Emperor Alexander II of Russia

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HIM The Emperor of Russia
Titles Emperor of Russia
Reign 2 March 1855 - 13 March 1881
Coronation 7 September 1856
Predecessor Nicholas I
Successor Alexander III
Biographical Information
Born 29 April 1818

Moscow, Russia

Died 13 March 1881 (aged 62)

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Spouse Princess Marie of Hesse

(m. 1843; w. 1880)
Catherine Dolgorukova
(m. 1880; d. 1881)

Issue Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna

Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich
Alexander III
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich

Name Alexander Nikolaevich
House Romanov
Father Emperor Nicholas I of Russia
Mother Princess Charlotte of Prussia
Religion Russian Orthodox

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna 30 August 1842 10 July 1849 (aged 6) Died in childhood
Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich 20 September 1843 24 April 1865 (aged 21) Princess Dagmar of Denmark (e. 1864); died before marriage
Alexander III 10 March 1845 1 November 1894 (aged 49) Princess Dagmar of Denmark (m. 1866); had issue
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich 22 April 1847 17 February 1909 (aged 61) Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (m. 1874); had issue
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich 14 January 1850 14 November 1908 (aged 58) Died unmarried and without legitimate issue
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna 17 October 1853 24 October 1920 (aged 67) Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (m. 1874); had issue
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich 11 May 1857 17 February 1905 (aged 47) Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (m. 1884); no issue
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich 3 October 1860 24 January 1919 (aged 58) (1) Princess Alexandra of Greece (m. 1889); had issue

(2) Olga Karnovich (m. 1902); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1818-1825 Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich of Russia
  • 1825-1855 Alexander Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
  • 1855-1881 Alexander II, Emperor of Russia

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Emperor Nicholas I of Russia Emperor Paul of Russia

Princess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg

Emperor Peter III of Russia

Empress Catherine II of Russia

Duke Frederick II Eugene of Wurttemberg

Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Duke Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp

Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia

Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Princess Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp

Duke Charles Alexander of Wurttemberg

Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis

Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia

Princess Charlotte of Prussia King Frederick William III of Prussia

Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

King Frederick William II of Prussia

Princess Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

Prince Augustus William of Prussia

Princess Louise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt

Countess Caroline of Zweibrucken

Prince Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg