Count Sheremetev wrote ” … Alexander III …
showed me the details of his [3rd floor cabinet] … I noticed a
beautiful portrait of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, unusual for the Winter Palace
…”
Nicholas II wrote in his diary on Monday,
February 21st, 1894 “ …In the evening I put on a ‘falconer’s’ caftan
from the time of Alexei Mikhailovich … rode to the Costume Ball at Count
Sheremetev’s … I myself was very pleased with my costume, Xenia had given me
this good idea …”
Nicholas chose the costume of Tsar Alexie
Mikhailovich for the 1903 Costume Ball.
He writes a rare emotional entry on November 1st, 1908 “… I received
the sad news from Paris that Uncle Alexei has died … My most favorite of uncles
has died – most noble, honest and very kind of heart. May the Kingdom of Heaven
be his! …”
Birth announcements were prepared prior to
the birth of their first child in 1895 with his
mother’s agreement; a boy Paul, a girl Olga.
By the summer of 1904, Nicholas had long
separated himself from the controlling influence of his mother and chose to
name his son Alexei.
The last word is in Nicholas’ diary on August
11th, 1904 “ … the christening of our dear son … The main godparents
were Mama and Uncle Alexei …”
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