The saddest case of this must be that of Nicholas II, last of the Romanovs. He never asked or wanted to be tsar of Russia ... with Nicholas’s cousin George V in Britain. It was not to be.

The begin of Communism in Russia. Here is the article in Wikipedia: On 14 May 1896 Nicholas' formal coronation as Tsar was held in Uspensky Cathedral located within the Kremlin. In celebration on ...