But had they tried bloodletting him he would have just died. Alexei’s hemophilia was so bad that minor bruises were potential constitutional crises.
Reading his Wikipedia article is a riot. There was one time when he almost died because the royal carriage he was on vibrated too much or how he got a hemorrhage one time from coughing too much. It really goes to show how much resources was invested toward making sure this kid didn’t die from a nosebleed and how if Alexei was born in a peasant family, he wouldn’t have made it past a month as a baby.
The only sympathy i can muster for the royal family of Russia is over Alexei, and the only credit I will give them is that Nicholas when the time finally came made the decision that Alexei should be allowed to live in peace rather than be tsar.
But yes, had he been poor he would have been dead quite early
Reading his Wikipedia article is a riot. There was one time when he almost died because the royal carriage he was on vibrated too much or how he got a hemorrhage one time from coughing too much. It really goes to show how much resources was invested toward making sure this kid didn’t die from a nosebleed and how if Alexei was born in a peasant family, he wouldn’t have made it past a month as a baby.
The only sympathy i can muster for the royal family of Russia is over Alexei, and the only credit I will give them is that Nicholas when the time finally came made the decision that Alexei should be allowed to live in peace rather than be tsar. But yes, had he been poor he would have been dead quite early
True, though if he was born in a peasant family, he probably would have not had hemphilia, let alone a case this severe.