Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsesarevich of Russia

Alexei Nikolaevich
Tsesarevich of Russia
Tsesarevich Alexei in 1913
Born	(1904-08-12)12 August 1904 Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	17 July 1918(1918-07-17) (aged 13) Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR
Full name Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov
House	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Nicholas II
Mother	Alexandra Feodorovna
Religion	Russian Orthodox
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Alexei Nikolaevich (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич) (12 August 1904 [O.S. 30 July] – 17 July 1918) of the House of Romanov, was the Tsarevich and heir apparent to the throne of the Russian Empire. He was the youngest child and only son of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. He was born with hemophilia; his mother's reliance on the faith healer Grigori Rasputin to treat the disease helped bring about the end of the Romanov dynasty. After the February Revolution of 1917, he and his family were sent into internal exile in Tobolsk, Siberia. He was murdered alongside his parents, four sisters, and three retainers during the Russian Civil War by order of the Bolshevik government, though rumors that he had survived persisted until the 2007 discovery of his and one of his sisters' remains. The family was formally interred on 17 July 1998—the eightieth anniversary of the murder—and were canonized as passion bearers by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

Alexei was born on 12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 in Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire. He was the youngest of five children and the only son born to Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. His older sisters were the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. He was doted on by his parents and sisters and known as "Baby" in the family. He was later also affectionately referred to as Alyosha (Алёша).