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RUSSIA.
(Empire of all. the Russias.) Reigning Sovereign and Family.
Alexander II., Emperor of Russia, born April 17 (April 29 new style), 1818, the eldest son of Emperor Nicholas I. and of Princess Charlotte of Prussia ; educated, under the supervision of his father, by General Moerder, a learned German, and the Russian poet Joukowski ; entered the army, 1831 ; nominated colonel in the regiment of grenadiers, 1835 ; chancellor of the university of Helsingfors, Finland 1837 ; travelled in Germany,. 1810—11 ; superintendent of the military schools of the empire, 1819 ;. appointed to a command in the Caucasian army, 1850. Succeeded to the throne, at the death of his father, February 18 (March 2), 1855 ; crowned at Moscow, August 26 (September 7), 1856. Married, April. 16 (April 28), 1811, to
Maria, Empress of Russia, born August 8, 1821, the daughter of the late Grand-duke Ludwig II., of Hesse-Darmstadt. Offspring of the union are: — 1. Grand-duke Alexander, heir-apparent, born February 26 (March 10), 1815;, married, Nov. 9, 1866, to Maria Dagmar, born Nov. 26, 1817, daughter of King Christian IX. of Denmark; offspring of the union is one son, Nicholas, born May 6 (May 18), 1868. 2, Grand-duke Vladimir, born April 10 (April 22), 1817. 3. Grand-duke Alexis, born January 2. (January 11), 1850. 1. Grand-duchess Maria, born October 5 (October 17), 1853. 5. Grand-duke Sergius, born April 29 (May 11),. 1857. 6. Grand-duke Paul, born. September 21 (October 3),, I860.
Brothers and Sisters of the Emperor.— 1. Grand-duehess Maria, born August 6 (August 18), 1819 ; married, July 2 (July 11),1S39, to Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg ; widow, October 20 (November 1), 1852 ; married, in second nuptials, November 4, 1856, to Count Stroganoff, colonel in the Russian army. 2. Grand-Duchess Olga, born August 30 (September 11), 1822;: married July 1 (July 13), 1816, to Prince Karl, then heir-apparent, now king, of Wustemberg. 3. Grand-duke Constantine, born September 9 (September 21), 1827 ; high-admiral of the Russian navy ; married, August 30
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