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Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia

1847 - 1909

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Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Влади́мир Александрович; 22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, a brother of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the senior Grand Duke of the House of Romanov during the reign of his nephew, Emperor Nicholas II. Grand Duke Vladimir followed a military career and occupied important military positions during the reigns of the last three Russian Emperors. Interested in artistic and intellectual pursuits; he was appointed President of the Academy of Fine Arts. He functioned as a patron of many artists and as a sponsor of the Imperial ballet. During the reign of his father, Emperor Alexander II, he was made Adjutant-General, senator in 1868 and a member of the Council of State in 1872. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia is the 3,233rd most popular politician (down from 2,768th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Russia (down from 258th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Russian Politician.

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia was most famous for his marriage to Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the second daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 3,233 out of 19,576. Before him are Jie of Xia, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Hacı I Giray, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, and Vojtech Tuka. After him are Pang Tong, Jörg Haider, Maria Antonia of Austria, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Muhammad I of Granada, and Emperor Kōrei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 13. Before him are Auguste Escoffier, Joseph Pulitzer, Jesse James, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Georges Sorel, and Jean Casimir-Perier. After him are Max Liebermann, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Annie Besant, Radomir Putnik, Bolesław Prus, and Sergey Nechayev. Among people deceased in 1909, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 11. Before him are Itō Hirobumi, Hermann Minkowski, Francisco Tárrega, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, and Peder Severin Krøyer. After him are Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Besarion Jughashvili, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, Francisco Ferrer, and Emil Erlenmeyer.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 279 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolay Karamzin (1766), Valery Gerasimov (1955), Iziaslav I of Kiev (1024), Nikolai Vatutin (1901), Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1757), and Dmitry Yazov (1924). After him are Ivan II of Moscow (1326), Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), Pitirim Sorokin (1889), Vasily Vereshchagin (1842), Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894), and Igor Smirnov (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 87. Before him are Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848), Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (1553), Iziaslav I of Kiev (1024), and Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1757). After him are Ivan II of Moscow (1326), Igor Smirnov (1941), Ivan Silayev (1930), Natalya Naryshkina (1651), Georgy Chicherin (1872), and Mikhail Mishustin (1966).

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