Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . grand-duke of Hesse. Their children Rre, Nicholas Alexandrovitch, the present crown-prince, born !Sept. 20, 1843; Vlademir Alexandrovitch, born April 22, 1847; Alexis A:exandrovitch, born Jan. 14, j1850.—2. MARIA Nicolaievna. born Aug. 8, 1819; married in 1839 to Maximilian Beauharnois, duke :of Leuchtenherg, prince of Eichtedt, and g
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . grand-duke of Hesse. Their children Rre, Nicholas Alexandrovitch, the present crown-prince, born !Sept. 20, 1843; Vlademir Alexandrovitch, born April 22, 1847; Alexis A:exandrovitch, born Jan. 14, j1850.—2. MARIA Nicolaievna. born Aug. 8, 1819; married in 1839 to Maximilian Beauharnois, duke :of Leuchtenherg, prince of Eichtedt, and grandson of the empress Josephine ; she became a widovrin 1852.—3. OLGA Nicholaivna, born Sept II, 1822; married to Charles, prince royal of Wurtem-borg. in 1846.—4. CONSTANTINK Nicolaivitch, born Sept. 21, 1827 ; married in 1848 to AlexandraJosefovna, daughter of Joseph, duke of Saxe-Altenburg—5. NJCHOLAS Nicolnivitch, born Aug. —6 MICHAEL Nicolaivitch, born Oct. 25, 1832. ALEXANDRA, the third daughter of Nicholas,was born in 1825, married in 1844, and died the same year. 38 EMPEROR NICHOLAS I. Nicholas I., Emperor of EMPEROR NICHOLAS I. 595 t occurred under the following circumstances. In the month of November, 1825,news reached the palace of Nicholas, near St. Petersburgh, that his brother theEmperor was sick at Taganrog, in one of the southern provinces of the few days afterward he received intelligence that he was out of danger;and on the following morning, Nicholas, with all his family, was in the chapelof the palace, returning thanks for the emperors convalescence. It was whilethus engaged that a messenger entered the chapel, and whispered t) Nicholasthat the emperor had ceased to live. He hastened to the apartment of theempress, but the particulars of the interview never transpired. He then pro-ceeded to the state council, and proposed to once the oaths of allegianceto his brother, Constantine.* But the council replied that a se
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