Alexander II of Russia
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Alexander II | |||||
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Emperor of Russia | |||||
Reign | 2 March 1855 – 13 March 1881 | ||||
Coronation | 7 September 1856 | ||||
Predecessor | Nicholas I | ||||
Successor | Alexander III | ||||
Born | Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire | 29 April 1818||||
Died | 13 March 1881 Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire | (aged 62)||||
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House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | ||||
Father | Nicholas I of Russia | ||||
Mother | Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) | ||||
Religion | Russian Orthodox | ||||
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Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) (Old Style dates) was the Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination.[1] He is most famous for freeing the serfs in his Emancipation reform of 1861.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ D.M.W. (1910). "ALexander II (1818–1881)". The Encyclopaedia Britannica; A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. Vol. I (A to Andro) (11th ed.). Cambridge: University Press. pp. 559–61. Retrieved 28 December 2018 – via Internet Archive.