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Aleksandr II Nikolaevich
Александр II Николаевич
EMPEROR AND AUTOCRAT OF ALL RUSSIA


Romanov, Aleksandr II Nikolaevich, EMPEROR AND AUTOCRAT OF ALL RUSSIA

     

Birth

17 Apr (OS) / 29 Apr (NS) 1818

Moskva

Death

1 Mar (OS) / 13 Mar (NS) 1881

Winter Palace, Sankt-Peterburg

Interred

31 Mar (OS) / 12 Apr (NS) 1881

Peter and Paul Cathedral, Sankt-Peterburg

     

Father

Nikolai I Pavlovich, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA (b. 1796)

Mother

Aleksandra Fedorovna of Prussia (b. 1798)
     

Spouse (1)

Maria Aleksandrovna of Hessen (b. 1824)

Marriage

28 Apr 1841 (NS), Sankt-Peterburg

     

Spouse (2)

Ekaterina Mihailovna, Princess Dolgorukaja, cr. Princess Jurievskaja 1880 (b. 1847)

Marriage

18 Jul 1880 (NS), Tsarskoe Selo

     

Children (1st Marriage):

   

Children (2nd Marriage):

   

Biography Notes

 
Tsarevich of Russia 1 December 1825 (NS). Reign 1855-1881. Coronation 26 August (OS) / 7 September (NS) 1856, Moskva. Assassinated, died of his wounds in Winter Palace. Called Tsar-Osvoboditel (Царь-Освободитель) = The Liberator Tsar.
Emperor Aleksandr's issue by his second (morganatic) marriage was legitimated after the marriage.
Emperor Aleksandr had at least two illegitimate children: A son with Countess Olga Kalinovskaja (1818-1854): Mihail-Bogdan, Prince Oginski (1848-1909), and one son with Princess N. Lubomirska: Joseph Raboxicz (b. abt 1867).
A short biography can be found here.

Aleksandr II