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Czar and Czarewitch, cameo portrait (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    See guides.loc.gov
    "Nicholas II (1868-1918), crowned in 1894, was the last Russian emperor. Characterized by some as shy, weak, vacillating, and indecisive, he was nevertheless a stubborn supporter of the right of the sovereign under growing pressure for reform. Discontent at home, plus losses of territory and massive casualties in two wars, precipitated the February Revolution on March 12, 1917. Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917. In April 1918, the Bolshevik government moved him and the Imperial family to Vekaterinburg in the Urals, where they were executed on July 17, 1918, as anti-Bolshevik forces approached the city."

    The czarewitch was his son, Alexei
    - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Nikolaevich,_Tsarevich_of_Ru...
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks swanq, we'll update this catalog record.

Dowager Emress of Russia, cameo portrait (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Feodorovna_(Dagmar_of_Denmark)
    "Maria Feodorovna (Russian: Мария Фёдоровна; 26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928), known as Princess Dagmar of Denmark before her marriage, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as the wife of Emperor Alexander III. She was the fourth child and second daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Maria’s eldest son, Nicholas II, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917."

    Note typo in title: "Emress" should be "Empress".

King Leopold of Belgium, portrait bust (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    Probably
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium
    "Leopold II[a] (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.

    Born in Brussels as the second but eldest-surviving son of King Leopold I and Queen Louise, Leopold succeeded his father to the Belgian throne in 1865 and reigned for 44 years until his death, the longest reign of a Belgian monarch to date."
  • Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga said:
    Evil man.

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