A Patek Philippe watch owned by Aisin-Gioro Puyi—the last emperor of China’s Qing dynasty—sold for $5.1 million hammer at an auction Tuesday, more than 85 years after it was first made by the German ...

Though the Romanovs held power for over 300 years, their dynasty ended in a single generation, with the last tsar, Nicholas ...

Today in the year 1449, the last emperor of the Romans was crowned in the small town of Mystras in Greece, far away from the ...

The Last Emperor, released in 1987, is a remarkable biographical drama that offers a deep dive into the life of Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China. The movie received universal praise and swept the ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ninety years after Bolshevik revolutionaries shot dead the last tsar, Russians are fighting over who to lionise: Tsar Nicholas II or Josef Stalin. Sign up here. They are vying for ...

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is unveiling a special exhibition showcasing several artifacts, including a Patek Philippe Reference 96 Quantieme Lune wristwatch that once belonged to ...

The Romanov family rose to imperial power in Russia in the early 1600s, its rule passed down for more than 300 years until the compounding crises of World War I, political turmoil and public pushback ...

What’s so bad about having a mentally deficient ruler? Surely the ruler’s advisors can make wise decisions and tell him what to say? When I hear such reasoning, I think of Tsar Nicholas II, his sad ...