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Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia

1869 - 1870

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Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Великий Князь Александр Александрович Романов; 7 June 1869 – 2 May 1870) was the second son of the Tsesarevich and Tsesarevna of Russia, later Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria. Grand Duke Alexander's father was heir apparent to the Russian throne as the eldest living son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. The Grand Duke was Alexander and Marie's second child, second son, and the younger brother of the future Emperor Nicholas II. Alexander died of bacterial meningitis in 1870, one month before his first birthday. 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." The only photo taken of the Grand Duke was taken posthumously. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia is the 377th most popular nobleman (down from 341st in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Russia (up from 529th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 377 out of 1,415. Before him are Yodo-dono, Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, and Neferirkare Kakai. After him are John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, William III, Duke of Aquitaine, Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, and César, Duke of Vendôme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 47. Before him are Carl Schuhmann, Max Hoffmann, Gaetano Bresci, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Else Lasker-Schüler, and Vasily Bartold. After him are Hans Pfitzner, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Alfred Flatow, Louise d'Orléans, Giulio Douhet, and Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din. Among people deceased in 1870, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 20. Before him are Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Princess Louise of Prussia, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Victor Noir, and Anthony Mary Claret. After him are Charles Auguste de Bériot, Jules de Goncourt, Ignaz Moscheles, Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus, Louise Lehzen, and David Farragut.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 497 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily Bartold (1869), Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (1841), Prince Albert of Prussia (1809), Naina Yeltsina (1932), Serge Koussevitzky (1874), and Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909). After him are Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787), Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847), Sheikh Mansur (1750), Otto Braun (1872), Sergey Brin (1973), and Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Russia

Among noblemen born in Russia, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 19. Before him are Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860), Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843), Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (1554), Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (1876), and Dmitry of Uglich (1582). After him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Yaroslav of Tver (1230), Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861), Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg (1838), Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894), and Zinaida Yusupova (1861).

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