Alexander II of Russia
| Alexander II | |||||
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Photograph, circa 1878–1881 | |||||
| Emperor of Russia | |||||
| Reign | 2 March 1855 – 13 March 1881 | ||||
| Coronation | 7 September 1856 | ||||
| Predecessor | Nicholas I | ||||
| Successor | Alexander III | ||||
| Born | 29 April 1818 Moscow Kremlin, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire | ||||
| Died | 13 March 1881 (aged 62) Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
| Burial | Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
| Spouse | Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
(m. 1841; died 1880)Catherine Mikhailovna Dolgorukova (morganatic)
(m. 1880) | ||||
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| House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | ||||
| Father | Nicholas I of Russia | ||||
| Mother | Charlotte of Prussia | ||||
| Religion | Russian Orthodox | ||||
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Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, tr. Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881)[a] was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1855 until his assassination in 1881.[1] Alexander's most significant liberal reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator.
Notes
- ↑ Old style: 17 April 1818; 1 March 1881
References
- ↑ Wallace 1911, p. 561.