Extremely Salty About Ancient Dead Kings

In the early hours of 18th July 1918, a full day after the execution of the Imperial Family, members of the extended Romanov family; Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, Konstantinovichi brothers (Princes Ioann, Konstantin and Igor), and Prince Vladimir Paley met a brutal death at Alapayevsk in the Urals. They were killed alongside with Varvara Yakovleva, a nun in Elizabeth‘s convent, and Sergei’s secretary Fyodor Remez.

“When we were sure the whole town was asleep, we quietly stole through the window into the school building. Nobody there noticed our presence, they were already all asleep. We entered through the unlocked door into the building where the women were sleeping, and woke them up, telling them quietly to get dressed at once, as they were to be taken to a safe place because of the possibility of an armed attack. They obeyed without a murmur. We tied their hands behind their backs there and then, blindfolded them, and led them out to the cart, which was already waiting by the school, sat them in it and sent them off to their destination. After that, we went into the room occupied by the men. We told them the same thing, as we had to the women. The young grand dukes Konstantinovich (KR’s sons) and Prince Paley (Vladimir) also obeyed meekly.” — The rest of the account is written in the photo above.

"Dragons," Aemon whispered. "The grief and glory of my House, they were."

Royal Birthdays for today, July 18th:

Isabella of Austria, Queen of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, 1501

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552

Maria Clementina Sobieska, wife of James Francis Edward Stuart, 1702

Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony, 1724

Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, 1750

Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz, Princess Consort of Monaco, 1793

Victor, Prince Napoléon, 1862

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“I would like to go to Russia very much - although the bastards murdered half my family”.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, When asked in 1967 if he’d like to visit the Soviet Union.

Yurovsky, in 1922, wrote “after checking again to see that all were dead, I ordered the men to start moving them.” The entire executions had taken fewer than ten minutes.

Royal Birthdays for today, July 17th:

Ismail I, Shah of Iran, 1487

Xianfeng Emperor, Emperor of China, 1831

Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, 1945

Camilla, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, 1947

Letsie III, King of Lesotho, 1963

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The last record of Empress Alexandra in her diary: 

“July 16th, 1918~ 08:00 pm | Supper. Suddenly they called for Leonid Sednev as he should go and see his uncle. But Leonid escaped, I am not sure we would see him again. I played in bezique with Nikolay. 10:30 PM, I am going to bed”.

The next page is already dated for July 17th, but she never got the chance to write in it again.

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