Alexander, Prince of Hesse
Born: 15 July 1823
Son of: Grand Duke Ludwig II (1777-1848) & Wilhelmine of Baden (1788-1836)
Married: Julia Von Hauke (1825-1898) Morganatic marriage.
Children: Louis, Marie, Alexander, Franz Josef, Heinrich
Died of cancer: 15 July 1888, Heiligenberg
“[He} is most clever and amusing.” (Princess Alice)
Alexander, Price of Lippe-Detmold
Born: 1831, Detmold
Son of: Leopold II (1796-1851) & Emile of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1800-1867)
Died: 1905, Detmold
Alexander, Prince of Oldenburg
Born: 1844
Son of: Peter (1812-1881) & Theresa of Nassau-Weilburg (1815-1871)
Married: Eugeni of Leuchtenburg (1845-1925)
Children: Peter
Died: 1932
Alexander III (‘Sasha’), Tsar of Russia
Born: 19 March 1845, St. Petersburg
Son of: Alexander II (1818-1881 – murdered) & Marie of Hesse (1824-1880)
Married: Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928)
Children: Nicholas, Alexander, George, Xenia, Mikhail, Olga
Died of nephritis: 1 November 1894, Livadia
“I like him very much – though I did not when I first saw him. He is awkward, shy and uncouth, from being so very big, but he is simple and unpretending not proud…He makes a good husband…although I think he is rather idle and lazy.” (Crown Princess Victoria 1868)
“[He] is a kind well-meaning and honest man but I should not think intelligent and large minded enough to grasp the situation and rise superior to all the bad advice that is given him; he is indolent by nature and does not like change, and then I suppose he is very obstinate and so angered by all the horrible deeds that have been committed that he will not make anything like a concession even there, where they are harmless and necessary. “ (Crown Princess Victoria 1884)
“He is most kind and attentive to Minnie [his wife], but still I know neither wished to marry the other....” (Queen Victoria 1868)
“He is universally respected on account of his exemplary domestic life.” (Queen Victoria 1884)
Alexander, Prince of Orange
Born: 1851
Son of: King Willem III of the Netherlands (1817-1890) & Sophie of Wurttemberg (1818-1877)
Died: 1884
Alexander, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Born: 1857
Son of: Hermann (1825-1901) & Auguste of Wurttemberg (1826-1890)
Died 1891
Alexander (‘Sando’), Prince of Battenberg, Sovereign Prince of Bulgaria
Born: 5 April 1857
Son of: Alexander of Hesse (1823-1888) & Julia von Hauke (1825-1895)
Married: Johanna Lossinger (1865-1951) Morganatic
Children: Arsen, Tsvetana
Deposed: October 1886
Died: 1893
“Such a very nice, charming, good, young man, so pleasing and amiable, natural, frank and simple, and full of the best intentions.” (Queen Victoria)
“He is quite charming – so clever, so dispassionate, so amiable and kind – and so handsome. I am quite devoted to him and as proud of him as if he were my own son…” (Queen Victoria)
“He is grown so handsome and seemed so nice and sensible, manly yet modest,” (Crown Princess Victoria)
Alexander Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Born: 1863
Son of: Frederick William (1820-1884) & Anna of Prussia (1836-1918)
Married: Gisela Stockhorner von Starein (1884-1965)
Abdicated in favour of his younger brother.
Died: 1945
Alexander, Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: 13 August 1859, Doberan
Son of: Frederick Franz II (1823-1883) & Augusta Reuss of Kostritz (1822-1862)
Died: 13 August 1859, Doberan
Alexander (‘Sandro’) Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia
Born: 13 April 1866, Tbisi
Son of: Mikhail Nikolaivich (1832-1909) & Cecile of Baden (1839-1881)
Married: Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1870-1960)
Children: Irina, Andrei, Feodor, Nikita, Dmitri, Rotislav, Vasili
Died: 26 February 1933, Roquebrune
“He is often mistaken about people, falls under their influence, then becomes disenchanted with them and seeks other counsellors; he has, it seems to me, a certain mercantile streak and is inclined towards personal gain.” (Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich)
“They say Sandro is very demanding and tactless…The family is very critical of Sandro.” (Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich)
Alexander Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia
Born: 1869
Son of: Tsar Alexander III (1845-1894) & Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928)
Died: 1870
Alexander of Wales, Prince of Great Britain
Born: 6 April 1871, Sandringham
Son of: Edward VII (1841-1910) & Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925)
Died: 7 April 1871, Sandringham
Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schonberg
Born: 1872
Son of: Gustav (1840-1908) & Marie of Battenberg (1852-1923)
Married: Elizabeth of Waldeck Pyrmont (1873-1961)
Children: Irma, George Ludwig
Died: 1944
Alexander, Prince of Wied
Born: 1874
Son of: Wilhelm (1845-1907) & Marie of the Netherlands (1841-1910)
Died: 1877
Alexander, Prince of Teck, Earl of Athlone
Born: 1874
Son of: Franz, & Mary of Cambridge
Married: Alice of Albany (1883-1981)
Children: May, Rupert, Maurice
Died: 16 January 1957, Kensington Palace
Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia
Born: 1875
Son of: Vladimir Alexandrovich (1947-1909) & Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854-1920)
Died: 1877
Alexander, King of Serbia
Born: 14 August 1876, Belgrade
Son of: Milan Obrenovich IV & Natalia Keshko
Married: Draga Lunjevica Masin (murdered with her husband 1903)
Shot, mutilated and disemboweled by a mob: 11 June 1903
Alexander of Leuchtenburg, Prince Romanovsky
Born: 1881
Son of: George (1852-1912) & Theresa of Oldenburg (1852-1883)
Married: Nadine Caralli
Died: 1942
Alexander (‘Drino’), Prince of Battenberg
Born: 1880
Son of: Henry (1858-1896) & Beatrice of Great Britain (1857-1944)
Married: Irene Dennison
Died: 1950
“[He] is full of ability, has great artistic sense, and a very lovely baritone voice.” (Princess Marie Louise)
“Drino and Ena are flourish and very amusing. He is getting more impudent.” (Queen Victoria 1889)
Alexander I, King of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes
Born: 1888
Son of: King Peter I of Serbia (1844-1921) & Zorka of Montenegro (1864-1890)
Married: Marie of Roumania (1900-1946)
Children: Peter, Tomislav, Andrei
Murdered: Shot in Marseilles 9 October 1934
Alexander I, King of the Hellenes
Born: 1893, Athens
Son of: Constantine I (1868-1923) & Sophie of Prussia (1870-1932)
Married: Aspasia Manos (1896-1972)
Children: Alexandra
Died of septicaemia after being bitten by a pet monkey: 25 October 1920, Athens
Alexander Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Born: 20 January 1901, Wels
Son of: Albrecht (1869-1942) & Elsa of Wurttemberg (1876-1936)
Died: 26 November 1923
Alexander Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
Born: 1912
Son of: August Wilhelm (1887-1949) & Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1887-1957)
Married: Irmgard Weygand (b. 1912)
Children: Stephen
Died: 1985
Alexei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia
Born: 1850
Son of: Tsar Alexander II (1818-1881) & Marie of Hesse (1824-1880)
Died: 1908
“[He] was admitted to be the best looking man in the imperial family, although I am afraid his tremendous weight would have handicapped him with the modern girls. A man of the world to his finger tips, a Beau Brummell and a bon vivant hopelessly spoiled by women…he travelled a great deal…[He was] not interested in anything that did not pertain to love-making, food and liquor.” (Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich)
Alexei Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia
Born: 28 December 1875, Tblisi
Son of: Mikhail Nikolaivich (1832-1909) & Cecile of Baden (1839-1881)
Died of TB: 1 April 1895, San Remo
“A brilliant boy of absolute sincerity.” (His brother, Grand Duke Alexander)
Alexei, Tsarevich of Russia
Born: 12 August 1904, Peterhof
Son of: Tsar Nicholas II (1867-1918) & Alix of Hesse (1872-1918)
Murdered by Bolsheviks: 17 July 1918, Ekaterinburg
“He was a splendid baby…two delightful dimples appeared in his cheeks as he crowed and stretched out his arms towards his mother. I shall never forget the look on the Empress’ face as she took him from the nurse.” (Baroness Buxhoeveden)
(He suffered from haemophilia) “When he was well the palace was, as it were, transformed. Everyone and everything seemed bathed in sunshine. Endowed with a naturally happy disposition, he would have developed quite regularly and successfully had he not been kept back by his infirmity.” (Pierre Gillard)
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