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Imperial dynasty of Russia from 1613 to 1762
Queen Victoria was almost certainly a carrier of haemophilia and—because several of her daughters married into the royal houses of Germany, Russia and Spain—her genetic legacy introduced haemophilia i...
Seven of the roughly 50 Imperial Fabergé eggs remain unaccounted for; reporting around the Winter Egg sale reiterates that 43 survive and seven are missing . Specialist research and dealer accounts na...
The rediscovery and public sale of the 1913 sharpened a simple arithmetic question about the Imperial eggs—but produced conflicting totals in contemporary reporting: leading auction and art-market sou...
The House of Fabergé produced a celebrated run of 50 Imperial Easter eggs for the Russian imperial family between 1885 and 1916; contemporary accounts and Fabergé’s own catalogue tradition treat that ...
Knowledge that carried haemophilia reshaped late 19th‑century by inserting a medical calculus into dynastic decisions: monarchies weighed the risk of introducing an X‑linked bleeding disorder into rei...
Yes — members of royal families have on occasion publicly disclosed medical diagnoses affecting children, but the practice is inconsistent: in some historical and contemporary cases illnesses (notably...
Historically the monarchy treated children’s medical issues as matters to be tightly managed or concealed, with official bulletins often vague and privacy prioritized over clinical detail, while gossi...
Experts today authenticate Fabergé imperial eggs by combining traditional connoisseurship—provenance research and comparative visual study—with scientific tests like metal and gemstone analysis; only ...