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- Birth nameTatiana Nicholaevna Romanova
- Nicknames
- Tanya
- Tatya
- Tatianochka
- Tanushka
- The Governess
- The Big Pair
- Tatyana
- Tanechka
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Her Imperial Highness, The Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaievna Romanov was born on June 10, 1897. She is the second child of Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra. She has one elder sister, Olga, two younger sisters - Maria and Anastasia and a younger brother Alexei. Out of all of Tatiana's siblings, she was her mother's favorite companion. She was tall and a lot like her mother and the classical beauty of the family with auburn hair and grey eyes. Tatiana was extremely close to her older sister Olga, who was only 18 months apart. Tatiana and Olga shared a bedroom and were called "The Big Pair", while Olga's other two younger sisters - Maria and Anastasia - whee called "The Little Pair." She was also the leader of her brother and sisters, and they called her "Governess." Tatiana was the one who usually took charge of everything, which didn't bother the oldest, Olga. When World War I started Tatiana her sister Olga and her Mother the Empress Alexandra became War nurses. After she caught the measles, along with her siblings, Tatiana lost a lot of weight and her personality changed after she and her family were held under guard. When her father abdicated, for himself and for Alexei, Tatiana and her family where prisoners of the Revolution, in Tobolsk. After that, Tatiana's father, mother and sister Maria went to Ekaterinburg, leaving Tatiana with her sisters Olga and Anastasia and her younger brother Alexei. Tatiana and her sisters took care of Alexei because he got very hurt before her father, mother and sister left. After Alexei was well enough to be moved, Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia, Alexei and some of their employees went to Ekaterinburg, to be with their parents and Maria. In Ekaterinburg the Romanovs lived in a place called "The House of Special Purpose." Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia all shared a room, while her father, mother, and Alexei shared. On July 17, 1918 the Romanovs, their Doctor, and others were set up in a basement in "The House of Special Purpose." Then, 11 executors entered and started firing. Tatiana and her family and servants all died. Tatiana was only 22 years old when she died. But, when they found the bodies of the Romanovs and their servants they realized they are missing two, Alexei and either Maria, Tatiana, or Anastasia. Recently the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia canonized the Romanovs as saints.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jamie
- ChildrenNo Children
- Parents
- RelativesGrand Duchess Maria(Sibling)Grand Duchess Anastasia(Sibling)Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov(Sibling)Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia(Aunt or Uncle)Victoria Mountbatten(Aunt or Uncle)Elizabeth Feodorovna(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Irene of Prussia(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia(Aunt or Uncle)George Alexandrovich(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duke Michael(Aunt or Uncle)Ernest Louis(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Irina Yusupova(Cousin)Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia(Cousin)Count Brasov George Mikhailovich(Cousin)Tikhon Nikolaevich(Cousin)Guri Nikolaevich(Cousin)Princess Alice of Battenberg(Cousin)Queen Louise(Cousin)George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven(Cousin)Louis Mountbatten(Cousin)Prince Waldemar of Prussia(Cousin)Prince Sigismund of Prussia(Cousin)Prince Henry of Prussia(Cousin)Stillborn Prinz von Hessen und bei Rhine(Cousin)Czar Aleksandr III(Grandparent)Czarina Maria Fyodorovna(Grandparent)Louis IV(Grandparent)Grand Duchess Alice(Grandparent)Tsar Alexander II(Great Grandparent)Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)(Great Grandparent)Prince Albert(Great Grandparent)Queen Victoria(Great Grandparent)Grand Duchess Olga(Sibling)Christian IX(Great Grandparent)
- Tall and slender.
- Dark auburn hair.
- Dark blue-gray eyes.
- Fine, chiseled features.
- Refined, elegant bearing befitting the daughter of an emperor.
- Niece of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (1869-1870), Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia (1871-1899), Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875-1960), Grand Duke Michael (1878 - 1918), Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882-1960), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863-1950 ), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864-1918), Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866-1953), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868-1937), Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (1870-1873) and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874-1878).
- Younger Sister of Grand Duchess Olga (1895 - 1918) and older sister of Grand Duchess Maria (1899 - 1918), Grand Duchess Anastasia (1901 - 1918 )and Tsarevitch Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov (1904- 1918).
- Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II (1868 - 1918) and Tsarina Alexandra (1872 - 1918).
- In his unpublished diary British Col. Richard Meinertzhagen claimed to have been involved in a plot to rescue her prior to her family's execution.
- She was her mother's favorite companion.
- I would like so much to go the review of the second division as I am also the second daughter and Olga was at the first so now it is my turn.
- To say the truth, when he asked should I like to have it if he gave it to me, I at once said yes. You remember, I always wanted to have one, and only afterwards when we came home I thought that suddenly you might not like me having one. But I really was so pleased at the idea that I forgot about everything.
- One has to struggle much because the return for good is evil, and evil reigns.
- God will surely help us and we will meet again in better times.
- I am so terribly embarrassed and frightened - I do not know whom I greeted and whom not.
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