Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III | |||||
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![]() Portrait photograph, 1885 | |||||
Emperor of Russia | |||||
Reign | 13 March 1881 – 1 November 1894 | ||||
Coronation | 27 May 1883 | ||||
Predecessor | Alexander II | ||||
Successor | Nicholas II | ||||
Born | Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | 10 March 1845||||
Died | 1 November 1894 Maley Palace, Livadia,[a] Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire | (aged 49)||||
Burial | 18 November 1894 Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
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House | Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp | ||||
Father | Alexander II of Russia | ||||
Mother | Maria Alexandrovna | ||||
Religion | Russian Orthodox | ||||
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Alexander III (Russian: Александр III Александрович Романов, tr. Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich Romanov; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894)[1] was the Emperor of Russia and from 1881 until his death in 1894.[2] He was the second son of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna. He was also the father of Nicholas II, the last Russian Emperor.
Alexander was born as Alexander Alexandrovich on March 10, 1845 at Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg to Alexander II and Marie of Hesse. In 1866, he married Princess Dagmar of Denmark. They had six children together named Nicholas, Alexander, George, Xenia, Michael, and Olga.
In 1881, Alexander became the emperor of Russia after the assassination of his father. He was emperor of thirteen years until his death in 1894. After his death, his eldest son Nicholas II, became the last Russian emperor.
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[change | change source]- ↑ Modern-day Livadiya, Crimea