Their eldest son became the ill-fated Czar Nicholas II. In England, in 1891, Queen Victoria’s heir presumptive, Prince Albert Victor (Eddy). became engaged to a distant cousin Princess May of Teck.

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In 1918, Russia’s Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.

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On this date in history: In 1918, Russian Czar Nicholas II and his family were killed by Bolsheviks who had held them captive for two months.