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Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich was the eighth child and sixth son of Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo (1860). He was the honorary chairman of the National Health Soci...
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich was the seventh child and fifth son of Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna. He was born at the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo (1857). He was the governor general of...
On 1 June 1844, Tsar Nicholas I paid a surprise visit to London. Although advanced in her seventh month of pregnancy, Queen Victoria did all she could to welcome the Russian emperor. Nicholas visited...
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich was the fifth child and fourth son of Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna. He was born in St Petersburg on 2 January 1850. Alexei was destined for a naval career and s...
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich was the fourth child and third son of Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo (1847). He was an infantry general, member of the State Counc...
Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich was the second child and first son of Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo on 8 September 1843 and known in the family as “Nixa.” Nichola...
Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna was the first child and first daughter of Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna. She was born in Tsarskoe Selo (1842). She died at the age of six from infant mening...