THE AILING TSAR GREETS HIS FUTURE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ALEXANDER III (1845-1894, Emperor of Russia from 1881)

Personal Autograph Letter in French Signed 'Sacha' roughly translated to "The Emperor of Russia. Livadia. Arrived last night. Minny happy to see Alyx, who is very good. Let us embrace tenderly. Let's think a lot about the sad day today. Sacha", 1 side 8vo., Livadia, no date but

In 1894 Alexander III became ill with terminal kidney disease (nephritis). In the fall of that year, Maria Fyodorovna's sister-in-law, Queen Olga of Greece, offered her villa of Mon Repos, on the island of Corfu, in the hope that it might improve the Tsar's condition. However, by the time that they reached Crimea, they stayed at the Maly Palace in Livadia, as Alexander was too weak to travel any further. Recognizing that the Tsar's days were numbered, various imperial relatives began to descend on Livadia. Alexander received Nicholas's fiancée, Princess Alix, Alexandra FEODOROVNA (1872-1918, the future Tsarina who had come from her native Darmstadt to receive the Tsar's blessing. Despite being exceedingly weak, Alexander insisted on receiving Alix in full dress uniform, an event that left him exhausted. Soon after, his health began to deteriorate more rapidly. He eventually died in the arms of his wife at Maly Palace in Livadia on the afternoon of 1 November 1894 at the age of forty-nine, and was succeeded by his eldest son Tsesarevich Nicholas.
From the collection of Dimitri TIOMKIN (1894-1979, Russian born American film music composer & conductor).


Item Date:  1894

Stock No:  39240     

                



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