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Emperor Alexander III (then Grand Duke) was born as the second son of Emperor Alexander II (then Tsesarevich) on 10 March 1845, during the reign of his grandfather Emperor Nicholas I. He was christened a week later at 10 am in the Winter Palace Church, St. Petersburg, by the Confessor of Their Imperial Highnesses. He had six listed godparents:
NICHOLAS I, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA - his paternal grandfather was one of his godparents present at his christening. Mainly remembered in history as a reactionary whose controversial reign was marked by geographical expansion, centralisation of administrative policies and repression of dissent. He died in 1855, when the Alexander was only 9 years-old, just a week shy from his 10th birthday.
LOUIS II, GRAND DUKE OF HESSE AND BY RHINE - his maternal grandfather was another of his godparents, but was absent at the christening. The hessian grand duke, like his paternal grandfather, was also considered a reactionary leader, he was in conflict with parliament almost his entire reign. The German revolution in 1848-49 proved his inability to govern. On March 5, 1848 he named his son Louis III as co-regent, and a year later he died.
GRAND DUCHESS ELENA PAVLOVNA OF RUSSIA - his great-aunt, the wife of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, stood as one of his godparents. Born as Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, she became a close friend of Alexander’s mother the Empress Maria Alexandrovna, and was known as an intellectual. She was also considered the most exceptional woman in the imperial family since Catherine the Great.
GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA OF RUSSIA, QUEEN CONSORT OF WÜRTTEMBERG - his aunt was one of his godparents present at the christening. She was the younger sister of his father. Attractive, cultured and intelligent, she was considered to be one of the most eligible princesses in Europe. Just three years after her nephew was born, in 1846, she married Crown Prince Karl of Württemberg. Alexander’s older brother the heir apparent Nicholas died just two months before their aunt Queen consort of Württemberg. With his death, he became the next heir apparent, the ‘Tsesarevich’.
GRAND DUCHESS MARIA PAVLOVNA OF RUSSIA, GRAND DUCHESS CONSORT OF SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH - his great-aunt was another of his godparents. One of the daughters of Emperor Paul I, the grand duchess married a German prince Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in 1804. She was an intellect, interested in both arts and sciences. German poet and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe hailed her as one of the worthiest women of his time. She was the great-grandmother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Queen Victoria of Sweden.
PRINCESS MATHILDE CAROLINE OF BAVARIA, GRAND DUCHESS OF HESSE AND BY RHINE - his aunt, the wife of his uncle Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, was listed as one of the future emperor’s godparents. She was the eldest daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Her marriage to Louis III was childless. She died of cancer in 1862 at the age of 48.
Royal figures of Europe sit together in the front row of the audience of a festival performance; Princess Margaret, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Consort Louise Mountbatten, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Queen Elizabeth II, King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Princess Josephine Charlotte of Belgium, Crown Prince Olav of Norway and Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Norway, at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, June 15th 1956.
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich was the third son of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, born on 8 August 1831 at Tsarskoe Selo, Saint Petersburg. He was christened four weeks later on 1 September, in The Old Palace Church, Tsarskoe Selo, by the Confessor of His Imperial Majesty Father Muzovsky. He had five listed godparents:
FRIEDRICH WILHELM III, KING OF PRUSSIA - his maternal grandfather was amongst his godparents. He ruled Prussia during the trying times of the Napoleonic Wars. Following Napoleon’s defeat, he took part in the Congress of Vienna, which assembled to settle the political questions arising from the new, post-Napoleonic order in Europe.
ALEXANDER II, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA - the then 13 years-old Tsarevich stood as one of the godparents of his younger brother. He became the Emperor of All Russia upon the death of their father in 1855. Alexander’s most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia’s serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator.
GRAND DUCHESS MARIA NIKOLAEVNA OF RUSSIA, DUCHESS OF LEUCHTENBERG - then 12 years of age, the young grand duchess was among the godparents of her younger brother. The second child and eldest daughter, Maria was noted for her formidable personality, her wit and her strong character. In 1839, she married Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (grandson of Joséphine de Beauharnais). She was an avid art collector, and was the President of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.
GRAND DUKE MICHAEL PAVLOVICH OF RUSSIA - his uncle another of his listed godparents. The grand duke, trained for the military, became the Commander of the Guards Corps during the Russo-Turkish War (1828-29).
GRAND DUCHESS MARIA PAVLOVNA OF RUSSIA, GRAND DUCHESS CONSORT OF SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH - her aunt was another of his godparents. One of the daughters of Emperor Paul I, the grand duchess married a German prince Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in 1804. She was an intellect, interested in both arts and sciences. German poet and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe hailed her as one of the worthiest women of his time. She was the great-grandmother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Queen Victoria of Sweden.
