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Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia

1875 - 1960

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Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: Ксения Александровна Романова; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1875 – 20 April 1960) was the elder daughter and fourth child of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Dagmar of Denmark. She was the sister of the last Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II. She married her father's cousin, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, with whom she had seven children. She was the mother-in-law of Felix Yusupov and a cousin of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia who, together, killed Grigori Rasputin, holy healer to her nephew, the haemophiliac Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia. During her brother's reign she recorded in her diary and letters increasing concern about his rule. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia is the 2,298th most popular politician (up from 3,638th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Russia (up from 351st in 2019) and the 68th most popular Russian Politician.

Xenia Alexandrovna, grand duchess of Russia, was most famous for her philanthropic work. She was the daughter of Tsar Alexander II and sister of Tsar Nicholas II.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia ranks 2,298 out of 19,576. Before her are Emperor Momozono, Michel Aflaq, Tedros Adhanom, William Tolbert, Jamukha, and Cleopatra VI of Egypt. After her are Kaloyan of Bulgaria, Louise of Lorraine, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, David Johnston, Osroes I, and Gwanghaegun of Joseon.

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Among people born in 1875, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia ranks 23. Before her are Mikhail Kalinin, Henry Hallett Dale, Jim Corbett, Vesto Slipher, Gilbert N. Lewis, and John Buchan. After her are Edgar Rice Burroughs, Thomas Burke, Fritz Kreisler, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Edgar Wallace, and Giovanni Gentile. Among people deceased in 1960, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia ranks 16. Before her are John D. Rockefeller Jr., Paula Hitler, Walther Funk, A. L. Kroeber, Fausto Coppi, and Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia. After her are Walter Baade, Antonie Pannekoek, Aloysius Stepinac, Igor Kurchatov, Ernst von Dohnányi, and J. L. Austin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia ranks 201 out of 3,761. Before her are Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882), Felix Yusupov (1887), Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690), Ivan I of Moscow (1288), Vasily II of Moscow (1415), and Nicholas Roerich (1874). After her are Pyotr Kapitsa (1894), Leonid Hurwicz (1917), Grigori Perelman (1966), Alexei Leonov (1934), Vladimir Propp (1895), and Alexej von Jawlensky (1864).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia ranks 68. Before her are Yakov Sverdlov (1885), Öz Beg Khan (1282), Felix Yusupov (1887), Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690), Ivan I of Moscow (1288), and Vasily II of Moscow (1415). After her are Mikhail Suslov (1902), Vasily Blokhin (1895), Vasily I of Moscow (1371), Gustav Bauer (1870), Viktor Zubkov (1941), and Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (1657).

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