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Russia

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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, 1840–41 ; superintendent of the military schools of the empire, 1849 ; 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), 1841, to

Maria, Empress of Russia, born August 8, 1824, 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), 1845; married, Nov. 9, 1866, to Maria Dagmar, born Nov. 26, 1847, 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), 1847.

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Martin, F. (1871). Russia. In: Martin, F. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253001_11

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