Following his father's assassination, Alexander III was advised that it would be difficult for him to be kept safe at the Winter Palace. As a result, Alexander relocated his family to the Gatchina Palace, located twenty miles south of St. Petersburg, making it his primary residence. Under heavy guard he would make occasional visits into St. Petersburg, but even then he would stay in the Anichkov Palace, as opposed to the Winter Palace. In the 1860s Alexander fell madly in love with his mother's lady-in-waiting, Princess Maria Elimovna Meshcherskaya. Dismayed to learn that Prince Wittgenstein had proposed to her in spring 1866, he told his parents that he was prepared to give up his rights of succession in order to marry his beloved "Dusenka". On 19 May 1866, Alexander II informed his son that Russia had come to an agreement with the parents of Princess Dagmar of Denmark, his fourth cousin. Before then, she had been the fiancée of his late elder brother Nicholas. At first Alexander refused to travel to Copenhagen, declaring that he did not love Dagmar and his desire to marry Maria. In response the enraged emperor ordered Alexander to go straight to Denmark and propose to Princess Dagmar. The Tsesarevich then …show more content…
This tension was reflected in the rivalry between Maria Feodorovna and Vladimir's wife, Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna.[9] Alexander had better relationships with his other brothers: Alexei (whom he made rear admiral and then a grand admiral of the Russian Navy), Sergei (whom he made governor of Moscow) and Paul. Despite the antipathy that Alexander had towards his stepmother, Princess Catherine Dolgorukov, he nevertheless allowed her to remain in the Winter Palace for some time after his father's assassination and to retain various keepsakes of him. These included Alexander II's blood-soaked uniform that he died wearing, and his reading
After Alexander became a farmer, he married a woman named Katherine Stallcup. Katherine had seven children; five daughters and two sons. At least three or four died in childhood while the rest grew up to adulthood. When he saw that the farm was not helping his family with the money for his children’s education and food, he started to trade while traveling at the same time.
Alexander’s labours throughout his life revolved around the land and the Restigouche River. When his father passed away, Alexander inherited the farm, rather than his elder brothers. This seems odd considering John, the eldest, remained at the farm for the remainder of his life. The 1901 Canada Census provides a description of the house as it stood dur-ing Alexander’s lifetime: a wooden dwelling with ten rooms also inhabited by Alexander’s siblings, John and Catherine. Presumably, Alexander shared the farm work with his brother.
Eloquent, brilliant, unorthodox, poise, and loyal – all of these unique characteristics allowed Dashkova to gain the highest regard among the members of the elite society and more importantly, to earn the respect of Catherine the Great. Dashkova is a peculiar female character. She’s fully narcissistic, but at the same time, rejects her recognition and claims herself as unworthy of the credits Catherine II had given her. In her autobiography The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova, Dashkova justifies her role as a noble woman, her early-life contribution in helping Catherine rise to the throne, and the frugal life she bore as a widow and a mother of two. Dashkova voiced her significance in a society where
Alexander doesn't have concerns for others. According to Doc A, he made his army go on with him when they were tired and Alexander still made them go on with him. In Doc C, Alexander didn't have concerns for the civilians in Tyre, because he killed many of them. He killed, crucified and sold them into slavery. Alexander also made his army do what they didn't want to do, like ordering his army to marry Persian women and taking Darius's daughter as his
The texts “ The birthplace of Woman’s Rights” and “ A powerful partnership” tell of Susan B. Antony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton life. They both fought for woman’s freedom. They met at a convection in Seneca Falls. Them meeting altered History for the better. They worked hard for women’s freedom.
Romm did go into much detail about Alexander: he explained Alexander’s family history, his top advisors, his love life, his illness, and over all Alexander’s personality. Romm describes Alexander’s family history and how he came to assume the throne after his father was assassinated. Romm provided historical evidence of Alexander’s family through the opening of Alexander’s tombs and sculptures found of other members of his family. Also mentioned were Alexander’s top military advisors and closest friends, known as the “Successors.” Detail was provided that they did not try to succeed the king for the first seven years after Alexander’s death. They wanted his power, but not the throne. This supported the author’s idea of people desiring power but how they were conflicted with their respect for Alexander. Romm discussed Alexander’s marriages as well as his quest to conquer, showing a different side of Alexander. Alexander is mostly portrayed with a great work ethic, imbued with a great desire. Through his last days, however, Romm expresses more of
Tsar Alexander II and III while father and son had very different ambitions as Tsar and different view for the future of the empire. Alexander III succeeded to his father’s throne in 1894. His reign is looked upon by most historians as a time of repression that saw the undoing of many of the reforms carried out by his father. Certainly that was a time of great economic and social change but these had led, in the West of the nation, great pressure on political system. However Alexander was deeply suspicious of the direction in which his father had taken Russia and the internal reforms that he instituted were designed to correct what he saw as the too-liberal tendencies of his father's reign.
Alexander III was the Tsar of Russia from 1881 to 1894 and during his reign, Russia became somewhat stable, and Alexander himself opposed his father’s reforms and stamped out any opposition to his rule.
When Alexander was very young he was raised by a nurse, Lanike. Years later Alexander
The words of advice given to Alexander would change his behavior momentarily. Through others respect for her, she was able to dispel Alexander’s behaviors to live a life without torment briefly. In addition, she was able to shape her life by removing the immoral company of her husband through sending a request to those around the prince, who helped her to seclude herself from the immoral actions of her husband. A particular request of this nature was her request to stay in Tsarskoe Selo longer than usual, which was away from the city where her husband’s immoral company dwelled (p.79). Her request was granted to her eliminating Alexander’s immoral actions temporarily.
Cleitus was angered by this and he stated to Alexander that he was only able to accomplish what he had because of the help of his father. This outraged Alexander, so he grabbed a javelin and threw it through Cleitus’ heart. Alexander came to his senses and realized what he had just done. In his grief, Alexander attempted to take his own life (Class Notes). Another dreadful act that occurred when Alexander was intoxicated was the burning of the Great Palace in Persepolis.
Alexander III’s father is King Philip II of Macedon and his mother is his fourth wife, Olympias who is the daughter of Neoptolemus I, king of Epirus. While in his mother 's womb, his father had a dream where he is securing his wife 's womb with a seal engraved with a lion 's image. One of Plutarch’s interpretations of his dreams was that Alexander 's father was Zeus therefore there was a constant reminder to Alexander that he was a descendent of heroes and gods. Alexander and his sister were raised in Pella 's royal court. In his early years, Alexander was raised by a nurse, Lanike, sister of Alexander’s future general Cleitus the Black. Growing up, he hardly ever saw his father, who spent most of his time engaged in military campaigns and other affairs. His mother Olympia served as a powerful role model for
Alexander knew that if his father died, he would have to take the thrown and a wife. King Gilbert, of course, knew he was going to die, and wanted Alexander to take a wife before then. When he told Prince Alexander this, Alexander knew he couldn't do this until his father died and he couldn't tell his father. He wanted to marry Arabella, but he knew that wouldn't happen with his father still alive, for it would break his father's dying heart to see him marry outside Royal
It all began in 1894 when a man named Alexander III (Tsar of Russia), died leaving his son Nicholas II to become the tsar of Russia at the age of 26. In 1894 Nicholas married Alexander the princess of Germany; they had 5 children, 4 girls and a boy. There only son Alexei was born with hemophilia.
Although they were father and son, the reigns of Alexander II and Alexander III took off in completely different directions. Alexander II was committed to his empire by vowing to reform Russia, making it more in line with nineteenth-century western society. His son, on the other hand, was the unprepared tsar, whose actions were literally reactions to his father’s unexpected assassination. Consequently, Alexander II went down in history as much more productive in the field of domestic policy; in dealing with revolutionaries; and in his foreign policy than his son Alex III would ever be.