Alexander II of Russia

Alexander II
Photograph of Alexander in his 60s
Emperor of Russia
Reign	2 March 1855 – 13 March 1881
Coronation	7 September 1856
Predecessor	Nicholas I
Successor	Alexander III
Born	(1818-04-29)29 April 1818 Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	13 March 1881(1881-03-13) (aged 62) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial	Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Spouse	Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) ​ ​ (m. 1841; died 1880)​ Princess Catherine Mikhailovna Dolgorukova (morganatic) ​ ​ (m. 1880)​
Issue among others...	Grand Duchess Alexandra Tsarevich Nicholas Alexander III of Russia Grand Duke Vladimir Grand Duke Alexei Maria, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Grand Duke Sergei Grand Duke Paul Prince George Yuryevsky Princess Catherine Yurievskaya Princess Olga Yurievskaya
Full name Alexander Nikolaevich Romanov
House	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Nicholas I of Russia
Mother	Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)
Religion	Russian Orthodox
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Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) (Old Style dates) was the Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination.^[1] He is most famous for freeing the serfs in his Emancipation reform of 1861.

1. ↑ D.M.W. (1910). "ALexander II (1818–1881)". The Encyclopaedia Britannica; A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. Vol. I (A to Andro) (11th ed.). Cambridge: University Press. pp. 559–61. Retrieved 28 December 2018 – via Internet Archive.