w it's possible they would've been killed if they did

[@KawaiiStars]

​@@lilacgirl-z8w Still royals, may inspire supporters to reinstate the bloodline on the throne like with the bourbon Dynasty coming back during a weaker time of revolutionists reign

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

@@KawaiiStarsYeah, but the Bolsheviks killed far more Romanovs then the French revolutionaries did and the dynasty still survived. The last undisputed member of the House of Romanov only died in 2009

[@KawaiiStars]

@@Edmonton-of2ec yes but they all moved to Paris out of the way, which is what Bolsheviks wanted, to discourage completely white army support from coming back, some in Russia stayed but under strict rules, but if Bolsheviks married them immediately then I'm sure that this would've been big news and would've attracted unwanted attention from white army and foreign royals

[@rasmusirlind8829]

''who had mircalously survived being shot, cremated, and shot out of a canon'' come again?

[@stellamaxwell777]

She was being facetious

[@rasmusirlind8829]

@@stellamaxwell777 i know that

[@zekeanimatedvideos11132]

What in the Wallace and Gromit-

[@KJ-xx6xr]

Clearly that Christian saying "with God all things are possible" in play here...

[@treyshawnee]

Comment got me 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@areiaaphrodite]

* Catherine watching her son get assassinated * : And that's for burying me next to that moron who could have may or may not been your father! 😤

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Monk Abel was the Russian nostradamus.

[@thehistory_fan]

Moral of the story…dont fuck with mothers…it never ends well

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

There is truth to what your saying.

[@theelitemanticore151]

The most dangerous thing is the wrath of an angry mother….

[@MizMorgue1]

Ehhh, America has proven this to be wrong. Millions of mothers have doomed their daughters and granddaughters to certain death with our newly appointed POS Dump

[@theelitemanticore151]

istg if only Queen Victoria lived to see the Russian Revolution, she would have slapped George V for not saving her favorite granddaughter (Tsarina Alexandra). And while I love Nicholas & Alexandra’s love story, her stubbornness eventually led her to the jaws of death…🙃 EDIT: Queen Victoria may not be the most likeable person, but when she senses possible doom…YOU BETTER LISTEN!!

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

I can imagine that.

[@arctic3678]

If Queen Victoria survived she’d still be the queen, therefore she would have saved them anyway.

[@reverseflashes]

She knew the situation in Russia was fragile yet she still allowed her granddaughters to marry Romanovs. Idk 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@theelitemanticore151]

@@reverseflashes from the very start, Queen Victoria disapproved of Alexandra & Nicholas being a couple. She hated Russia for it’s political instability and feared for Alexandra’s safety there. But then again, her warnings were left unheard by the stubborn Alexandra. Alas, Queen Victoria was right in the end. As for Alexandra, she had all the time to win the love of her people just like what Catherine the Great and her mother in law (Maria Feodorovna) did, but she let her shyness and incompetence get the better of her which ultimately led to her downfall….

[@Arielsfork]

She didn't want to ​@@reverseflashes

[@challengestars944]

Oh wow! Does this mean each one of your tea time history posts this month will have a spooky theme? If so that would be awesome and so fitting for the spooky month of October! Love your work!

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Looking forward to more spooky truths.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

I've heard the English monarchy had been touched by curses.

[@AshleyChikosky]

The lightning made me giggle. I love it.

[@tabby5228]

I always wondered why, if Paul could make it illegal for a woman to inherit, then why couldn’t Nicholas just change that law? Make it legal for a woman to inherit if her father had no sons. Was he afraid of the repercussions from his uncles and cousins if they were slipped down a few pegs from inheriting? He still had a younger brother who was alive at that point. Did it just never occur to him to change the law?

[@ladylunaginaofgames40]

He probably thought he couldn't or there were some legal reasons barding him from doing so

[@Isabella-nh5dm]

Sometimes it's family pressure. Sometimes it is recognition that to change a long held tradition would cause unrest in not only the royals but also the 'people'. Unrest in any state is just asking for complete upheaval and war from within as well as from other 'countries/nations' viewing it as sign of weakness and an open invitation to invade.

[@ChibiProwl]

One has to wonder how history would've changed if Nicholas II had changed that law.🤔

[@RavenIdril2966]

I've wonder that as well.

[@IceQueen007]

Nicholas had at least 1 brother alive. I remember that brother being asked to be Tsar after Nicholas and his family were killed but the brother said no. Still probably should have tried to change the law and/or marry his older daughters off a bit quicker.

[@nonoticarly8778]

I have a tattoo of Anastasia from the 1997 animated movie due to how much I've read and seen about the Romanovs, so you bet I ditched everything when I got this notification

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

My favorite fox animation movie.

[@janeyrevanescence12]

I am going to make a copy of her Once Upon a December gown for Halloween.

[@dii_dzej]

I don't have a tattoo but I am obsessed since I was a child

[@Y0ur_M0th3r]

​@@janeyrevanescence12 that sounds really cool

[@janeyrevanescence12]

@@Y0ur_M0th3r I’m so excited

[@Eeep-f7y]

If we’re on the topic of the Romanov family, can you cover the love story between Alexandra and Nicholas II? I’m pretty intrigued to learn more about them!

[@KarenKSmith-tm2kp]

She already done a full video on Alexandra & Nicholas 2 love story from the beginning of their courtship leading up to their demise. There's plenty of videos on KZbin about them. Just look it up, you will find many many videos about them.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Lindsey needs to do the love story of ivan the terrible and anastasia.

[@LathropLdST]

Just read Nicholas and Alexandra and do your own research.

[@nonbinary6834]

All in the book called Romanov Royal Martyrs- the cost of it is up there but worth the money if you are interested in knowing more about the Romanov’s history.

[@STepanHAmbroski]

13:42 I think you have a bit of a unit conversion issue here. The 1824 Flood of St. Petersburg had peak floodwaters of 4.21 meters or 13.81 feet. 1300 feet would be about the height of One World Trade Center in Manhattan. One other interesting connection between Abel, Tsar Paul I, and Tsar Nicolas II, is that Tsar Paul had left a letter to his decedents to be opened 100 years after his death. The letter contained predictions from his conversations with Abel. Tsar Nicolas and Tsarina Alexandra were excited to open the letter when the day came, but reportedly left somber and unsettled. Allegedly the letter read, "The Holy Tsar, who is like Job the Long-suffering (Nicholas was born on May 6, the feast day of Job the Long-suffering, according to the Eastern/Russian Orthodox Church), he will have the mind of Christ, the patience & purity of a dove. A crown of thorns will replace his Tsar's crown. He shall be betrayed by his people, as was the Son of God. A great war will be fought. People will fly in the air like birds, and swim underwater like fish. They shall destroy each other with stinking sulfur. Treason shall grow and multiply. On the eve of victory, the Tsar's Throne will fall. Blood and tears will water the Earth. A peasant with a axe will take power, and the Plagues of Egypt will begin." After reading the letter Tsar Nicolas reportedly began to say that 1918 would be a fateful year for himself and the Romanov Dynasty.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Does that letter still exist?

[@joecurran2811]

​@@lilacgirl-z8wThat does sound interesting! Could be the stuff of legend though

[@thesella]

Nicholas and Alix's children should never NEVER have paid for their parents' crimes

[@RavenIdril2966]

Unfortunately the hatred of the long oppressed left behind their humanity.

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Olga had a better understanding on how much the Russian people hated them.

[@johnwagner7154]

It’s devastating tbh they could’ve been better leaders and helped the people but their ancestors ruined it for them.

[@blahblahblahblah729]

The children have always paid for the parents crimes, if you look at history. Just look at the 3yo son of false Dimitry

[@Genevaave]

I always wondered why some of the servants were freed and some imprisoned and executed by the jailers

[@emmanone621]

This was one of the first historical tragedies I learned about as a kid!

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Louis the 16th and his family was also tragic.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Rurik house was also devastating.

[@hirahiro2331]

I think it was either this one of the French ones that I learned about... either way, their deaths changed the future and created a new path of perspective.

[@areiaaphrodite]

Call me dramatic or superstitious, but looking into Rasputin's eyes, it's like looking at evil. They're just so creepy.....

[@Butterflypegasus40]

First time I saw a picture of Rasputin I thought he looked like the devil.

[@floridaman318]

You can definitely tell there's something wrong there.

[@VersieKilgannon]

I want to blame Lenin and his supporters for killing the Romanov family. But they're not the only ones responsible. George V had the chance to evacuate the family but chose not to. If he had evacuated them, they might have lived. Since they were part of the British royal family through Victoria, they could have easily simply been stripped of their Russian titles and kept their British ones. George V made a HUGE mistake

[@gregoryjones9546]

He Was Too Paranoid About The British Royal Family's German Origins When He Changed The Family Name To Windsor,He Should Have Let His Cousins Stay In The UK In Exile,But Didn't. He Regreted It Afterwards.

[@BandileNkwanyana-v7s]

The British were not the only relatives of the Tsar and the Romanovs did not have British titles

[@zay4401]

He didn't want to anger his people who saw the tsar as a tyrant

[@catherinenewman6516]

I can understand why you say that Snd share your view to some r tent but don’t overlook the fear of left wing uprising which influenced his decision not to help yhrm

[@GoBlueGirl78]

There was no way to evacuate them safely.

[@travismiddleton8218]

I've always found the Romanov family so fascinating. Your videos on them are my favourite on your channel to watch. Alexei in particular I feel for. Regardless of his father's decisions as Tsar or his mother's involvement with Rasputin their children did not deserve to die😢😢

[@RavenIdril2966]

I had know idea the ex tsarina eudoxia was so spiteful toward the Russian people.

[@amarenee2020]

Thank you for all your hard work! Such a waste that these young ladies and children died because their parents were so out of touch. 😢

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Preach!

[@RavenIdril2966]

Sins of the parents always affect the children.

[@her_imperius_condessy]

The Ipatiev (pretty sure I spelled it wrong) connection always gave me chills. Like, do you think the Romanovs knew about the prophecy? Did they know, going to that House, that it would be the end? Were they taken there for that express purpose, to fulfill the prophecy? Or was it a bunch of coincidences?

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

The romanovs seemed a rather superstitious bunch.

[@KristenK78]

They may not have known at first; their guards did everything possible to limit information in and out of the house, including painting over the windows and building high walls around the house. They were then restricted to 2-3 rooms on the top floor-in very hot weather, keeping in mind they were killed in July. However, a day or two before their murder, they were finally allowed to have a priest in to say Mass for them. At a certain point in the service, there is a prayer said for the dead. The entire family went to their knees for this, as if they were praying for themselves, already among the dead.

[@RavenIdril2966]

Peter the great never should have neglected his son when he was little.

[@LManghane]

This was a GREAT one! I’ve been learning Russian history for about two weeks now they’re story is so captivating and interesting

[@RavenIdril2966]

I wish I knew more of the rurik dynasty.

[@LManghane]

@@RavenIdril2966 you and me both!!!!

[@JonathanBresnihan77]

Catherine The Great is my favorite Russian monarch. She was a BOSS

[@cosmedelustrac5842]

Will you cover the curse of the portuguese royal family where none of the firstborn heirs inherited the throne ?

[@RavenIdril2966]

Is that really true?

[@LindsayHoliday]

Good idea! Maybe next year!

[@y0url0calb1n]

Didn't you already o that in a previous video​@@LindsayHoliday

[@stukale9979]

The downfall of the Romanovs in 1918 was such a tragedy that it just had to be something of mythical proportions like a supernatural curse of sorts.

[@RavenIdril2966]

Nicholas ii and Alexandera brought it on themselves.

[@lydiamartin924]

King Nicholas brought his own demise, the only true tragedy was the death of his innocent wife and children.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

I discovered an actor who descends from the house of romanov.

[@stukale9979]

@@RavenIdril2966 Tsarina didn't choose to pass hemophilia over to Alexei

[@stukale9979]

@@lilacgirl-z8w Wow. Who??

[@QSagitterrorist]

I’m walking through a bad neighborhood listening to this with headphones, and then I hear this sound @7:11 I almost lost my bladder 😂😂😂

[@TaraMcDonough-k5u]

I just want to comment how much I love your content Lindsay! You are the OG of this stuff and nobody does it better. I have been following you since the start and it’s awesome to see how far this channel has come due to your hard work and knowledge on all things Royal! 👑 ❤ Thanks and keep up the good work! XoXo

[@RavenIdril2966]

Tuesdays have become my favorite day thanks to lindsey.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

I like that Lindsey isn't mostly focused on British history.

[@TaraMcDonough-k5u]

@@lilacgirl-z8w same!! She is the master of all things Royal! And I too like very much how she talks about a lot of other dynasties because it’s easy to forget that England was not the only kingdom in history!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

LOVE YOUR CONTENT Lindsay! Thanks For this! RIP to Nicholas II and his family 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@RavenIdril2966]

R.I.P. otma and Alexis.

[@alperry02]

"They shot his ashes back to Poland" Dayum

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Who are you talking about?

[@LathropLdST]

​@@lilacgirl-z8whave you even watched the video? 😂😂😂

[@skaisnotdead]

Most dynasties start and end with killing an heir or sitting king. Can that really qualify as a curse?

[@loveli420]

Lindsay you always swoop in to save me from boredom! ❤

[@RavenIdril2966]

I second that.

[@Messika-the70th]

Romanov was pure noble aristocratic royal family but they dropped down so badly in very tragic way

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Romanovs were many things but noble wasn't one of them.

[@MicaiahBaron]

Eh... Nothing good about any of those adjectives tbf.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Another tuesday another GREAT video with Lindsay! You're the Queen of narration and history! All those AI showd have NOTHING on you! Keep up the good work!

[@RavenIdril2966]

I love lindsey content.

[@AmarieRegin]

Thank you for this wonderful video, Lindsay! I've been fascinated with European (specifically Russian, Victorian) history because of Anastasia (1997) and The Sound of Music (1965). What a fascinating compilation!

[@peterasp1968]

The Romanov family started their royal journey from the Ipatiev Monastery. The family ended their journey in the cellar of the Ipatiev House.

[@mindyb1986]

Hearing they hung a 3 year old hurt my heart. I have a 4 year old son. They are so innocent at that age 😢 the amount of murders to innocent people in history is depressing (including the 5 Romanov children)

[@olivia-rm2yk]

So excited for this!!!!! thank you as always Lindsay!

[@smontone]

What a great video. I was so engrossed I was almost late bringing my son to school!

[@dragondotell701]

Yes! I always love a video on Russia/The Romanovs

[@RavenIdril2966]

Would like to see the house of rurik.

[@peacockcrowe2718]

Fourth comment! Hoping we eventually get a video on Elizabeth of Russia!

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Speaking my language.

[@RavenIdril2966]

I find elizabeth the great a fascinating figure.

[@purplevelociraptors3255]

I always look forward to your weekly videos!

[@ryanlindauer7083]

Tell your friends, people! We need to get this woman to 1million subs! Can't think of a more deserving content creator. Keep it up, Ms. Holiday!

[@LindsayHoliday]

Thank you! Please tell your friend!

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Wish i could learn more about tsarina Anastasia and her marriage to ivan.

[@tecnapurin]

She has another video about all the wives of Ivan which goes more into depth about their marriage!

[@gryffinclaw]

Actually Paul was most likely Peter III's son. Not only did he look like Peter, but he also inherited some of Peter's characteristics. It was said that it was Empress Elizabeth who finally blackmailed Peter and Catherine into producing an heir before she allowed Catherine to take all the lovers she wants. In fact, after Paul, Catherine had a short-lived daughter named Anna when she was accused by Peter of adultery as he claimed the child was not his. Still, Anna was the only other child who was legally Peter's child but likely she was the one who was not Peter's, and not Paul who obviously resembled Peter.

[@karahershey]

Just because they had definitely having children doesn't mean it wasn't Peters child

[@crimsonbaron4418]

I Always love it when you do curses videos

[@JosefinaCL]

If there’s anyone who actually cursed this family, that was Ivan the Terrible, he killed his own son and provoked all the mess that came after. All the other situations are consequences of their bad decisions, the last Romanov emperors did nothing to improve their peoples lives and they actually murder hundreds of them when they gathered outside their palace to deliver a petition with letter. The kids didn’t deserve it, but the emperors definitely had it coming. They lived an opulent life style while the people barely had shoes to wear.

[@wiskerpatrol1636]

Interesting. I love anything about the Romanovs. Greg Reese's five-minute video "The Ritual Regicide of the Romanov Dynasty" also taught me a lot. I think it's only on Rumble though.

[@RavenIdril2966]

I would like to know about the 2 brothers who were both tears and their wives.

[@EssenseBranch]

Come on Update!! And I love that you uploaded the day before my birthday! Thank you, Lindsay💖💖

[@RavenIdril2966]

Happy birthday 🎂

[@EssenseBranch]

@@RavenIdril2966 thank you so much

[@deedragongirl]

I only know of Rasputin's prediction letter, but the rest are mind-blowingly the stuff of nightmare fuel!

[@Butterflypegasus40]

I've heard of Rasputin's predictions.

[@pamw.8676]

If the children survived, how do you think the sisters would have been sent (to marry)? How would that have changed history?

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Unfortunately we will never know.

[@aimeeaverett2682]

You should do a video about King George the 3rd's parents. As well as King George the 3rd and his siblings.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

I find his parents rather interesting.

[@aimeeaverett2682]

@@lilacgirl-z8w yes!! And I don't think people really know his siblings very well either.

[@Jackie.D329]

That’s so sad that they hanged a 3 year old. He was just a baby. I blame his mom since she was so power hungry. But still, that’s so sad. It’s so Game of Thrones man.

[@karahershey]

Game of Thrones is inspired by event in middle age Europe

[@Lumi-o4k]

thanks lindsay! you made me so interested with history! 🎉

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Glad to know I'm not the only one interested.

[@samamv9893]

amazing video

[@SK-oh9ui]

Sooo... if Catherine's son had made a female inheriting the throne illegal, why couldn't/wouldn't Nicholas ll just change it back? He had ultimate power. I don't understand.

[@phalynwilliams4119]

Maybe he thought that it might make the family look weak if they agreed to allow a woman to rule. Besides, it appeared that they preferred that the men rule.

[@karahershey]

​@@phalynwilliams4119 Yes but this was shortly after Queen Victoria so You would think it would have changed the out look

[@phalynwilliams4119]

@@karahershey , good point but within the last 4-5 years Great Britain 🇬🇧 changed their own rules to state that it a girl is born first she can rule and the subsequent birth of a boy cannot supersede her presumed position of a future reign as Queen 👸 . Therefore, I believe that there is still a lingering preference of a male heir especially during Nicholas’ time.

[@beau.tina1994]

Thank you for covering the Russian curses I didn't know they had so many 😅

[@RavenIdril2966]

I wasn't aware of this as well.

[@cathleenwarner1778]

Can you do a video on Alexander III and Dagmar of Demark, always loved their story

[@mariafyodorovna8362]

Yes, Dagmar is my favorite. Kind of a questionable person, but most interesting life story.

[@cathleenwarner1778]

@@mariafyodorovna8362 Why questionable, I heard she wasn't the best mom to her girls after the revolution, but nothing else

[@mariafyodorovna8362]

@@cathleenwarner1778 She was bothered by the affair her daughter had while having one of her own after her husband died (slay though), and was nooot willing to accept anyone german at court at all, like her sister in law. She was rude to her father in laws mistress and their children, like yeah he was sleazy, but that's not their fault. also hated being only second to her daughter in law, aka being downgraded (though that one is understandable). Also just a little vain about jewelry and pearls and such, seemed to be very concerned with being a fashion icon. I also don't believe she could have been that against her husband's doings, the two of them sort of did fail their son aswell. Surely she lived in that upper class russian society, what could she really have done? But I bet if she were a celebrity today we would not exactly be cheering. I do admire her, she's an icon (why are there a million shows about Sissi but none about her?), but aristocracy being aristocracy. I do eat any media content about her up, surely read the two books there are (one fiction, the other a biolography).

[@cathleenwarner1778]

@@mariafyodorovna8362 Ah, okay, thanks, I wish there was a show about her too, but what books are there about her, I have 'Little Mother of Russia' and 'The Romanov Empress', do you know of any others?

[@mariafyodorovna8362]

@@cathleenwarner1778 No I sadly didn't. Those are the two I have read. Little Mother Russia is amazing. Chilling when she sailed away from Russia once and for all. There is some Russian book I think, where you can access some of the diaries. I once tried reading some of it through Google translate, but yeah that's tedious. I bet there might also be lots of information about her in books about her sister Alexandra Queen of England. I found some Live Diaries website in Russian, but translated (though I cannot find it for the life of me). It was written about Ekaterina of Oldenburg, a girl madly in love with the Tsarevich that Dagmar was betrothed to, by her best friend Sergei Dmitrievich Sheremetev, who was in love with her. But she never felt the same way an committed sui***, by deliberately trying to contact tuberculosis. This combined somewhat with the love Alexander III had before his engagement to Dagmar, think of them as being like a friend group. Not that easy to get into now, but my obsession at 16-17 (now I'm 20 years old, and have more of a social life then I did back then XD)

[@nikasaleminik9442]

I love your videos, especially the series you did on the royal castles and palaces of England. Could you please do a video of the homes of English aristocracy?

[@reginleif6703]

4:03 I had to back up and relisten to make sure I heard that right. 😂

[@BANJOSMOMMY]

Insane a 3 year old child was publicly hanged

[@orionb5217]

I was horrified when I heard that

[@MorningGlory62]

Note Worthy - The Czar had written to his COUSIN counterpart on the throne of England, asking for safe harbor. It was granted.And later recanted. They died knowing, not only would a blood relative NOT take them, no country / empire, would either.

[@WhoIsCalli]

So fascinating, thanks

[@Izzeaixx]

Super unrelated but theres the Queen of afternoon tea tiktoks going viral right now and it makes me think of your channel . Just because of the name !

[@gabbymartinez9113]

The thunder animation and sound is sending me 😂😂😂

[@RossOnofrio]

This is so wonderful keep up the good work I love your channel history is my favorite. Class is school and now again it is still my favorite subject ❤❤❤❤❤❤.

[@RavenIdril2966]

Wish I had lindsey for my history teacher.

[@ShannonStevens-gl7le]

Spooky season is upon us again my friend!! Time for an Elvira marathon🎃💀💖

[@paulad.patterson4732]

Ooohhh!!!!! I love the one with Richard O'Brien.

[@cgt3704]

Will you cover the story of Maria Alexandrovna, the only daughter of Tsar Alexander II

[@Butterflypegasus40]

I'm intrigued!

[@malisle13descendantslover46]

Did she marry one of Victoria’s sons or am I thinking of someone else

[@cgt3704]

@@malisle13descendantslover46 yes. She was the wife of Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria's second oldest son.

[@malisle13descendantslover46]

@@cgt3704 she doesn’t have a solo dedicated episode on her but she has been brought up in other videos like the video she did on Victoria’s sons for example but there are others. A solo episode on her would be interesting to see though.

[@cgt3704]

@@malisle13descendantslover46 yes. And her daughters too.

[@lyndanickerson1373]

Thank you

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Congrats Lindsay! You're so close to 1 MILLION! An amazing millestone and you deserve all of them

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Hasn't she already?

[@HistoryPlums]

more spooky videos lindsay PLEASEEE

[@Hex_tarot]

Loved this

[@chanelherrera3346]

God! Marina's curse is so scary and it came true!

[@FishBoneD14]

I mean as incognito as a 6 foot 8 russian could be in that era. That's standout tall now and was even more so then and I would assume everyone knew that the Tzar was perhaps the only one who met that description.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Who was the tallest tsar?

[@sherilynpolitis9861]

Except some Romanov relatives managed to escape and are around today… mind in England but they are there. And I’m not talking the royal family either.

[@UnaOwens-g1q]

I’ve yet to recover from the amount of baby-snatching that gets described on this channel. ::clutching pearls::

[@brettlarch8050]

IT’S SPOOKY MONTH

[@John-i4d5f]

Love your channel

[@Elliotelliestan]

I’m currently learning this for my gcse’s but nothings working I can hardly remember anything but these videos usually help

[@mariafyodorovna8362]

And the former Empress and mother of Nicolas outlived them 10 years. 10 years in exile to overthink just how her life went, it's insane

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

I truly feel sorry for the dowager tsarina.

[@evaristus4821]

Help me understand this: 1. Why weren't both of Nicholas's older daughters married to other European Royals at their age? 2. When he abdicated, why didn't Nicholas and his family immediately leave Russia and go into exile?

[@gregoryjones9546]

Yes, THAT PART!!!

[@alexandracotton4514]

Because Nicolas was never teached political stuff or how to rule the country so he did whatever he imagined should be "the ruling" (doing absolutely nothing) and didn't let anyone to criticise it, because that is what being the tsar was in his head or something.

[@cakt1991]

There were marriage prospects for them, particularly Olga, namely with the eventual Carol II of Romania, but that didn’t pan out, and it seems all the sisters found the match distasteful. One of their former tutors also is said to have heard from Olga that her parents wouldn’t force her to marry anyone. If I were to guess at Nicholas and Alexandra’s mindsets, as misguided as they were, they actually loved their children and wanted them to be happy with their spouses. It makes sense, considering the resistance they faced to their union (even if it may seem justified in hindsight). The possibility their daughters might be carriers of the hemophilia gene might also have made them hesistant. Look at what happened to Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg when her husband Alfonso XIII found out his heir had the disease, which Lindsay covered in other videos. And then with World War I, that further put any typical expectations of marriage to foreign royals on hold.

[@jmmin1213]

1. Nicholas & Alexandra loved their daughters a lot and they won't forced them into marriage that they don't want. In fact, Olga & Tatiana marriage prospect were considered but both girls were not interested in foreign marriage or separated from their family. WW1 further cut off the possible marriage talk. The girls actually had a lot of admirers and many princes wished for their hand in marriage but consent, age, circumstances just wasn't in the girls' favour. 2. Shortly after the tsar abdicate, all the girls contact measles, which means the family cannot move around freely. By the time they recovered, revolution sets in & the family was already on house arrest. The Provisional Government was partly to blame. They could have sent the family to Crimea where the other Romanovs gathered. When the Bolsheivik eventually gained power, the Romanov escape window had passed.

[@LogBarc]

1. Olga and Tatiana had many proposals and marriages planned but they didn’t want to be married, to the point that when Carol II? Of Romania came to see his potential bride, the girls sunbathed to the point where they were burnt and peeling, which completely put Carol off of the match. 2. They would’ve probably been sent back to Russia as I’m 1917 Germany controlled most of the northern border with Russia. They would’ve wanted to wait until one of their relatives allowed them to have asylum in the country

[@christamillion9073]

this is prompted me to want to watch Nicholas and Alexandra from 1971 😂❤

[@weezyfaz7]

I don’t know why I love the imperial Russian history

[@maddysmith2695]

Do you think for a future video you can do one about the four empresses of Russia. Empress Catherne I, Empress Anna I, Empress Elizabeth I, and Empress Catherine II?

[@ВероникаАндожская]

Saint Petersburg was named after apostol Peter, not after Peter the Great😮😮😮 Poor 3yo Ivan was doomed to die,unfortunately, his cunning polish mother wanted russian throne so badly, marrying two imposters and being stubborn about it... politic games were cruel not only in Russia but in other countries too (it was the end of 16th century after all). Thank you for this I liked other parts very nicely composed and the music arrangement is perfect ❤

[@valery5360]

i didn't realise this but they're similiar to the Targaryens, I wonder if GRRM was inspired by the assassination of the romanovs. especially with the rumours of Alexei and Anastasia surviving like Viserys iii and Daenerys

[@redrenegade13]

I wouldn't be surprised. GRRM takes inspiration from all over history.

[@przedawkowanxvz]

It's also an Alexandra name curse!

[@blakeparsons4790]

Do genetic video of royals of deposed monarchies

[@Misuchan22]

Hello lindsay, I always loved and listen your stories to my heart content. It's really knowledgeable and sometimes I also tell my students about history too. I would be happy if u cover a story upon curse of kohinoor upon British crown as spooky season video. It will be really fun and interesting

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

If I were a teacher I would recommend my students to listen to this channel.

[@MonaLisa-fy4hg]

Yay! Very early this time

[@guldenaydin9918]

Thank you very much.💐

[@valenciageode25]

There’s been more than one curse? And more than one time someone has claimed to be a dead member of the family? Wow. That’s a lot. I love history.

[@MorningGlory62]

Common Misconception that The Romanov Dynasty, could do or say whatever they wanted - they had many nobel relatives and elites to answer to, as well as the wealthy church and a Russian form of Parliament, so it was limited what good they could do - by the wealth and greed of others in power, behind the scenes.

[@cloudburstlia456]

Wild that Nicolas had the power to change the laws so any of his 4 beautiful and healthy daughters could inherit the thrown. Paul sounds awful. The Romanov line after Catherine could have been amazing

[@00SynchronFan00]

Always wanted to know, how Louis the 14 or Marie Antoinette celebrated christmas at Versailles. Can you make a video about that?❤

[@Goneforli4]

16:16 ironically Catherine the great is Russian, since one of her ancestors is Anne of Kiev

[@ET_Bermuda]

Technically one of the girls outlived Tsarevich Alexei. The Bolshevik murderers said one of the girls coughed up blood as they were removing the bodies from the Ipatiev house. Also, I like how you placed (Reportedly) next to Rasputin's name in his quote as it's very unlikely that he ever wrote such a letter to Nicholas II. 1925, the year that his letter was "discovered" is highly sus, b/c it's the year after Lenin died, but before Stalin was elected into power. This means that there was a brief period of freedom where people finally talked about the family, and it's no coincidence that it's the same year many of the infamous imposters emerged along with the supposed letter.

[@daydreamer8941]

It sad how for the first two the curses came from grief stricken mothers who had to watch their sons died

[@francesbernard2445]

No curse can remain on the heads of the innocent since year 1 A.D. Simple as that. So who all then during final judgement day will for real then be sent to an eternal cursedome instead after others had only been often sewing during their tears during their lifetime. Some sew confusing instead while being haughty and when trying so hard to triangulate people against one another. Often. Orten sometimes long after people have died.

[@martijnvoesenek7762]

Can you make a video about the french kings?

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Valois and Bourbon dynasties were equally stupid.

[@ChibiProwl]

Try KingsofFrance here on KZbin until miss Lindsay starts a French royalty series.

[@martijnvoesenek7762]

@@ChibiProwl Thanks, i will check it out

[@melenatorr]

Thanks for this video. Correction: Napoleon did not burn Moscow. It was probably Count Rostopchin who gave the order to burn the city as a weapon against the invading French army. Napoleon, for practical reasons alone, would have wanted an intact city for his army to use as a resource.

[@brendarodriguez5036]

Rest in peace to little Ivan, you didnt deserve to die like that 😢, God has you forever and always 🙏