File photograph: The New York Times. Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated after Germanys defeat in World War I, and Bolsheviks drove Tsar Nicholas II (and thus, his wife Alexandra) out of power and murdered his family. : Tsarina Alix And you thought your family get-togethers were uncomfortable. : tsar nicholas trading and financing - f-jrenkei.com Could their bonds have changed history? But Mary devoted herself to her husband and supported him however she could. Although both George and Wilhelm were first cousins and grandsons of Victoria, and Nicholas was George's first cousin, he was not Victoria's grandson. Victoria and Albert descended from related royal families. When she recovered, she went back to Greece. Enter a date in the format M/D (e.g., 1/1), Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and Czar Nicholas of Russia exchange telegrams, assassination in Sarajevo of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Why Kaiser Wilhelm Was Never Tried for Starting World War I, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kaiser-wilhelm-of-germany-and-czar-nicholas-of-russia-exchange-telegrams, Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party, The Doors score their first #1 hit with Light My Fire, Italian American assassinates Italian king, 101st Airborne Division arrives in Vietnam, Carl Lewis wins fourth consecutive long jump at 35, Rocket causes deadly fire on aircraft carrier. Rasputin George V of England, Nicholas II of Russia (who bear a striking resemblance to one another), and Wilhelm II of Germany all shared a grandmother in Queen Victoria. The Danish sovereign was also a distant cousin of the queen: the two shared a common ancestor in King George II of Britain (r. 1727-1760). | He was the eldest grandson of the British Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe, three notable contemporary relations being his first cousins King . Most famous was the Coronation Egg that Nicholas gave to his wife as a memento of their Coronation Day. Its organizer, David Hill, said to the BBC, "History hasn't always portrayed him well, but we thought it was important history is remembered and that the Tsar was recognised here in Cowes where he spent happy times.". But Wilhem was the grandson of Queen Victoria. It was part of the fortunes of war, he once said. The then Lt Philip Mountabatten of the Royal Navy in October 1947. kaiser wilhelm ii and the last tsar nicholas ii should have been . :