Aleksandr II (Russia)

Aleksandr II (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Романов Aleksandr Nikolaevich Romanov, 17 Apr_JC / 29 Apr_GC 1818 - 1 Mar_JC / 13 Mar_GC 1881) was the Emperor of Russia (18 Feb_JC / 2 Mar_GC 1855 - 1 Mar 1881_JC).

reign and titles

• Emperor of Russia (18 Feb 1855 - 1 Mar 1881)
  • predecessor: Nikolai I
  • successor: Aleksandr III

relations

ancestors

• father: Emperor Nikolai I of Russia (25 Jul 1796 - 18 Feb 1855)
• mother: Charlotte of Prussia, Aleksandra Fyodorovna (13 Jul 1798 - 1 Nov 1860)
  • maternal grandfather: King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (3 Aug 1770 - 7 Jun 1840)
  • maternal grandmother: Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (10 Mar 1776 - 19 Jul 1810)

siblings

1. m. Grand Duke Aleksandr Nikolaevich, Emperor Aleksandr II (29 Apr 1818 - 13 Mar 1881)
2. f. Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (18 Aug 1819 - 21 Feb 1876)
3. f. stillborn daughter (22 Jul 1820)
4. f. Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (11 Sept 1822 - 30 Oct 1892)
5. f. stillborn daughter (23 Oct 1823)
6. f. Grand Duchess Aleksandra Nikolaevna (24 Jun 1825 - 10 Aug 1844)
7. f. Grand Duchess Elizaveta Nikolaevna (7 Jun 1826 - circa.1829)
8. m. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich (21 Sept 1827 - 25 Jan 1892)
9. m. Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich (8 Aug 1831 - 25 Apr 1891)
10. m. Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich (25 Oct 1832 - 18 Dec 1909)

spouse

• Princess Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Maria Aleksandrovna (8 Aug 1824 - 3 Jun 1880) married 16 Apr 1841
  • father-in-law: Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse (26 Dec 1777 - 16 Jun 1848)
  • mother-in-law: Wilhelmine of Baden (21 Sept 1788 - 27 Jan 1836)

issues

1. f. Grand Duchess Aleksandra Aleksandrovna (30 Aug 1842 - 10 Jul 1849)
2. m. Tsarevich Nikolai Aleksandrovich (20 Sept 1843 - 24 Apr 1865)
3. m. Grand Duke Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (10 Mar 1845 - 1 Nov 1894)
4. m. Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovich (22 Apr 1847 - 17 Feb 1909)
5. m. Grand Duke Aleksei Aleksandrovich (14 Jan 1850 - 14 Nov 1908)
6. f. Grand Duchess Maria Aleksandrovna (17 Oct 1853 - 20 Oct 1920)
7. m. Grand Duke Sergei Aleksandrovich (11 May 1857 - 17 Feb 1905)
8. m. Grand Duke Pavel Aleksandrovich (3 Oct 1860 - 24 Jan 1919)

Paternal ancestors from Top ancestor

1. Eglimar I, Count of Oldenburg (? - 1112c)
2. Eglimar II, Count of Oldenburg
3. Christian I, Count of Oldenburg
4. Moritz I, Count of Oldenburg
5. Christian II, Count of Oldenburg
6. Johann I, Count of Oldenburg
7. Christian III, Count of Oldenburg (? - 1290)
8. Johann II, Count of Oldenburg (? - 1314c)
9. Konrad I, Count of Oldenburg (? - 1368)
10. Chritsian V, Count of Oldenburg (1347c - 1423)
11. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (1398c - 14 Feb 1440)
12. Christian I, King of Denmark (February 1426 - 21 May 1481)
13. Frederik I, King of Denmark (7 Oct 1471 - 10 Apr 1533)
14. Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (25 Jan 1526 - 1 Oct 1586)
15. Johann Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (27 Feb 1575 - 31 Mar 1616)
16. Friedrich III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (22 Dec 1597 - 10 Aug 1659)
17. Christian Albrecht, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (3 Feb 1641_OS - 27 Dec 1694_OS)
18. Friedrich IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (18 Oct 1671 - 19 Jul 1702)
19. Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (19 Apr 1700 - 18 Jun 1739)
20. Pyotr III, Emperor of Russia (21 Feb 1728_NS - 6 Jul 1762_OS)
21. Pavel, Emperor of Russia (20 Sept 1754_OS - 11 Mar 1801_OS)
22. Nikolai I, Emperor of Russia (25 Jun 1796_OS - 18 Feb 1855_OS)
23. Aleksandr II, Emperor of Russia (17 Apr 1818_OS - 1 Mar 1881_OS)

monarchy
Preceded by Nikolai I	Emperor of Russia 18 Feb 1855 - 1 Mar 1881	Succeeded by Aleksandr III