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Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov

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Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov

Birth
Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia
Death
25 Apr 1891 (aged 59)
Republic of Crimea, Ukraine
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Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia Add to Map
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Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia was the third son and sixth child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna. He may also be referred to as Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder to tell him apart from his son. Trained for the military, as a Field Marshal he commanded the Russian army of the Danube in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878. Nicholas married his second cousin Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna, formerly Princess Alexandra of Oldenburg (1838–1900), whose paternal grandmother was a daughter of Emperor Paul I. The wedding took place in St. Petersburg on 6 February 1856. His brother, Alexander II promoted Nicholas's career and named him Commander of the St. Petersburg military region. Eventually he received the ranks of Field Marshal-General, Inspector General of Cavalry and Inspector General of the Russian engineering forces. In 1890, Nicholas was declared insane and kept locked indoors in Crimea. He died in Alupka, Crimea on 25 April 1891.
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia was the third son and sixth child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna. He may also be referred to as Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder to tell him apart from his son. Trained for the military, as a Field Marshal he commanded the Russian army of the Danube in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878. Nicholas married his second cousin Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna, formerly Princess Alexandra of Oldenburg (1838–1900), whose paternal grandmother was a daughter of Emperor Paul I. The wedding took place in St. Petersburg on 6 February 1856. His brother, Alexander II promoted Nicholas's career and named him Commander of the St. Petersburg military region. Eventually he received the ranks of Field Marshal-General, Inspector General of Cavalry and Inspector General of the Russian engineering forces. In 1890, Nicholas was declared insane and kept locked indoors in Crimea. He died in Alupka, Crimea on 25 April 1891.

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