The Romanov family are sovereigns of the Russian Empire in 1917.
History[]
Original multiverse[]
On Earth-38, the seven main members of the family were executed on July 16, 1918. This event became highly known and studied. It was assumed that Anastasia had escaped her death.[1]
New multiverse[]
After the crisis, events from both Earths 38, 1 and TUD5 were merged into Earth-Prime.[2] At some point, Tsar Nicholas II met Alexandra Romanova, whom he married and had several children; Anastasia Romanova, Alexei Romanov and three unnamed women. Prior to 1916, Alexei became ill, so his parents called the then known mystic Grigori Rasputin to cure him. A turn of events caused Rasputin and Alexandra to fall for each other.
Rasputin's influence over Alexandra was perceived as a threat by Yusupov, the nephew of Nicholas, who assassinated in late 1916. Rasputin was resurrected by Astra Logue an encore on January 4, 1917 during his funeral, where the Romanov family was present. Rasputin then went to his manor, where he killed Yusupov as revenge.
The Romanovs meeting with Grigori Rasputin.
Later, Rasputin invited the Romanov family to dinner. He poisoned the family cakes with cyanide to kill them and steal the throne. When the Romanov family arrived, he welcomed them and offered them the poisoned food but was stopped by Behrad Tarazi and Sara Lance. One of his servants announced the arrival of Anastasia Romanov, who was actually Ava Sharpe in disguise. Ava threw a knife at him but did no damage. Then the other Legends appeared and helped the Romanov family to escape.[3]
Known family members[]
- Nicholas II (Alexandra's husband, Anastasia, Alexei, and three unnamed women's father)
- Alexandra Romanova (Nicholas's wife, Anastasia, Alexei, and three unnamed women's mother)
- Three unnamed women (Nicholas and Alexandra's daughters, Anastasia and Alexei's elder sisters)
- Anastasia Romanova (Nicholas and Alexandra's daughter, Alexei's elder sister, three unnamed women's younger sister)
- Alexei Romanov (Nicholas and Alexandra's son, Anastasia and three unnamed women's younger brother)
- Yusupov (Nicholas's nephew, Alexandra's nephew by marriage, Anastasia, Alexei, and three unnamed women's cousin; deceased)