Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs , the patronymic is Alexandrovich .
Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia
Post-mortem photograph of Alexander on his bier , 1870
Born ( 1869-06-07 ) 7 June 1869
Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire
Died ( 1870-05-02 ) 2 May 1870 ( 10 months 25 days)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
House Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father Alexander Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (later Alexander III)
Mother Dagmar of Denmark

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. [1] 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." [2] The only photo taken of the Grand Duke was taken posthumously.

Sergei D. Sheremetev, the adjutant to Tsarevich Alexander, accompanied the body on horseback to the Peter and Paul Fortress . [3] The grand duke was buried in the northern nave of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in a white marble sarcophagus . [4]

Ancestry [ edit ]

See also: Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Igor Viktorovich Zimin. Doctors of the Court of His Imperial Majesty, or How the Royal Family Was Treated. ? Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2016. ? S. 247?248. ? 895 p. ? ISBN   978-5-227-07530-7 .
  2. ^ Zeepvat, Charlotte (2005). The Camera and the Tsars . Sutton Publishing. p. 178. ISBN   0-7509-4210-X .
  3. ^ Memoirs of Count S. D. Sheremetyev. M.: Indrik, 2004. c.423?424
  4. ^ R. E. Krupova, L. Ya. Lurie . Peter and Paul Cathedral ? the imperial tomb // Historical cemeteries of St. Petersburg / Alexander Kobak , Yuri Pirotko . ? Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2011. ? P. 286. ? ISBN   978-5-227-02688-0 .
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