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Alexander I (Russian: Александр I Павлович, romanized: Aleksandr I Pavlovich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ]; 23 December [O.S. 12 December] 1777 – 1 December [O.S. 19 November] 1825), nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825.
- 23 March 1801 – 1 December 1825
- Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
Alexander I, commonly known as Alexander the Good ( Romanian: Alexandru cel Bun; c. 1375 – 1 January 1432) was Voivode of Moldavia between 1400 and 1432. [1] He was the son of Roman I and succeeded Iuga to the throne. [2] As ruler he initiated a series of reforms while consolidating the status of the Principality of Moldavia .
brother Nicholas I. Alexander I (born December 23 [December 12, Old Style], 1777, St. Petersburg, Russia—died December 1 [November 19], 1825, Taganrog) was the emperor of Russia (1801–25), who alternately fought and befriended Napoleon I during the Napoleonic Wars but who ultimately (1813–15) helped form the coalition that defeated the ...
The defeat of Napoleon. Napoleon and his Grand Army of 600,000 men invaded Russia on June 24, 1812. The conflict that ensued was justly called the Patriotic War by the Russians; in it, the strong resistance and outstanding endurance of an entire people were displayed. The war transformed Alexander, suffusing him with energy and determination.
Alexander I, Russian Aleksandr Pavlovich, (born Dec. 23, 1777, St. Petersburg, Russia—died Dec. 1, 1825, Taganrog), Tsar of Russia (1801–25). He became tsar in 1801 after the assassination of his father, Paul I. He and his advisers corrected many of the injustices of the preceding reign but failed to carry out the abolition of serfdom.
Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. Aleksandr I Pavlovich ( Russian: Александр I Павлович) (December 23, 1777 – December 1, 1825) was emperor of Russia from March 23, 1801 – December 1, 1825 and king of Poland from 1815–1825, as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. He was born in Saint Petersburg to Grand Duke Paul ...
Alexander I’s reign manifested the culmination of the Age of Reason, of the Enlightenment in Russia, inaugurated by Peter the Great and developed for a century. 1 Close Or, because the historic time was late and because the reign followed the oppressive last years of Catherine the Great’s rule and Paul I’s tyranny, one can refer to a neo-Enlightenment or a second Enlightenment.
