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The Children of Tsars Trivia Quiz

You may know about Nicholas II's family but how much do you know about the children and grandchildren of his predecessors?

A multiple-choice quiz by Rosalin. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Rosalin

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
261,095

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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338

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which child of Tsar Alexander III died in 1899 in the Caucasus? Hint

Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich

Grand Duke Georgi Alexandrovich

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these Grand Dukes and Duchesses did not marry a descendant of Queen Victoria? Hint

Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich

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Question 3 of 10

3. Many members of the Imperial family were murdered in the Russian Revolution. Which of the following Grand Dukes survived? Hint

Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich

Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich

Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich

Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich

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Question 4 of 10

4. The eldest daughter of Alexander II died of Meningitis at the age of 6. What was her name? Hint

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna

Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

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Question 5 of 10

5. Into which European Royal Family did the younger Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna (granddaughter of Alexander II) marry? Hint

Austrian

Prussian

Swedish

Danish

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which daughter of Tsar Paul did not have members of the Dutch Royal family among her descendants? Hint

Grand Duchess Ekaterina Pavlovna

Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna

Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna

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Question 7 of 10

7. Some names in the Russian Royal family appear in almost every generation. Which of these Tsars did not have a son named Nicholas? Hint

Tsar Nicholas I

Tsar Paul

Tsar Alexander I

Tsar Alexander II

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which member of the Imperial family was involved in the murder of Rasputin? Hint

Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich

Grand Duke Georgi Mikhailovich

Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich

Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich

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Question 9 of 10

9. Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova married the Greek King Constantine I and had eight children. Three of these married other members of the Imperial family. Which of the following did not? Hint

Princess Alexandra

Prince Andrew

Princess Marie

Prince Nicholas

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Question 10 of 10

10. How many children and grandchildren of Tsars were murdered during 1918 and 1919 through the revolution? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which child of Tsar Alexander III died in 1899 in the Caucasus?

Answer: Grand Duke Georgi Alexandrovich

He lived in the Caucasus for his health as he suffered from tuberculosis. Grand Duke Alexander died in infancy, Grand Duke Mikhail was murdered at Perm in 1918, Grand Duchess Olga survived the revolution and died in 1960.

2. Which of these Grand Dukes and Duchesses did not marry a descendant of Queen Victoria?

Answer: Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna

She married her first cousin once removed Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich. This was the first marriage between two members of the imperial family as first cousin marriages weren't permitted. Grand Duchess Maria married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria's second son.

Their second daughter Princess Victoria Melita married Grand Duke Kirill (her first cousin). The Tsar didn't give his consent for the marriage and the couple were initially obliged to live in exile. Grand Duke Sergei married Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt, the second daughter of Princess Alice, Queen Victoria's second daughter.

3. Many members of the Imperial family were murdered in the Russian Revolution. Which of the following Grand Dukes survived?

Answer: Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich

Grand Dukes Pavel and Dmitri were shot in the Peter and Paul Fortress in 1919. Grand Duke Sergei was murdered in 1918 at Alapaievsk. He and some others were thrown down a mine shaft and hand grenades were thrown after them. Grand Duke Kirill and his wife supported the February revolution but later had to escape through Finland.

In 1924 as the senior surviving Romanov he proclaimed himself "Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias".

4. The eldest daughter of Alexander II died of Meningitis at the age of 6. What was her name?

Answer: Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna

Grand Duchess Maria was her sister who married the second son of Queen Victoria and died in 1920. Grand Duchesses Olga and Xenia were the daughters of Tsar Alexander III, and thus the nieces of Alexandra and Maria.

5. Into which European Royal Family did the younger Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna (granddaughter of Alexander II) marry?

Answer: Swedish

She married Prince Vilhelm of Sweden in 1908 and their son Prince Lennart was born in 1909. They divorced in 1914.

6. Which daughter of Tsar Paul did not have members of the Dutch Royal family among her descendants?

Answer: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna

Grand Duchess Anna married King Willem II of the Netherlands and so is an ancestor of Queen Beatrix. Her eldest son, King Willem III, married Sophie of Wurttemberg, daughter of Grand Duchess Ekaterina. However all of their sons died unmarried. His daughter from his second marriage, Queen Wilhelmina married Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a descendant of Grand Duchess Elena. Queen Beatrix is their grandaughter.

7. Some names in the Russian Royal family appear in almost every generation. Which of these Tsars did not have a son named Nicholas?

Answer: Tsar Alexander I

Alexander I had two daughters Maria and Elisaveta who both died in childhood. He was succeeded by his brother Nicholas I.

8. Which member of the Imperial family was involved in the murder of Rasputin?

Answer: Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich

Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, a grandson of Alexander II, was exiled for his part in Rasputin's murder. Ironically this meant he survived the revolution, unlike the other 3, all grandsons of Alexander II, who were shot in 1919.

9. Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova married the Greek King Constantine I and had eight children. Three of these married other members of the Imperial family. Which of the following did not?

Answer: Prince Andrew

Princess Alexandra married Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich, youngest son of Alexander II. Princess Marie married Grand Duke Georgi Mikhailovich, a grandson of Alexander II. Prince Nicholas married Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirova, a grandaughter of Alexander III.

Their youngest daughter Princess Marina was the mother of the current Duke of Kent. Prince Andrew married Princess Alice of Battenberg. They had four daughters and one son, Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh.

10. How many children and grandchildren of Tsars were murdered during 1918 and 1919 through the revolution?

Answer: 13

They were: Alexander II's son Grand Duke Pavel and his younger son Vladimir; Nikolai, Georgi and Sergei Mikhailovich and their cousin Dmitri Konstantinovich, grandsons of Nicholas I; Nicholas II and his brother Grand Duke Mikhail, both sons of Alexander III and Nicholas II's five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei.

Source: Author Rosalin

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