DBWI: Nicholas II married Alix of Hesse?

As we all know, Nicholas Romanov fell in love with his Aunt Ella's sister when they met during Ella's wedding. Unfortunately for them, Alix fell to familial pressure and eventually married Albert Victor I, and the heartbroken Nicholas married Alix's cousin Margaret of Prussia. Their respective marriages were described to be cold and loveless, and Alix, a hemophilia carrier, passed down the royal disease to half of her sons with Victor. What would have happened if instead of falling to pressure, Alix pursued her romance with the Russian tsar and married him instead?
 
As we all know, Nicholas Romanov fell in love with his Aunt Ella's sister when they met during Ella's wedding. Unfortunately for them, Alix fell to familial pressure and eventually married Albert Victor I, and the heartbroken Nicholas married Alix's cousin Margaret of Prussia. Their respective marriages were described to be cold and loveless, and Alix, a hemophilia carrier, passed down the royal disease to half of her sons with Victor. What would have happened if instead of falling to pressure, Alix pursued her romance with the Russian tsar and married him instead?
You would not see the renewal of the German-Russian alliance most likely.
 
Well let us not forget that Princess Margaret was part of the Prussian family that clung to her parents and like some of her siblings and cousins disliked her brother's antagonism to her mother.
She was not close to her brother at all despite being known at the Russian Court as the German woman.

She of course had a poor relationship with her mother in law - The Empress Marie Feodorovna who was fiercely anti-Prussian and had much preferred her son marry Helene d'Orleans as part of the pro-French policy of her husband Alexander III.

(For information - the POD is a bit odd - Eddy's proposal to Alex was around 1889 - so a marriage in say 1890/1. And it is likely he still dies on time leaving Alex a widow and possibly childless given the circumstances of his health and the pandemic in England at the time. A foreign honeymoon might save him of course. And never Albert Victor I (likely Edward VIII in honour of his father)
As to Nicholas - his early betrothal and marriage against his parents wishes was due to circumstances and his own love for his bride. Given his parents reluctance to see their children married off I suspect a later marriage - Margaret of Prussia is the likeliest of the alternatives - but the dates complicate matters as she had strong views of who she wanted to marry and her marriage was largely her choice. But i suspect the Kaiser would pressure her to chose Nicholas he put enough pressure on Alex in OTL.
Alliance terms the end of the Reinssurance Treaty between Russia and Prussia/Germany was around 1890 (at Wilhelm's urging believing his personal relations with the Emperor was strong enough to avoid a formal treaty - negotiations for the Franco-Russian entente began around 1892 and were formally in place by Nicholas II's accession - Alexander III wasn't as anti-Prussian as his wife but the triple entente between germany austria and italy was a significant threat to Russian interests in the Balkans.
 
and would you deprive us of the Mad Monk saga? Come on, Uptown Abbey wouldn't be that popular without the ALMOST unbelievable stories about "Saint" Gregor Clydesdale at court. remember when in series one they gave a hint that, during a home visit of Princess Maud, Gregor and Alix almost drown the future Olav of Norway because they thought he was "bad luck"? well, truth in television. can you imagine stuff like that in the Romanov family? come on, never going to happen
 
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