Alexander II of Russia
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Alexander II was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881. He is also known as Alexander the Liberator because of his his
Formal portrait, c. 1874
Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich, by Franz Krüger, 1830
Procession of Alexander II into Dormition Cathedral from the Red Porch during his coronation
The coronation of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna on 26 August/7 September 1856 at the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, painting by Mihály Zichy. The painting depicts the moment when the Emperor crowned the Empress.
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia 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
Vladimir in c. 1894
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich was a notorious playboy in his youth photo by Sergei Lvovich Levitsky
Grand Duke Vladimir and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Engagement photograph, spring 1874.
Grand Duke Vladimir with his wife and children in 1884. The children, from left to right: Boris, Elena, Kirill and Andrei.