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Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia

1857 - 1905

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Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Сергей Александрович; 11 May 1857 – 17 February 1905) was the fifth son and seventh child of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. He was an influential figure during the reigns of his brother Emperor Alexander III of Russia and his nephew Emperor Nicholas II, who was also his brother-in-law through Sergei's marriage to Elisabeth, the sister of Empress Alexandra. Grand Duke Sergei's education gave him lifelong interests in culture and the arts. Like all male members of the Romanov dynasty, he followed a military career, and he fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, receiving the Order of St George for courage and bravery in action. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia is the 193rd most popular nobleman (down from 149th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Russia (down from 221st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Nobleman.

Sergei Alexandrovich was the second son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and his first wife, Maria Alexandrovna. He was a younger brother of Alexander III of Russia and a half-brother of Nicholas II. He became heir apparent to the Russian throne after the assassination of his father in 1881.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 193 out of 1,415. Before him are Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor, Ramesses VII, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Daniel of Moscow, and Maximilian Sforza. After him are William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Elizabeth of Austria, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Queen Letizia of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 27. Before him are Paul Doumer, Antoni Grabowski, Andrija Mohorovičić, Edward Emerson Barnard, Axel Munthe, and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl. After him are Georg Michaelis, Joseph Babinski, Thorstein Veblen, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Ida Tarbell, and A. E. Waite. Among people deceased in 1905, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 8. Before him are William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Muhammad Abduh, Ernst Abbe, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Adolph Menzel. After him are Louise Michel, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Carl Wernicke, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Albert Edelfelt, and Élisée Reclus.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 250 out of 3,761. Before him are Bruno Taut (1880), Léon Theremin (1896), Alexander Rodchenko (1891), Yermak Timofeyevich (1532), Vasily Stalin (1921), and Ilia II of Georgia (1933). After him are Natalia Goncharova (1881), Sergey Shoygu (1955), Gennady Yanayev (1937), Anastasia Romanovna (1530), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890), and Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Russia

Among noblemen born in Russia, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 11. Before him are Olga of Kiev (890), Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878), Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882), Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853), and Daniel of Moscow (1261). After him are Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890), 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), and Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (1876).

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