Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, was executed in 1918 along with his wife, five children, and a few servants after the Russian revolution. It was not a public execution, and the remains were buried at an undisclosed location. Rumors grew that at least one princess has survived being shot due to the royal jewels sewn into her bodice.
At least ten women later claimed to be the youngest of the Tsar’s daughters, Anastasia, but the most famous was Anna Anderson, whose story was fictionalized in movies in 1956 and 1997. Anderson’s story began when she was confined to a German mental hospital in the early 1920s.A fellow patient first claimed that Anderson, who had been rescued following a suicide attempt, was Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia, the second eldest daughter of…
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