Edited sentence: Alexander's death may have profoundly influenced Russia's future.If Alexander had lived, he might have been the brotherly support Nicholas needed, and likewise, had Alexander married someone of equal birth and had children, the pressure on Nicholas and Alexandra to produce a son might not have been so intense.Unlike his father and grandfather, Nicholas II could not count on support from his brothers during his reign, with Alexander dead, the younger brother George suffering from tuberculosis dying young in 1899, and Michael spending most of Nicholas' latter reign in exile