What is Anastasia famous for?

Answer 1

Anastasia was famous first and most for being Russian royalty. Her official title declares her a Grand Duchess, and a Grand Duchess is actually higher up in the pecking order than a princess, which means an Empress outranks a Queen. However, why she is more famous than her four sisters is because she was rumored to survive the massacre of her family. The four daughters all had jewels sewn into their blouses, which protected them from the gunfire. It was believed that Anastasia pretended to be dead and escaped with the help of a sympathetic guard. In the 1920's a German woman by the name of Anna Anderson claimed to be Anastasia, which brought a lot of attention to the Romanovs. She was labeled a fraud, but many believed her story as well, and it lead to many books and movies telling her story. When the bodies of the Romanov family were found, Anastasia's body was not among them, and the idea that she had survived seemed even more likely. However, in 1998, her body was found just a few miles from where the rest were buried. It was the mystery of whether or not Anastasia had survived that made her so famous.