Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia
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| Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia | |
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Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | |
| Father | Alexander Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (later Alexander III) |
| Mother | Dagmar of Denmark |
Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (
Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria
.
Grand Duke Alexander's father was
Nicholas II
.
Alexander died of bacterial meningitis in 1870, one month before his first birthday.[1] Following his death, his mother wrote to her own mother, Queen Louise of Denmark: "The doctors maintain he did not suffer, but we suffered terribly to see and hear him."[2] The only photo taken of the Grand Duke was taken posthumously.
Sergei D. Sheremetev, the adjutant to Tsarevich Alexander, accompanied the body on horseback to the Peter and Paul Fortress.[3] The grand duke was buried in the northern nave of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in a white marble sarcophagus.[4]
Ancestry
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References
- ISBN 978-5-227-07530-7.
- ISBN 0-7509-4210-X.
- ^ Memoirs of Count S. D. Sheremetyev. M.: Indrik, 2004. c.423–424
- ISBN 978-5-227-02688-0.
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