Illegitimate Issue
Many sources state that Nicholas did not have an extramarital affair until after 25 years of marriage, in 1842, when the Empress's doctors prohibited her from having sexual intercourse, due to her poor health and recurring heart attacks. Many facts dispute this claim. Nicholas fathered three known children with mistresses prior to 1842, including one with his most famous and well documented mistress, Varvara Nelidova.
With Anna-Maria Charlota de Rutenskiold (1791–1856)
- Youzia Koberwein (12 May 1825 – 23 February 1923)
With Varvara Yakovleva (1803–1831):
- Olga Carlovna Albrecht (10 July 1828 – 20 January 1898)
With Varvara Nelidova (d. 1897):
- Alexis Pashkine (17 April 1831 – 20 June 1863)
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