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Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra
Born 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868
Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died 17 July 1918 (aged 50)
Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Burial 17 July 1998
Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
The last Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias.
Like other Russian Emperors he is commonly known by the monarchical title Tsar (though Russia formally ended the Tsardom in 1721).
He is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church and has been referred to as Saint Nicholas the Martyr.
Empress:
Born 6 June 1872
Darmstadt, German Empire
Died 17 July 1918 (aged 46)
Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR
Burial Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Empress consort of Russia because she was the spouse of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of the Russian Empire.
Born a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, she was given the name Alexandra Feodorovna upon being received into the Russian Orthodox Church, which canonized her as Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer in 2000.
Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra
Born 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868
Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died 17 July 1918 (aged 50)
Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Burial 17 July 1998
Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
The last Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias.
Like other Russian Emperors he is commonly known by the monarchical title Tsar (though Russia formally ended the Tsardom in 1721).
He is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church and has been referred to as Saint Nicholas the Martyr.
Empress:
Born 6 June 1872
Darmstadt, German Empire
Died 17 July 1918 (aged 46)
Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR
Burial Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Empress consort of Russia because she was the spouse of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of the Russian Empire.
Born a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, she was given the name Alexandra Feodorovna upon being received into the Russian Orthodox Church, which canonized her as Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer in 2000.