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Alexander II of Russia Romanov 1818–1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Apr 1818

Birth Location: Moskva, Moscow City, Russia

Death Date: 13 March 1881; assasinated by anarchists

Death Location: Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia

Father: Nicholas Romanov

Mother: Charlotte Prussia

Spouse(s): Princess Rhine

Children(s): Alexander Romanov, Alexei Romanov, Paul Romanov, Nicholas Romanov, Serge Romanov, Olga Russia, Alexandra Romanov, Maria Ryssland, Vladimir Romanov

Alexander II of Russia Romanov was born in 1818 in Moskva, Moscow City, Russia, the child of Nicholas I Of Russia Romanov And Charlotte Of Prussia. Alexander II of Russia Romanov married Princess Marie Empress Consort Of All The Russias Of Hesse And By Rhine, and had children including Alexander Iii Of Russia Romanov, Alexandra Alexandrovna Grand Duchess Romanov, Alexei Alexandrovich Grand Duke Romanov, Maria Alexandrovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Ryssland, Nicholas Alexandrovich Tsarevich Romanov, Olga Romanova Grand Duchess Of Russia, Paul Pavel Alexandrovich Grand Duke Romanov, Serge Alexandrovich Grand Duke Romanov, Vladimir Alexandrovich Grand Duke Romanov. Alexander II of Russia Romanov passed away in 1881 in Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia.

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Biography

  • Alexander II of Russia Romanov was born in 1818 in Moskva, Moscow City, Russia, the child of Nicholas I Of Russia Romanov And Charlotte Of Prussia.
  • Alexander II of Russia Romanov married Princess Marie Empress Consort Of All The Russias Of Hesse And By Rhine, and had children including Alexander Iii Of Russia Romanov, Alexandra Alexandrovna Grand Duchess Romanov, Alexei Alexandrovich Grand Duke Romanov, Maria Alexandrovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Ryssland, Nicholas Alexandrovich Tsarevich Romanov, Olga Romanova Grand Duchess Of Russia, Paul Pavel Alexandrovich Grand Duke Romanov, Serge Alexandrovich Grand Duke Romanov, Vladimir Alexandrovich Grand Duke Romanov.
  • Alexander II of Russia Romanov passed away in 1881 in Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicholas Romanov
1796–1855
Birth Location: Tsarskoe Selo Mi, Tsarskoe Selo, St Petersburg, Russia
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Charlotte Prussia
1798–1860
Birth Location: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany
CP

Spouses(s)

Princess Rhine
1824–1880
Birth Location: Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
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Children(s)

Alexander Romanov
1845–1894
Birth Location: St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal, Russia
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Alexei Romanov
1850–1908
Birth Location: Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Paul Romanov
1860–1919
Birth Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia
PR
Nicholas Romanov
1843–1865
Birth Location: Selo, Arkhangel'sk, Russia
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Serge Romanov
1857–1905
Birth Location: Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
SR
Olga Russia
1851–1920
Birth Location: Russia
OR
Alexandra Romanov
1842–1849
Birth Location: St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal, Russia
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Maria Ryssland
1853–1920
Birth Location: Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
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Vladimir Romanov
1847–1909
Birth Location: Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
VR

Alexander Romanov's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Romanov
1818–1881
Birth Place: Moskva, Moscow City, Russia
Parents
Nicholas I of Russia Romanov
1796–1855
Tsarskoe Selo Mi, Tsarskoe Selo, St Petersburg, Russia
Charlotte (of) Prussia
1798–1860
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany
Grandparents
Maria (Feodorovna von) Württemberg
1759–1828
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Romanov's Descendants

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Alexander (II of Russia) Romanov (17 Apr 1818–13 March 1881; assasinated by anarchists) m. Princess (Marie, Empress consort of All the Russias of Hesse and by) Rhine (8 Aug 1824–8 Jun 1880)
  1. 1. Alexander (III of Russia) Romanov 1845–1894 m. Maria (Sophia Frederike Dagmar van Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Prinses van Denemarken) Princess 1847–1928
    1. 1. Nikolai (II Alexandrovich) Romanov 1868–1918 m. Alix (Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice (Alexandra Feodorovna) Of Hesse Princess of Hesse and bei) Rhein 1872–1918
      1. 1. Grand (Duchess Olga) Romanov 1895–1918
      2. 2. Grand (Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia) Romanov 1897–1918
      3. 3. Grand (Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia) Romanov 1899–1918
      4. 4. Grand (Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia) Romanov 1901–1918
      5. 5. Alexei (Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia) Romanov 1904–1918
    2. 2. Alexander (Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia, Grand Duke of) Russia 1869–1870
    3. 3. Grand (Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess) Romanov 1875–1960 m. Alexander (Mikhailovich Romanov Holstein Gottorp) Grootvorst 1866–1933
      1. 1. Vassili (Alexandrovitch) Romanov 1907–1989
      2. 2. Feodor (Alexandrovich Russia Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1898–1968 m. Irina (Paulovna Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp Princess Peley, Duchess van) Hohenfelsen 1903–1990
        1. 1. Michael (Feodorovitsj) Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp 1924–2008 m. Helga Staufenberger 1926–1990
      3. 3. Andrew (Alexandrovitch) Romanov 1897–1981
      4. 4. Dmitri (Alexandrovich) Romanov 1901–1980 m. Countess (Marina Sergeievna) Golenistcheva-Koutouzova 1912–1969 m. Margaret (Sheila MacKeller) Chisholm 1898–1969
        1. 1. Princess (Nadejda Dmitrievna of) Russia 1933–2002 m. Anthony (Bryan) Allen 1931–2015 m. William (Thomas Hall) Clark 1924–1995
      5. 5. Irina (Alexandrovna Russia) Romanov 1895–1970 m. Felix (Graaf Sumarokov-Elston Vorst) Joesoepov 1887–1967
        1. 1. Princess (Irina Felixovna) Cheremeteva 1915–1983
      6. 6. Nikita (Alexandrovich) Romanov 1900–1974
      7. 7. Rostislav (Alexandrovich) Romanov 1902–1978
        1. 1. Prince (Rostislav) Romanov 1938–1999
    4. 4. George (Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia,) Romanov 1871–1899
    5. 5. Olga (Alexandrovna Romanova of Russia, Grand Duchess of) Russia 1882–1960 m. Nikolai (Alexandrovich) Kulikovsky 1881–1958 m. Peter (Alexandrovich, Duke of) Oldenburg 1868–1924
      1. 1. Tikhon (Nikolaevich) Kulikovsky 1917–1993
      2. 2. Guri (Nikolaevich) Kulikovsky 1919–1984
      3. 3. Tikhon (Nikolaevich) Kulikovsky 1917–1993 m. Livia Sebestyén 1925–1982
      4. 4. Guri (Nikolaevich) Kulikovsky 1919–1984 m. Aza 1924–
        1. 1. Leonid (Gurevich) Kulikovsky 1943–2015
    6. 6. Michael (Alexandrovich Romanov, Grand Duke of) Russia 1878–1918 m. Natalia (Sergeyevna Sheremetyevskaya Romanova, Grand duchess of) Russia 1880–1952
      1. 1. George (Mihailovich Romanov, Count Brasov of) Russia 1910–1931
      2. 2. Natalia (Sergeyevna) Majolier 1903–1969 m. Christopher (Michael Patrick) Majolier 1901–1967 m. Cecil (William Turple) Gray 1895–1951 m. Val (Henry) Gielgud 1900–1981
        1. 1. Pauline (K) Gray 1929–1989
      3. 3. Nadejda (Michaelovna) Romanov 1896–1963
    7. 7. Sergei (Alexandrovich Romanov, Grand Duke of) Russia 1857–1905 m. Princess (Elisabeth of Hesse and by) Rhine 1864–1918
  2. 2. Alexei (Alexandrovich, Grand Duke) Romanov 1850–1908
  3. 3. Paul (Pavel Alexandrovich, Grand Duke) Romanov 1860–1919
  4. 4. Nicholas (Alexandrovich, Tsarevich) Romanov 1843–1865
  5. 5. Serge (Alexandrovich, Grand Duke) Romanov 1857–1905
  6. 6. Olga (Romanova Grand Duchess of) Russia 1851–1920
  7. 7. Alexandra (Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess) Romanov 1842–1849
  8. 8. Maria (Alexandrovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov) Ryssland 1853–1920 m. Alfred (Ernst Albert Sachsen Coburg) Gotha 1844–1900
    1. 1. Victoria (Melita Saxe) Coburg 1876–1936 m. Ernest (("Ernie") Louis Charles Albert William Grand Duke of Hesse and by) Rhine 1868–1937 m. Kirill (Cyril Vladimirovitch Holstein Gottorp Romanov) Russia 1876–1938
      1. 1. Elisabeth (Marie Alice Viktoria Hesse) Darmstadt 1895–1903
      2. 2. Vladimir (Kirillovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov) Russia 1917–1992
      3. 3. Kira (Kirillovna Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1909–1967
      4. 4. Maria (Kirillovna Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1907–1951
    2. 2. Alfred (Alexander William Ernst Albert Sachsen Coburg) Gotha 1874–1899
    3. 3. Alexandra (Louise Olga Victoria Sachsen Coburg) Gotha 1878–1942
    4. 4. Maria (Alexandra Victoria Sachsen Coburg) Gotha 1875–1938
    5. 5. Beatrice (Leopoldine Victoria Sachsen Coburg) Gotha 1884–1966
    6. 6. Princess (Victoria of) Wales 1868–1935
    7. 7. Princess (Maud of) Wales 1869–1938
    8. 8. Prince George 1866–
  9. 9. Vladimir (Alexandrovich, Grand Duke) Romanov 1847–1909 m. Duchess (Marie of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1854–1920
    1. 1. Kirill (Cyril Vladimirovitch Holstein Gottorp Romanov) Russia 1876–1938 m. Victoria (Melita Saxe) Coburg 1876–1936

Alexander Romanov's Timeline

4 Records

1818
29 April 1818
Birth of Alexander II of Russia Romanov in Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
1818
17 Apr 1818
Birth of Alexander II of Russia Romanov in Moskva, Moscow City, Russia
Moskva, Moscow City, Russia
1881
13 March 1881
Age 63
Death of Alexander II of Russia Romanov in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Saint Petersburg, Russia
1881
13 March 1881; assasinated by anarchists
Age 63
Death of Alexander II of Russia Romanov in Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia
Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 April 1818
    Event Place: Moscow, Russia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1818
    Event Place: Moskva, Moscow City, Russia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 March 1881
    Event Place: Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 March 1881; assasinated by anarchists
    Event Place: Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia
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