Hey guys, this is my first thread and I'm unsure if this is the correct subform, but I recently was thinking of this question and I wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts.
Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, famously had 5 children: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and hemophiliac Alexei. While the Tsar's personal life was one of many factors in his demise, I wonder how his reign would play out if, instead of having one sickly son he and Alexandra are desperate to keep alive to prevent his unpopular uncle and cousin from taking the throne, Nicky and Alix quickly have 4 sons, 3 of whom are healthy, to secure the succession and win Alexandra some popularity.
For simplicity's sake, lets say these alt children have similar base personalities to their OTL counterparts, with some variation due to gender, role, and changes in family fortune. Due to this 3 sons are healthy (the male versions of Olga, Tatiana, and either Maria or Anastasia), the remaining son is a hemophiliac, and their only daughter is a carrier
The kids are:
Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, famously had 5 children: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and hemophiliac Alexei. While the Tsar's personal life was one of many factors in his demise, I wonder how his reign would play out if, instead of having one sickly son he and Alexandra are desperate to keep alive to prevent his unpopular uncle and cousin from taking the throne, Nicky and Alix quickly have 4 sons, 3 of whom are healthy, to secure the succession and win Alexandra some popularity.
For simplicity's sake, lets say these alt children have similar base personalities to their OTL counterparts, with some variation due to gender, role, and changes in family fortune. Due to this 3 sons are healthy (the male versions of Olga, Tatiana, and either Maria or Anastasia), the remaining son is a hemophiliac, and their only daughter is a carrier
The kids are:
- Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich (OTL GD Olga)- 1895
- Grand Duke Pavel Nikolaevich (OTL GD Tatiana)- 1897
- Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich (OTL GD Maria, possible hemophiliac)- 1899
- Grand Duke George Nikolaevich (OTL GD Anastasia, Possible hemophiliac) -1901
- Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (OTL Alexei, hemophilia carrier)- 1904