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Alexander II of Russia
The 12th Emperor of Russia (1855–1881)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 17 April 1818
- Died
- 1 March 1881
- Place of birth
- Small Nicholas Palace
- Place of death
- Winter Palace
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Family name
- Romanov
- Father
- Nicholas I of Russia
- Mother
- Alexandra Feodorovna
- Child
- Nicholas Alexandrovich, Crown Prince of Russia, Alexander III of Russia, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Prince George Alexandrovich Yuryevsky, Princess Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Bohdan Michał Ogiński
- Sibling
- Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Nikolaevna of Russia, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
- Occupation
- ruler, statesperson, monarch
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Native language
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Awards
- Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit, Knight of the Order of Saint Michael, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Order of the White Eagle, Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of St. Andrew, Gold Sword for Bravery, Order of St. George, 4th class, Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William, Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
- cause of death
- bleeding
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Russian Biographical Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Otto's encyclopedia, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
- family
- Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Russian
- military, police or special rank
- general field marshal
- name in native language
- Александр II Николаевич
- noble title
- Emperor of all the Russias
- place of burial
- Peter and Paul Cathedral
- relative
- Natalia Nordman
- residence
- Winter Palace
- significant event
- assassination attempt on Alexander II on May 25, 1867, assassination of Alexander II of Russia, Tenth Russo-Turkish War, Decembrist revolt, Crimean War
- significant person
- Johan Vilhelm Snellman
- topic's main category
- Category:Alexander II of Russia
- unmarried partner
- Countess Olga Kalinovskya, Wilhelmine Bayer, Princess N. Lubomirska
- work location
- Saint Petersburg
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