Friday, 8 February 2013

HIM Emperor Nikolai II of all the Russias

Royal House
Romanov

Date & place of birth
18 May 1868 Alexander Palace, Tsarkoe Selo

Born as
HIH Grand Duke of Russia
Nikolai Alexandrovitch

Nickname
Nicky

Parents
Emperor Alexander Nikolaievitch III of all the Russias
Empress Maria Feodorovana (Princess Dagmar of Denmark)

Siblings
Second of eight children (six brothers one sister) (two half-brothers two half-sisters)

Heir to the throne
Czarevitch of Russia 13 March 1881-1 November 1893

Reign as sovereign
1 November 1893-17 July 1918

Crowned
26 May 1896 Kremlin, Moscow

Abdicated
28 March 1917

Tenure
23 years 258 days

Predecessor
Emperor Alexander II of all the Russias (father)

Successor
Russian monarch abolished

Married
26 November 1894 Winter Palace, St. Petersburg

Spouse
HGDH Princess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine

Children (5)
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaievna of Russia
Grand Duchess Tatjana Nikolaievna of Russia
Grand Duchess Marie Nikolaievna of Russia
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaievna of Russia
Czarevitch Alexis Nikolaievitch of Russia

Date & place died
17 July 1918 Yekaterinburg, Russia (murdered)

Burial place
Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg (17 July 1998)

List of titles
HIH Grand Duke of Russia
HIH Czarevitch of Russia
HIMEmperor of all the Russias

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