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Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich was a leading historian and liberal. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo (1859). Chairman of the Russian History Society. Served in the Russian army (1894–1903). Corresponded...
Grand Duke Alexander Vladimirovich was the first child and first son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. He was born in 1875 and died in 1877. He was buried in the ...
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich was the fourth child and fourth son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo (1879). He was a major general ...
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich was the third child and third son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo (1877). He was a major general of ...
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich was the second child and second son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo on 12 October 1876 and commande...
Anna Petrovna was the fourth child and second daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I. She was born in Moscow on 27 January 1708. Anna grew up in the houses of Peter’s younger sister Natalia and ...
Tsarevich Alexis Petrovich was the first child and first son of Peter the Great and Eudoxia Lopukhina. He was born in Moscow on 18 February 1690 and baptised on 23 February 1690. His godparents were ...
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...