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Nikolai Aleksandrovich
Николай Александрович
Tsarevich, Grand Duke of Russia


Romanov, Nikolai Aleksandrovich, Tsarevich, Grand Duke of Russia

     

Birth

8 Sep (OS) / 20 Sep (NS) 1843

Tsarskoe Selo

Death

24 Apr 1865 (NS)

Villa Bermon, Nice, France

     

Father

Aleksandr II Nikolaevich, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA (b. 1818)

Mother

Maria Aleksandrovna of Hessen-Darmstadt (b. 1824)
     

Biography Notes

 
Tsarevich of Russia 1855-1865. 1864 Nikolai became engaged to Princess Dagmar of Denmark. It is believed that on his deathbed Nikolai expressed the wish that his fiancée should become the bride of his younger brother and successor as Tsarevich, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich.