Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I
Portrait of Emperor Alexander I
Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
Reign	23 March 1801 – 1 December 1825
Coronation	15 September 1801
Predecessor	Paul I
Successor	Nicholas I
Born	(1777-12-23)23 December 1777 Saint Petersburg
Died	1 December 1825(1825-12-01) (aged 47) Taganrog
Burial	Unknown Peter and Paul Cathedral
Consort	Princess Louise of Baden
Issue	Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexandrovna
Full name Alexander Pavlovich Romanov
House	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Paul I
Mother	Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
Religion	Russian Orthodox
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Alexander I of Russia (Russian: Александр I Павлович, Aleksandr I Pavlovich) (23 December [O.S. 12 December] 1777 – 1 December [O.S. 19 November] 1825),^[1] also known as Alexander the Blessed (Russian: Александр Благословенный, Aleksandr Blagoslovennyi) was Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania.

He was born in Saint Petersburg to Grand Duke Paul Petrovich, later Emperor Paul I, and Maria Feodorovna, daughter of the Duke of Württemberg. He succeeded to the throne after his father was murdered, and ruled Russia during the Napoleonic Wars.

His sudden death in Taganrog, under allegedly suspicious circumstances, caused the spread of the rumours that Alexander did not die in 1825, but disappeared to live the rest of his life in anonymity.

1. ↑ During Alexander's life time Russia used the Julian calendar (Old Style), but unless otherwise stated, any date in this article uses the Gregorian Calendar (New Style) — see the article "Old Style and New Style dates" for a more detailed explanation.