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  Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (Сергеи Александрович) (April 29, 1857 - February 4, 1905, Old Style) was the seventh child and fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and his first Empress-consort Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
In 1884, Sergei married Elizabeth of Hesse (Yelisaveta Fyodorovna), a daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom.
She was an older sister of both Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Alexandra of Hesse, Empress consort of Nicholas II of Russia..
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Duke_Sergei_Alexandrovich_of_Russia   (275 words)

  
 Marie of Hesse and by Rhine - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Princess Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and the Rhine (8 August, 1824-8 June, 1880) was a princess of Grand Ducal Hesse and, as Marie Alexandrovna, Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia.
Karl Ludwig was son of Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden (1728 - 1811) and Carolina Louise, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723 - 1783).
Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden was son of Friedrich Magnus, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1703 - 1732) and Anna Charlotte Amalie, Princess of Orange (1710 - 1777).
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Marie_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine   (965 words)

  
 russia
Alexander I (1777-1825) Tsar of Russia from 1801.
Alexander II (of Russia) (1818-81), emperor of Russia (1855-81), son of Emperor Nicholas I and nephew of Alexander I. He ascended the throne during the Crimean War and in 1856 signed the Treaty of Paris, which brought the hostilities to an end.
Russia was unprepared for the war; there were shortages of ammunition and of officers to command the soldiers, as well as problems transporting food throughout Russia.
website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/russia.htm   (8099 words)

  
 The Fate of the Romanovs: The Survivors
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, the Emperor's cousin and brother-in-law, had fled with his family to the Crimea and left Russia from Yalta on HMS Forsythe in December 1918 to attend the Paris Peace Conference as the representative of the Romanov family.
Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna (the elder), Duchess of Mecklenburg, the widow of the Emperor's uncle, the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich.
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich and his mistress and future wife (Princess Marie Krassinskia--she was Mathilde F. Kschessinska the Prima Ballerina Absoluta of the Mariensky Theater in Petrograd and had formerly been the mistress of the Emperor while he was a Grand Duke) and their son (Prince Vladimir Andreivich Krassinsky).
www.angelfire.com /pa/ImperialRussian/royalty/russia/survivor.html   (3978 words)

  
 American Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
She was born at Darmstadt, the capital of the Grand Duchy, and died at Saint Petersburg.
She was the youngest of seven children born to Wilhelmine of Baden, Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt (1788 - 1836), the younger four appearing to have been fathered by Baron Auguste Senarclens de Grancy.
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (14 January, 1850 - 14 November, 1908).
www.americanpedia.com /index.php?title=Marie_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine   (892 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Elizabeth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was the older sister of Empress Alexandra, born Princess of Hesse.
She was married to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia.
In 1905 Grand Duke Sergei was torn apart by a Socialist's bomb in the Moscow Kremlin in front of his wife.
www.allsaintsofamerica.org /martyrs/nmrgd.html   (167 words)

  
 Russian Imperial Family, Photographs
Very fine and rare cabinet photograph, circa 1900, of the Grand Duke Sergei (Serge) Alexandrovich, son of Alexander II, Governor of Moscow, assassined by a revolutionist in 1905.
The Grand Duke is in the uniform of General-Adjutant wearing collar of the order of St Andrew, St Vladimir sash, badges of the suites of Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II, Russian and foreign medals and orders.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and empress Maria Feodorovna with four daughters of Nicholas II: Olga, Maria, Tatyana and Anastasia.
www.romanovrussia.com /Photos.html   (484 words)

  
 Elizabeth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The impressionable soul of the grand duchess was captivated in childhood by the happy memory of her honored ancestor and made a deep impression on her.
The extended period of mourning for the grand duke, during which she retired into her interior world and was continually in church, was the first real break to separate her from what up until then had been her normal everyday life.
The grand duchess paid special attention to the unfortunate children who bore within themselves the curse of their fathers' sins, the children born in the turbid slums of Moscow only to wither before they had a chance to blossom.
www.orthodoxinfo.biz /elizabeth.htm   (4894 words)

  
 Life of the Holy New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth
The grand duchess herself acknowledged that a great influence on the formation of the inner, purely spiritual side of her character was the example of a paternal ancestor, Elizabeth Turingen of Hungary, who through her daughter Sophia was one of the founders of the House of Hesse.
Chosen as the future wife of the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the grand duchess arrived in Russia during the period when the country, under the firm rule of Alexander III, attained the blossoming of its might in a purely national spirit.
The grand duke's extended tenure of office as Governor-General of Moscow, the true heart of Russia, where he and his wife were in living contact with the ancient, holy shrines and the immemorial Russian national way of life, must have bound the grand duchess even more to her new homeland.
www.orthodoxinfo.com /general/duchess.aspx   (5080 words)

  
 Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov (Дмитри Павлович Романов) (September 18, 1891 – March 5, 1941) was a Russian nobleman, one of the few Romanovs to escape execution by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution.
He was the son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, and a cousin of the last Tsar, Nicholas II.
Dmitri Pavlovich's mother, Princess Alexandra of Greece, died at his birth, and he and his sister Maria Pavlovna were mostly raised by their uncle and aunt, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, the elder sister of the tsarina.
www.free-definition.com /Grand-Duke-Dmitri.html   (962 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Linda P. Rose on The Flight of the Romanovs. A Family Saga
The Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich married the ex-wife of the Tsarina Alexandra's brother.
Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovich retired as head of the imperial navy after the disastrous Russo-Japanese war in which the Russian fleet was destroyed.
One of the grand dukes, Dmitri Pavlovich was involved in the murder of Rasputin.
www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=23292951939805   (1678 words)

  
 Princess of Russia Vera Constantinovna
Princess Vera was able to escape the revolution along with her mother, Grand Duchess Elisabeth Mavrikievna of Russia (born a Princess of Saxe-Altenburg) and some of her siblings.
Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich was the last Romanov buried at the St.
Grand Duchess Elisabeth Mavrikievna managed to escape Russia, as did her remaining children: Princes Gabriel and Georgi and Princesses Tatiana and Vera.
worldroots.com /cgi-bin/gasteldb?@I32306@   (468 words)

  
 RoyaltyDigest
Sergei Leuchenburg-Carol I, King of Romania-The death of Sergei Leuchtenburg.
Kremlin to Investigate Ekaterinburg Survivors' Claim-Royalty Digest-Posibility of the survival of the Tsarevitch and Grand Duchess Anastasia to be investigated-Russia-3-378-36
Prince Dimitri of Russia-Obituary-Prince Dimitri Alexandrovich of Russia, grandson of Tsar Alexander III-Russia-10-17-109
www.picrare.com /Royalty_Digest/RDTableOfContents/RDContentsRussia.htm   (3084 words)

  
 Father Demetrios Serfes - The Holy Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth
Through her maternal line the Grand Duchess was descendent from the royal dynasty of Rurik, a matter which is described in detail, in a book compiled and published by Prince M. Putyatin.
As mentioned, the husband of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorova, the Grand Ducke Sergei Alexandrovich, was killed by a bomb thrown by evil men within the Moscow Kremlin.
Before I present to you "An Introduction to the Life of the Holy Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth", let me first humbly give you an account of Ryabov (the assassin) who actually preformed, and who was in charge of, the holy martyrdom of the Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia, (and those with her).
www.serfes.org /lives/grandduchess/intro.htm   (978 words)

  
 Articles - Alexander II of Russia
On April 16, 1841 he married Princess Marie of Hesse in St. Petersburg, the daughter of Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, thereafter known as Maria Alexandrovna.
Both Grand Duke Paul and his son Prince Vladimir Paley (1897-1918), a remarkable poet, were killed by the Bolsheviks.
Fortunately for Russia the autocratic power was now in the hands of a man who was impressionable enough to be deeply influenced by the spirit of the time, and who had sufficient prudence and practicality to prevent his being carried away by the prevailing excitement into the dangerous region of utopian dreaming.
www.free-biz.org /articles/Alexander_II_of_Russia   (1847 words)

  
 Elizaveta Feodorovna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
I instead married HIH the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, a son of Tsar Alexander II.
Sergei and I didn't have any children, for one), and I found it in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Sergei and I had no children, but after 1902 we became adoptive parents of Maria Pavlovna and Dmitri Pavlovich, the children of Grand Duke Pavel.
www.glintofgold.org /romanovs/bio/ella.html   (1553 words)

  
 Saint Elizabeth the Grand Duchess of Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Elizabeth was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England and sister to Empress Alexandra, the last Russian Czarina.
She was married to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the uncle of Czar Nicholas.
She was one of the most beautiful women of her time, who knew both great wealth and status, and yet devoted many years of her life to welfare work in the Moscow slums.
events.stanford.edu /events/13/1391   (138 words)

  
 National Portrait Gallery A-Z of Portrait Sitters (O)
Grand Duchess Kirril of Russia (née Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh) (1876-1936), Daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; wife of Grand-Duke Kirill of Russia.
Grand Duchess Sergei of Russia (née Princess Elizabeth of Hesse) (1864-1918), Daughter of Princess Alice and Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt and The Rhine, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia.
Duchess of Oporto (née W H Chapman, Wife of Duke of Oporto.
www.npg.org.uk /live/search/a-z/sitO.asp   (1737 words)

  
 Descendants of Emperor Petr III Fedorovich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gatshina 23.10.1799 Friedrich Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*Ludwigslust 13.6.1778, +Ludwigslust 29.11.1819)
Sankt-Peterburg 3.8.1804 Carl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*Weimar 2.2.1783, +Belvedere 8.7.1853)
Maria Pavlovna, Grand Dss (*Sankt-Peterburg 18.4.1890, +Schloss Mainau nr.
members.surfeu.fi /thaapanen/Tables/desc02.html   (1684 words)

  
 Orthodox Icon of St. Elizabeth the Grand Duchess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
You rejected worldly vanity and glories, having chosen the way of the ascetics, and you were guided by Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus, how to unite the teachings of Christ with good deeds.
She was married to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich who was assassinated by a man who threw a bomb into the Kremlin on February 4, 1905.
She had bound up the wounds of Grand Duke John.
www.comeandseeicons.com /phn35.htm   (479 words)

  
 IVANOVO BOWS TO MARTYRED GRAND DUCHESS' RELICS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
"We firmly believe that the presence of the relics of Grand Duchess Elizabeth and her dedicated friend Sister Barbara will bring heavenly blessing to this city and the entire Ivanovo land," Archbishop Ambrose said at the railway station as he was receiving the relic-cases from Michael the Archbishop of Boston.
After Elizabeth gave her hand in wedding to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, uncle of Nicholas II, she converted to Russian Orthodoxy to give up the Lutheran denomination in which she had been brought up.
She staunchly refused to leave Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, and was arrested in spring 1918.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1340044/posts   (527 words)

  
 Orthodox Icon of St. Elizabeth the New Martyr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Elizabeth the Grand Duchess of Russia was a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria of England and sister to Empress Alexandra of Russia.
She lived for days and the peasants in the area could hear her singing Psalms and the funeral service for her relatives dying around her.
But, at last, through starvation and loss of blood, she too succumbed to the sleep of death, to join the choirs in Heaven.
www.comeandseeicons.com /zcj07.htm   (468 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich firstborn to the family of Crown Prince Alexander Alexandrovich and Crown Princess Maria Fyodorovna.
First meeting with Princess Alisa of Hesse at the wedding of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich to her sister Ella (Elizaveta Fyodorovna).
Russia announces universal mobilization of troops in answer to start of Austrio-Hungarian military offensive against Serbia.
imperator.spbnews.ru /nw/english/chron.html   (469 words)

  
 Westminster Abbey - Abbey Tour - 20th Centry Martyrs - Grand Duchess Elizabeth 
In 1884 Elizabeth married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the fifth son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
Elizabeth found Orthodoxy increasingly absorbing, and in 1891 she adopted the faith.
On 18 February 1905, the Grand Duke Sergei was assassinated.
www.westminster-abbey.org /tour/martyrs/4_elizabeth_of_russia.htm   (438 words)

  
 Tsar Alexandrovich Romanov Of Russia / Tsarina Dagmar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Name: Kseniya Grand Duchess Russia Grand Duchess Of Russia Born: 25 Mar 1875 at St Petersburg, St Petersburg, Russia Died: 20 Apr 1960 at Wilderness House, Hampton Court, London, England Husband: Alexander Mikhailovich Romanov Grand Duke
Under the vigorous and enlightened Sergei Witte, the industrialization of Russia was belatedly undertaken.
Emperor of Russia Reign 1881 1894 Alexander II acceded to the throne upon the assassination of his father, Alexander II in 1881.
www.e-familytree.net /F15/F15155.htm   (826 words)

  
 Saint Elizabeth of Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Elizabeth married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the fifth son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
Elizabeth: Grand Duchess of Russia by Hugo Mager
Holy Martyr of Russia, Grand Princess Elizaveta Fyodorovna written by Liubov Miller in Australia.
www.friedrichfroebel.com /saint.html   (561 words)

  
 This eclectic/art nouveau building was constructed in the year 1900 by the architectural firm of Alexander Kaschenko as ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This eclectic/art nouveau building was constructed in the year 1900 by the architectural firm of Alexander Kaschenko as an investment property for the family of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich
Here is an abstract from another site: This eclectic/art nouveau building was constructed in the year 1900 by the architectural firm of Alexander Kaschenko as an investment property for the family of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich.
Since the completion of its construction the first floor of the building was occupied by a seafood shop, this establishment survived throughout the Soviet times, and is still a Soviet-style food shop as of January, 2003.
www.photofora.com /eugene/nevskitemp/pages/43nevsky43.html   (226 words)

  
 Modern European Royal Murder Victims
But the violence that claimed these lives led only to more terror, to the deaths of millions of innocent people whose lives were deemed unnecessary by Jacobins, Communists, Nazis, and other totalitarians.
Prince Fernand of France, Duke of Berry, 42
Father Demetrios Serfes: The Royal Martyrs of Russia
www.royaltymonarchy.com /royfacts/victims.html   (142 words)

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