Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
1901 – 1918 Russian Grand Duchess of Russia
The youngest tsar's daughter, later the subject of survival legends.
- Religion
- Baptized Russian Orthodox.
- Affiliations
- House of Romanov; youngest daughter of Nicholas II; murdered with her family in 1918.
Anastasia was the youngest daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra. She was seventeen when she was shot with her family in the cellar at Yekaterinburg. Rumors that she had escaped fed decades of impostors, but DNA testing later confirmed all the children died.
Connections
- family of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia — Her younger brother, the heir.
- family of Nicholas II — Her father, the last tsar.