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Vladimir was the son of Prince Svyatoslav the Brave of Kiev and a housekeeper called Malusha. In 970, he was elected the prince of Novgorod. Six years later, he learnt that one of his brothers, Yarop...
Basil III was the first child and first son of Ivan III and Sophia Palaiologina. He was born on 25 March 1479. He continued the policies of his father, displaying firmness, consistency and patience i...
Ivan III was the first child and eldest son of Grand Prince Basil II the Blind and Princess Maria of Borovsk. He was born in Moscow on 22 January 1440. Tall and slim, he suffered from a slight stoop,...
Ivan IV was the first child and first son of Basil III and Elena Glinska. He was born on 25 August 1530 in the village of Kolomenskoe near Moscow. When he was three, his father died and was succeeded...
Feodor I was the second child and second son of Ivan the Terrible and Anastasia Zakharina-Yurieva. He was born in Moscow on 31 May 1557. A contemporary described Feodor as “short, squat and fattish, ...
Nicholas II was the first child and eldest son of Alexander III and Maria Fyodorovna. He was born at Tsarskoe Selo on 6 May 1868. From the diary of Tsarevich Alexander: “6/18 May 1868... Finally, at ...
Alexander III was the third child and second son of Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna. He was born at the Anichkov Palace in St Petersburg on 26 February 1845. Alexander was educated by Boris Perov...
Alexander II was the first child and eldest son of Nicholas I and Alexandra Fyodorovna. He was born in Moscow on 17 April 1818. Alexander II was very different in character to his strong-willed and s...
Nicholas I was the ninth child and third son of Paul I and Maria Fyodorovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo on 25 June 1796 and baptised on 6 July 1796 with his brother Alexander and sister Alexandra a...
Alexander I was the first child and eldest son of Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE Paul I and Maria Fyodorovna. He was born in St Petersburg on 12 December 1777. Immediately after his birt...