Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
Overview
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...
by his first wife Empress Maria Alexandrovna. His birth was commemorated by the naming of the city of Pavlodar
Pavlodar
Pavlodar is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Province. It is located 350 km northeast of the national capital Astana, and 400 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the city has a population of 331710...
in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
. He entered the Russian Army and rose to the rank of General, but was known as a gentle person, religious and accessible to people.
On 17 June 1889, in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, he married Princess Alexandra of Greece, who bore him two children:
- Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of RussiaGrand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890-1958)Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, known as "Maria Pavlovna the Younger" was the daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and Alexandra Georgievna of Greece by marriage Princess of Sweden...
(1890–1958) - Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891–1941)
Alexandra was a greatgranddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I, and therefore Paul Alexandrovich married the daughter of his own cousin.
Alexandra died just hours after Dmitri's birth.
