Alexander II. Nikolajewitsch, Kaiser von Russland
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Basic data
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April 29, 1818greg. in Moskau
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†March 13, 1881greg. in St. Petersburg
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Zar, Kaiser
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St. Petersburg
Iconography
.jpg "Grand prince Alexander Nikolaevich, 1830 (Source: Wikimedia)")
_detail_01.jpg "The coronation of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna on 26 August/7 September 1856 at the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, painting by Mihály Zichy. The painting depicts the moment when the Emperor crowned the Empress. (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "The US$7.2 million check used to pay for Russian Alaska in 1867 (Source: Wikimedia)")
_monument_in_Helsinki,_Finland.jpg "Monument to Alexander II \"The Liberator\" at the Senate Square in Helsinki, by sculptor Walter Runeberg. It was erected in 1894, when Finland was still a Russian grand duchy. (Source: Wikimedia)")
_-_panoramio.jpg "The Monument to the Tsar Liberator in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "The assassination of Alexander II, drawing by G. Broling, 1881 (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Alexander II, also known as the Grand Duke of Finland, was well regarded among the majority of Finns.[68] Statue of Alexander II at the Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland, flowered on 13 March 1899, the day of the commemoration of the emperor's death. (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slsa1070_31_3.jpg "Alexander II, also known as the Grand Duke of Finland, was well regarded among the majority of Finns.[68] Statue of Alexander II at the Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland, flowered on 13 March 1899, the day of the commemoration of the emperor's death. (Source: Wikimedia)")
Documents
Biographical information from the WeGA
- Sohn von Nikolaus I. von Russland und dessen Frau Alexandra Fjodorowna (1798–1860, bis 1817 Charlotte, Prinzessin von Preußen)
- 28. April 1841 Heirat mit Marie von Hessen und bei Rhein (1824–1880, ab 1841 Maria Alexandrowna)
- ab 1855 Zar von Russland
- Max Maria von Weber schenkte ihm 1855 das Partitur-Autograph des Oberon von C. M. von Weber
