▁him ▁killed ; ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁ ▁Grand ▁Duke ▁Nicholas ▁Mik h ail ov ich ▁turned ▁those ▁rum ors ▁into ▁an ▁elaborate ▁legend ▁for ▁his ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Elizabeth ▁Alex e iev na ▁( although ▁the ▁chapter ▁on ▁Ok hot nik ov ▁was ▁not ▁published ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁due ▁to ▁Nicholas ▁II ' s ▁personal ▁inter vention ) ▁and ▁his ▁other ▁studies ▁of ▁that ▁period . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 6 ▁November ▁ 1 8 0 6 , ▁Elizabeth ▁gave ▁birth ▁to ▁a ▁second ▁daughter . ▁There ▁were ▁rum ors ▁that ▁the ▁new born , ▁Grand ▁Duch ess ▁Elizabeth ▁Alexand rov na , ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁child ▁of ▁Emperor ▁Alexander ▁but ▁of ▁Ok hot nik ov . ▁After ▁his ▁death , ▁Elizabeth ▁Alex e iev na ▁felt ▁more ▁abandoned ▁than ▁ever ▁and ▁pou red ▁out ▁all ▁her ▁affection ▁on ▁her ▁daughter ▁Elizabeth , ▁" L is ink a ". ▁Fif teen ▁months ▁later , ▁the ▁little ▁girl ▁died ▁suddenly ▁of ▁an ▁in fection ▁bl amed ▁on ▁te ething . ▁" Now ," ▁wrote ▁Elizabeth ▁to ▁her ▁mother , ▁" I ▁am ▁not ▁longer ▁good ▁for ▁anything ▁in ▁this ▁world , ▁my ▁soul ▁has ▁no ▁more ▁strength ▁to ▁recover ▁from ▁this ▁last ▁blow ." ▁ ▁The ▁death ▁of ▁their ▁daughter ▁tempor arily ▁brought ▁husband ▁and ▁wife ▁closer . ▁Although ▁Elizabeth ▁Alex e iev na ▁was ▁not ▁yet ▁thirty ▁years ▁old , ▁neither ▁she ▁nor ▁Alexander ▁had ▁further ▁hopes ▁of ▁a ▁family ▁and ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁no ▁more ▁children . ▁