Nicholas and Alexandra

Cast of Characters

NICHOLAS II, TSAR OF RUSSIA, 1894—1917

Before 1894, the Tsarevich Nicholas

ALEXANDRA FEDOROVNA, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA

Born Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt

ALEXIS, THE TSAREVICH

Fifth child and only son of Nicholas and Alexandra

ALEXANDER III, TSAR OF RUSSIA, 1881—1894

Father of Nicholas II

MARIE FEDOROVNA, DOWAGER EMPRESS

Mother of Nicholas II. Born Princess Dagmar of Denmark

GRAND DUCHESS MARIE PAVLOVNA Wife of Grand Duke Vladimir

GRAND DUCHESS ELIZABETH (Ella)

Sister of Empress Alexandra and wife of Grand Duke Serge

GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS NICOLAIEVICH

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army in World War I

GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER MIKHAILOVICH (Sandro)

Husband of Nicholas II’s sister Xenia

PRINCE FELIX YUSSOUPOV

Murderer of Rasputin. Husband of Princess Irina, the daughter of Grand Duchess Xenia and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich

GRAND DUKE DMITRY

Murderer of Rasputin. Son of Grand Duke Paul

EDWARD VII, KING OF ENGLAND, 1901—1910 (Uncle Bertie)

Brother-in-law of Dowager Empress Marie Fedorovna. Uncle of Empress Alexandra and Kaiser William II

GEORGE V, KING OF ENGLAND, 1910–1936 (Georgie)

Through his mother, first cousin of Nicholas II. Through his father, first cousin of Empress Alexandra

WILLIAM II, KAISER OF GERMANY, 1888—1918 (Willy)

First cousin of Empress Alexandra. Distant cousin of Nicholas II

COUNT VLADIMIR FREDERICKS

Minister of the Imperial Court

COUNT PAUL BENCKENDORFF

Grand Marshal of the Imperial Court, Fredericks’ subordinate

DR. EUGENE BOTKIN

Court physician. Botkin attended primarily the Empress Alexandra

DR. FEDOROV

A doctor who cared for the Tsarevich Alexis

DR. VLADIMIR DEREVENKO

A doctor permanently assigned to the Tsarevich Alexis

PIERRE GILLIARD

Swiss tutor of the Tsarevich Alexis

ANNA VYRUBOVA

The Empress Alexandra’s closest friend and confidante

DEREVENKO

A sailor assigned to watch the Tsarevich Alexis night and day. No relation to Dr. Derevenko

MATHILDE KSCHESSINSKA

Ballerina. Mistress of Nicholas II before his marriage

GREGORY RASPUTIN

A Siberian peasant

ALEXANDER KERENSKY

Prime Minister of the Provisional Government, 1917

VLADIMIR ULYANOV (Lenin)

First leader of the Soviet State