Pretenders to the Russian Throne - Anna Anderson, Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Paperback)

Chapters: Anna Anderson, Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia, Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia, False Dmitriy I, False Dmitry Ii, Ceclava Czapska, False Dmitry Iii. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 64. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anna Anderson (16 December 1896 12 February 1984) was the best known of several impostors who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. The real Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia, Nicholas II and Alexandra, was killed with her parents and siblings on 17 July 1918 by Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg, Russia; but the location of her body was unknown until 2008. In 1920, Anderson was institutionalized in a mental hospital after a suicide attempt in Berlin. At first, she went by the name Fraulein Unbekannt (German for Miss Unknown) as she refused to reveal her identity. Later she used the name Tschaikovsky and then Anderson. In March 1922, claims that Anderson was a Russian grand duchess first received public attention. Most members of Grand Duchess Anastasia's family and those who had known her, including court tutor Pierre Gilliard, said Anderson was an impostor but others were convinced she was Anastasia. In 1927, a private investigation funded by the Tsarina's brother, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, identified Anderson as Franziska Schanzkowska, a Polish factory worker with a history of mental illness. After a lawsuit lasting many years, the German courts ruled that Anderson had failed to prove she was Anastasia, but through media coverage, her claim gained notoriety. Between 1922 and 1968, Anderson lived in Germany and the United States with various supporters and in sanatoria and nursing homes, including at leas...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=23880