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46 Marie, Queen of Romania (1935), vol. 3, pp. 181, 212 and 214.
47 Ibid., p. 186.
48 Ibid., pp. 249 and 431.
49 The Scotsman, 15 May 1917.
50 Rose (1983), p. 174.
51 Nottingham Evening Post, 17 July 1917.
52 Rose (1983), p. 222.
53 Nicholas to Xenia, 5 November [OS]/18 November 1917, cited in Maylunas and Mironenko (1997), p. 613.
54 Marie, Queen of Romania (1935), vol. 3, p. 319.
55 Nicholas’s diary, 18 November [OS]/1 December 1917, cited in Maylunas and Mironenko (1997), p. 615.
56 Alix to A. Vyrubova, 15 December [OS]/28 December 1917, cited in ibid., p. 621.
57 Massie (1968), p. 470.
58 Yusupov (1953), p. 101.
59 Yurovsky’s account, cited in Maylunas and Mironenko (1997), pp. 671–4.
60 Ryabov’s account, cited in ibid., pp. 675–6.
61 Kaiser Wilhelm to General W. H. Waters, cited in Carter (2009), p. 480.
62 Röhl (2014), p. 1,176.
63 John Van der Kiste, Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany’s Last Emperor, Stroud, Sutton Publishing (1999, rev. edn 2014), p. 190.
64 Röhl (2014), pp. 1,177–8.
65 Decree of 30 September 1918, cited in Röhl (2014), p. 1,179.
66 Max von Baden, declaration 9 November 1918, cited in Röhl (2014), p. 1,186.
67 Carter (2009), p. 483.
68 E. F. Benson, The Kaiser and English Relations, London, Longmans, Green & Co (1936), p. 304.
69 John Gore, King George V: A Personal Memoir, London, John Murray (1941), p. 308.
70 Röhl (2014), p. 1,214.
71 Wilhelm II to General Mackensen, 2 December 1919, cited in ibid., p. 1,233.
72 Wilhelm II to Max von Mutius, 2 December 1920, cited in ibid., p. 1,234.
73 Wilhelm II to Poultney Bigelow, 15 August 1927, cited in ibid., p. 1,238.
74 Yuliy Osipovich Martov, Down with the Death Penalty (1918), original essay reprinted in S. V. Tyutyukin and O. V. Volobuev (eds), Y. O. Martov, Moscow, Izbrannoe (2000).
75 Michael John Sullivan, A Fatal Passion: The Story of the Uncrowned Last Empress of Russia, New York, Random House (1997), p. 358.
76 Frank Lorenz Muller, Our Fritz: Emperor Frederick III and the Political Culture of Imperial Germany, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press (2011), p. 274.
77 John McCrae, ‘In Flanders Fields’, Punch, 8 December 1915; Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, In Flanders Fields and Other Poems, London, Putnam’s Sons (1919).
78 MB11/3/1, the Marchioness of Milford Haven’s papers on her grandmother includes this adapted version of Consolation, by Theodor Storm.
Index
Abdul Hamid II, Sultan here
Aberdeen, Lord here
Act of Settlement, 1701 here
Adolphus of Teck, Prince here, here
Africa here, here
Agadir here
Airlie, Lady here
Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince
marriage to Victoria here
children here
dynastic marriage policy here
vision here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
grandchildren here
achievement here
education here
and the unification of Germany here
relationship with Vicky here
death of here, here
mausoleum here
tombstone here
Albert Victor, Prince here
birth of here
appearance here, here, here
Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee here
prospects here
physique here
upbringing here
education here, here
as Royal Navy cadet here
Bacchante tour here
letters to Victoria here, here
at Cambridge here
military career here, here, here
character here, here, here
‘Collars-and-Cuffs’ nickname here
first public duties here
relationship with mother here, here
STD infection here, here, here, here, here
sexuality here
weaknesses here
lifestyle here
search for consort here, here
introduced to Alix here
with Alix at Balmoral here
on Alix here
Alix on here
feelings for Alix here
Cleveland Street scandal here, here, here
Alix rejects here
Victoria on here
demonised here
hope of Alix here
at Sophie's wedding here
India tour here
Princess Margaret match here
Hélène of Orléans marriage negotiations here
engagement to Hélène here
and Hélène’s Catholicism here
appeals to Victoria here
in love here
abdication threat here
Hélène breaks off engagement here
London season, 1891 here
relationship with Lady Sybil here
Colonial Expedition here
Victoria’s plans for here
informed of May plan here
scandals, 1891 here
proposal to May of Teck here
rejects Maximilian of Baden here
engagement to May of Teck here
death of here, here
funeral here
Ella’s support for here, here
Aldershot here
Alexander II, Tsar
assassination of here, here, here, here, here, here
death of here, here
reforms here, here
Victoria learns of death of here
visit to Windsor, 1839 here
reactions to assassination of here
assassination attempts against here
reaction to assassination of Alexander II here
execution of assassins here
children here
Balkan crisis, 1878 here
anarchist attacks, 1870s here
engagement here
Russo-Turkish War here
Alexander III, Tsar here, here, here, here
execution of father’s assassins here, here
marriage here, here
and Wilhelm here
anarchist attacks, 1870s here
pogroms here
coronation here
at Ella’s wedding here
and Hélène of Orléans here
anarchist attacks, 1880s here
security of here
relations with France here
relations with Germany here
illness, 1894 here
death of here
funeral here
Alexander of Battenberg, Prince here, here, here, here, here
Alexandra, HMS here
Alexandra, Queen
marriage to Edward here, here
children here
Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee here, here
lifestyle here
Albert Victor’s education here
and Albert Victor here
Schleswig Holstein War here
loathing of Wilhelm here
and Princess Margaret match here
and Hélène of Orléans here, here, here
and Albert Victor’s STD infection here
childhood and upbringing here
relationship with George here
relationship with Albert Victor here
death of Albert Victor here, here, here, here
George and May of Teck marriage plan here, here
and Marie of Edinburgh here
and George’s marriage plan here
Mediterranean tour, 1893 here
George’s wedding here
Alexandra of Edinburgh, Princess here
Alexei, Grand Duke h
ere, here, here
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain
search for a bride here
courtship of Ena here
wedding here
assassination attempt here
exile here
Alfred, Prince here, here, here
children here
dukedom of Saxe-Coburg Gotha here, here
marriage here
and Marie’s marriage here
George’s wedding here
Alice, Princess here
children here, here
marriage here
death of here
Alix, Empress of Russia here
appearance here, here
personality here
education here
at Ella’s wedding here
meets Nicholas here
introduced to Albert Victor here
Victoria and here, here
visits Victoria here
With Albert Victor at Balmoral here
Albert Victor on here
on Albert Victor here
visit to St Petersburg here
coming-out here
Nicholas on here
visits Balmoral, 1889 here
rejects Albert Victor here
at Sophie’s wedding here
Victoria on here
marriage negotiations here
visits Ella, 1890 here
Albert Victor’s engagement to May of Teck here
Ella’s support for here, here, here
death of father here
religious conflict here, here, here, here, here
feelings for Nicholas here, here, here
nervous complaint here, here
visit to Berlin, 1893 here
George’s wedding here
rejects Nicholas here, here, here
Nicholas’s first proposal here
Wilhelm’s advice here
Nicholas’s second proposal here
accepts Nicholas’ proposal here
weaknesses here
reactions to engagement here
visits Victoria, 1894 here
pains here
arrival in Russia here
death of Alexander III here
conversion to the Russian Church here
bridal costume here
wedding here
coronation here
Khodynka Field disaster here
visits Victoria, 1896 here
breakdown of relationship with Ella here
children here, here
Victoria’s death here
and mysticism here, here, here
nervous exhaustion here
and Rasputin here, here, here, here
and assassination of Sergei here
last goodbye to Victoria of Battenberg here
and First World War here
and the murder of Rasputin here
Nicholas’s abdication here
arrest here
George V declines to help here, here, here
Tobolsk imprisonment here
murder of here
what ifs here
Alma, Battle of here
Almanac de Gotha here, here
Alphonso VIII, King of Spain here
Amélie, Princess here
Amerongen Castle here
anarchism here, here, here, here
Anastasia, Princess here
Anglo-German relations here, here
Anglo-Russian Convention here
Anne, Queen here
anti-Semitism here
Aronson, Theo here
Arthur, Prince here
Athens here
Auckland Star here
Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz here
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess here, here
Austria-Hungary
strategic situation, 1881 here
Triple Alliance here
succession here
declaration of war here
collapse here
Austro-Prussian War here
Bacchante, HMS here
Baden here
Bakunin, Mikhail here, here
Balaklava, Battle of here
Balfour, Arthur here, here, here
Balkan crisis, 1878 here
Balkan War, First here
Balkan War, Second here
Balmoral here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Alix visits here, here
birthday tableaux, October 1888 here
Alix visits, 1889 here
May of Teck visits here
Alix and Nicholas visit, 1896 here
Bangalore here
Barcelona
Universal Exposition here
Liceu Opera House anarchist attack here
Bartlett, T. here
Battiscombe, Georgina here
Beatrice, Princess here, here, here, here
meets Henry of Battenberg here
and Victoria here
children here, here
Alix’s visit, 1889 here
destruction of Albert Victor’s records here
and Victoria’s carriage rides here
visit to Italy, 1894 here
Beatrice of Edinburgh, Princess here
Bedchamber Crisis, 1839 here
Benoit, Edmund here
Benson, Edward, Archbishop of Canterbury here, here, here, here
Berlin here, here, here
Berlin, Congress of here, here, here
Bismarck, Otto von here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Blumenfeld, Ralph here
Boer War here, here
Boers here, here
Bonn University here
Bornstedt here
Bourne, Mabel and Edith here
Bradlaugh, Charles here
Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of here
Bricka, Helene here
Britannia, HMS here
Brown, John here, here
Buchanan, George here
Bucharest here, here
Buckingham Palace here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Bulgaria here, here, here
Bulow, Bernhard von here
Buxhoeveden, Baroness Sophie here
Cambridge University here
Canada here
Cannes here, here, here
Cap Martin here
Capri here
Caprivi, Leo von, Count here
Cardiff Times here
Carlos, Prince here
Carnot, Sadi here
Carol of Romania, King here, here, here
Caserio, Sante here
Catherine the Great here
Catholic Church here
Central Powers here
Ceremonial of Her Majesty’s Jubilee Service here
Chamberlain, Joseph here, here, here
Charette, Baron and Baroness de here
Charles of Denmark, Prince here, here
Charles of Sweden, Prince here
Charlotte, Princess here
Charlottenburg Palace here
Christian IX, King of Denmark here, here, here
Churchill, Winston here, here, here, here
Cleveland Street scandal here, here, here
Coburg here, here, here
Coburg vision, the here
collective anarchism here
colonial expansion here, here
Compton Place here
Constantine, King of Greece here, here
engagement here
wedding here
accession here
exile here
Constantinople here
Copenhagen here, here, here
Corfu here
Cornwell, Patricia here
Cowes Regatta here, here
Crimean War here
Cuffe, Hamilton here
Daily Mirror here
Daily Telegraph here, here
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sp; Dalton, John here, here, here, here
Dantzig here
Darmstadt here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Denmark here, here, here
Derby Daily Telegraph here
Dilke, Sir Charles here
diplomacy, and royal marriages here
Disraeli, Benjamin here
Dublin here
Dufferin, Lord here, here, here, here, here
Dundee Evening Times here
dynastic marriages here
Eastern Question here, here, here, here, here, here
Edinburgh Evening News here, here
Edward VII, King
blamed for death of Albert here
liaisons here
Victoria’s disappointment in here
lifestyle here
marriage to Alexandra here, here
children here, here
Albert Victor’s education here
and Albert Victor here
and Albert Victor’s STD infection here, here, here
affairs here
relationship with father here
Schleswig Holstein War here
funeral of Emperor Wilhelm I here
Frederick’s funeral here
and Wilhelm here, here, here
visit to Balmoral, 1889 here
and Cleveland Street scandal here, here, here
and Princess Margaret match here
affair with Daisy Warwick here
Tranby-Croft affair here, here
plans for Albert Victor here
informs Albert Victor of May plan here
and Albert Victor’s scandals, 1891 here
and Wilhelm’s troubling behaviour here
on May of Teck here
death of Albert Victor here, here, here
George and May of Teck marriage plan here
and Marie of Edinburgh here
and Marie of Edinburgh’s break with George here
in Cannes here
and George here
George’s wedding here
Alexander III’s funeral here
Alix and Nicholas visit, 1896 here
and the Kruger telegram here
assassination attempt here
accession here
matchmaking policy here
Russian Revolution, 1905 here
funeral here
Edward VIII, King here
Edwards, Sir F. here
Egypt here
Ehrenburg Palace here
Ekaterinburg here
House of Special Purpose here
Elba here
Eliot, Sir Henry here
Elizabeth, Empress of Austria here, here, here
Elisabeth of Hesse, Grand Duchess here, here, here
conflict with Victoria here
death of mother here
beauty here
Wilhelm’s courtship of here
Sergei visits here
character here, here
Victoria and here, here, here, here
breaks off engagement with Sergei here
agrees to marry Sergei here
wedding here
married life here
Alix visits here
encourages Nicholas here