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Alexander II Nicholaevich Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Czar of Russia 1818–1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Apr 1818

Birth Location: Moskau, Kreml Terem-Palast, Hauptstadt, Oblast Zentralrussland, Rußland, GUS.

Death Date: 13 Mar 1881

Death Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia

Father: Tsar Russia

Mother: Charlotte Poland

Spouse(s): Catherine Dolgorukova, Maximiliane Hesse

Children(s): Catherine Romanov, Olga Romanov, George Romanov, Boris Romanov, Alexandra Romanov, Nicholas Romanov, Serge of, Vladimir Russia, Paul Romanov, Alexei Duke, Alexander Russia, Marie Romanov

In 1818, Alexander II Nicholaevich Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Czar of Russia entered the world in Moskau, Kreml Terem-Palast, Hauptstadt, Oblast Zentralrussland, Rußland, GUS., born to Tsar Nicholas I The Iron Czar Pavlovich Romanov Of Russia And Charlotte Alexandra Feodorovna Friederike Hohenzollern Empress Consort Of All The Russias Princess Of Prussia Queen Of Poland. Alexander II Nicholaevich Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Czar of Russia married Catherine Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, Maximiliane Maria Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie Van Hessen Darmstadt Princess Of Hesse, and had children including Alexander Iii Romanov Aleksandrovitsj Csar Of Russia, Alexandra Alexandrovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Alexei Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov Grand Duke, Boris Aleksandrovich Yurievsky Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Catherine Alexandrovna Yurievskaya Holstein Gottorp Romanov, George Alexandrovich Yuryevsky Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Marie Alexandrovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Nicholas Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Paul Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Serge Sergei Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov Grand Duke Of, Vladimir Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov Grand Duke Of Russia. Alexander II Nicholaevich Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Czar of Russia passed away in 1881 in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia.

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  • In 1818, Alexander II Nicholaevich Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Czar of Russia entered the world in Moskau, Kreml Terem-Palast, Hauptstadt, Oblast Zentralrussland, Rußland, GUS., born to Tsar Nicholas I The Iron Czar Pavlovich Romanov Of Russia And Charlotte Alexandra Feodorovna Friederike Hohenzollern Empress Consort Of All The Russias Princess Of Prussia Queen Of Poland.
  • Alexander II Nicholaevich Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Czar of Russia married Catherine Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, Maximiliane Maria Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie Van Hessen Darmstadt Princess Of Hesse, and had children including Alexander Iii Romanov Aleksandrovitsj Csar Of Russia, Alexandra Alexandrovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Alexei Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov Grand Duke, Boris Aleksandrovich Yurievsky Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Catherine Alexandrovna Yurievskaya Holstein Gottorp Romanov, George Alexandrovich Yuryevsky Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Marie Alexandrovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Nicholas Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Paul Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Serge Sergei Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov Grand Duke Of, Vladimir Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov Grand Duke Of Russia.
  • Alexander II Nicholaevich Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Czar of Russia passed away in 1881 in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia.

Immediate Family

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Alexander Russia's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Russia
1818–1881
Birth Place: Moskau, Kreml Terem-Palast, Hauptstadt, Oblast Zentralrussland, Rußland, GUS.
Parents
Tsar Nicholas I "The Iron Czar" Pavlovich Romanov of Russia
1796–1855
Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia
Charlotte ("Alexandra Feodorovna" Friederike Hohenzollern, Empress consort of All the Russias, Princess of Prussia, Queen of) Poland
1798–1860
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Grandparents
Tsar (Paul I Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Emperor of Ryssland, Grand Master Knights) Hospitaller
1754–1801
Summer Palace, St Petersburg, Russia,
Sophia (Dorothea Maria Feodorovna of Würtemberg, Tsarina consort of All the) Russias
1759–1828
Pommer, Forchheim, Bayern, Germany
Frederick (William III Hohenzollern, King of Prussia,) Lutheran
1770–1840
Potsdam, Potsdamer Stadtkreis, Brandenburg, Germany
Louise (Augusta Wilhelmina Amalia Mecklenburg Strelitz, Queen consort of) Prussia
1776–1810
Hanover, Altes Palais, Leinstraße, Landeshauptstadt, Niedersachsen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Peter Russia
1728–1762
Catherine Anhalt-Zerbst
1729–1796
Frederick of
1732–1797
Prinsessa Margravine
1736–1798
Frederick Calvinist
1744–1797
Frederica Prussia
1751–1805
Charles Mecklenburg
1741–1816
Friederike Hesse-Darmstadt
1752–1782
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Karl-Friedrich Duke
1700–1739
Anna Russia
1708–1728
Christiaan Anhalt-Zerbst
1690–1747
Johanna Oldenburg
1712–1760
Augustus Prussia
1722–1758
Louise Preußen
1722–1780
Louis Hesse-Darmstadt
1719–1790
Karoline Zweibrücken
1721–1774
Karl of
1708–1752
Elisabeth Saxony
1713–1761

Alexander Russia's Descendants

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Alexander (II Nicholaevich Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Czar of) Russia (29 Apr 1818–13 Mar 1881) m. Catherine (Ekaterina Mikhailovna) Dolgorukova (02 Nov 1847–15 Feb 1922) m. Maximiliane ('Maria' Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie van Hessen Darmstadt, Princess of) Hesse (08 Aug 1824–08 Jun 1880)
  1. 1. Catherine (Alexandrovna Yurievskaya Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1878–1959
  2. 2. Olga (Alexandrovna Yurievskaya Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1874–1925 m. Georg (Nikolaus von) Merenberg 1871–1948
    1. 1. Georg (Michael Alexander von Merenberg Nassau-Weilburg Graaf van) Merenberg 1897–1965
    2. 2. Olga (Catharina Ada van) Merenberg 1898–1983
    3. 3. Alexander (von Nassau-Weilburg, Prinz von) Merenberg 1896–1897
  3. 3. George (Alexandrovich Yuryevsky Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1872–1913
  4. 4. Boris (Aleksandrovich Yurievsky Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1876–1876
  5. 5. Alexandra (Alexandrovna Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1842–1849
  6. 6. Nicholas (Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1843–1865
  7. 7. Serge (Sergei Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Grand Duke) of 1857–1905 m. Elisabeth (Alexandra Luise Alice Hessen-Darmstadt, Prinzessin von Hessen und bei Rhein) von 1864–1918
  8. 8. Vladimir (Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Grand Duke of) Russia 1847–1909 m. Marie (Alexandrine of Mecklenburg Schwerin, Grand Duchess Consort of Russia, Grand Duchess of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1854–1920
    1. 1. Helen (Vladimirovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia, Princess Consort of Greece and) Denmark 1882–1957 m. Prince (Nicolaos of Greece and) Denmark 1872–1938
      1. 1. Marina (Oldenburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of) Kent 1906–1968
      2. 2. Olga (Oldenburg, Princess of Greece and) Denmark 1903–1997
      3. 3. Elisabeth (Oldenburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark, Countess of Toerring and) Jettenbach 1904–1955
    2. 2. Boris (Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of) Russia 1877–1943
    3. 3. Andrei (Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of) Russia 1879–1956 m. Mathilde Kschessinska 1872–1971
      1. 1. Wladimir Romanovsky-Krasinsky 1902–1974
    4. 4. Kiril (Vladimirovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Self-Proclaimed Head of the Imperial House of Romanoff, Grand Duke of) Russia 1876–1938 m. Princess (Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and) Gotha 1876–1936
      1. 1. Kira (Kirillovna Romanov Holstein) Gottorp 1909–1967
      2. 2. Maria (Kirillovna Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1907–1951
      3. 3. Vladimir (Cyrilovitch Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1917–1992
  9. 9. Paul (Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1868–1919
  10. 10. Alexei (Alexandrovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Grand) Duke 1850–1908 m. Alexandra (Zhukovskaya (Vasilievna)) Countess 1842–1899
    1. 1. Alexei (Alexeevich Belevsky-Zhukovsky,) Count 1871–1932 m. Maria (Petrovna) Troubetzkoy 1872–1954 m. Jessie (Dolina Ellen) Cameron 1892–1963
      1. 1. Prince (Serge Grigorievich) Troubetzkoy 1906–2003
      2. 2. Elizabeta (Alekseievna) BELEVSKYA-ZHUKOVSKYA 1896–1975
      3. 3. Sergei (Alekseivich) BELEVSKY-ZHUKOVSKY 1903–1956
      4. 4. Mariya (Alekseievna) Belevsky-Zhukovsky 1901–1996
      5. 5. Olga (Morrison) Petroff 1924–2013
      6. 6. Neonela (Barbara) Petroff 1923–1995
  11. 11. Alexander (III Romanov (Aleksandrovitsj), Csar of) Russia 1845–1894 m. Maria (Feodorovna "Princess Dagmar" Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, Empress of Russia, Russian Orthodox prev.) Lutheranism 1847–1928
    1. 1. Nicholas (II Alexandrovich House of Romanov, last Czar of Russian) Empire 1868–1918 m. Alexandra (Feodorovna Alix von Hessen (Romanova) Empress Consort of Russia,) Executed 1872–1918
      1. 1. Maria (Nikolaevna, Romanov, Grand Duchess of) Russia 1899–1918
      2. 2. Alexei (Nikolaevich Romanov, Tsarevich of) Russia 1904–1918
      3. 3. Olga (Nikolaevna, Romanov, Grand Duchess of) Russia 1895–1918
      4. 4. Anastasia (Nicolajevna Romanov, Grand Duchess of) Russia 1901–1918
    2. 2. George (Alexandrovich Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov Grand Duke of) Russia 1871–1899
    3. 3. Xenia (Alexandrovna Romanov (Aleksandrovitsj), Grand) Duchess 1875–1960
    4. 4. Michael (Alexandrovich Romanov (Aleksandrovitsj), Grand) Duke1 1878–1918
    5. 5. Alexander (Alexandrovich, Grand Duke) Romanov 1869–1870
  12. 12. Marie (Alexandrovna Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1853–1940 m. Alfred (Ernest of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of) Edinburgh 1844–1900
    1. 1. Alfred (of) Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1874–1899
    2. 2. Alexandra (Louise Olga Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and) Gotha 1878–1942

Alexander Russia's Timeline

2 Records

1818
29 Apr 1818
Birth of Alexander II Nicholaevich Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Czar of Russia in Moskau, Kreml Terem-Palast, Hauptstadt, Oblast Zentralrussland, Rußland, GUS.
Moskau, Kreml Terem-Palast, Hauptstadt, Oblast Zentralrussland, Rußland, GUS.
1881
13 Mar 1881
Age 63
Death of Alexander II Nicholaevich Holstein-Gottorp Romanov, Czar of Russia in assassinated on the road leading back to the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia
assassinated on the road leading back to the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Apr 1818
    Event Place: Moskau, Kreml Terem-Palast, Hauptstadt, Oblast Zentralrussland, Rußland, GUS.
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Mar 1881
    Event Place: assassinated on the road leading back to the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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