#michael i

In this match, we are pitting the first and last Romanov ruler against each other. Both are supremely lame men that were heavily influenced by shady clergymen (the difference of course being that one of the clergymen was their hypercompetent dad and the other a grifter, or rather a succession of grifters said ruler's wife brought home).

THE SEXIEST PICS I COULD FIND:

Mikhail I. Fyodorovich and his Mongol Beard drip

Nikolai II. Alexandrovich. I'll be honest, if this was a beauty contest, he'd win.

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Ion Antonescu: And what if I wanted to go to the toilet?

Michael I:

Royal Birthdays for today, October 25th:

Ya'qūb-i Layth-i Saffārī, Emir of the Saffarids, 840

Renee of France, Duchess of Ferrara, 1510

Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain, 1692

Maria Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia, 1759

Michael I, King of Romania, 1921

Cetatea Râşnov with memorial to Michael I (Mihai I al României), the last King of Romania (1921-2017)

Some major events that occurred on December 30.

Photo One: The Iroquois Theater fire occurs in Chicago, Illinois, leaving 605 people dead, 1903.

Photo Two: Grigori Rasputin is murdered by a loyalist group, led by Prince Felix Yusupov, 1916.

Photo Three: The last coronation in Hungary takes place. The ceremony is for Charles IV and Queen Zita, 1916.