Biography of pope alexander iii of russia
Home / Religious & Spiritual Figures / Biography of pope alexander iii of russia
The latter must have felt that there would be no important reforms until he himself succeeded to the direction of affairs.
On his deathbed, Alexander's elder brother Nicholas is said to have expressed the wish that his affianced bride, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, should marry his successor. quamlibet Olympias nobiliorem ei patrem… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Alexander III — (d.
This wish was swiftly realized, when on November 9, 1866, Alexander wed the Princess of Denmark. Immediately after ascending the throne, Alexander promulgated a manifesto entitled "On the Inviolability of Autocracy." His father's liberal ministers resigned, and Alexander established a government composed of people with a more conservative mindset.
Alexander III
Born: St. Petersburg, 26 February (10 March) 1845
Died: Livadiya, 20 October (1 November) 1894
Reigned: 1881-1894
Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich (the future Emperor Alexander III) was the second son of Alexander II and the Empress Maria Alexandrovna.
Contemporaries noted his sturdy health, athletic build and exceptional modesty in everyday life.
The Bulgarians had been represented in St. Petersburg and Moscow not only as martyrs but also as saints, and very little personal experience sufficed to correct the error. For these abuses, several high-placed personages—among them two of the grand-dukes—were believed to be responsible, and Alexander III called his father's attention to the subject.
Foreign Relations
Alexander deprecated what he considered undue foreign influence in general, and German influence in particular, so the adoption of genuine national principles was off in all spheres of official activity, with a view to realizing his ideal of a homogeneous Russia—homogeneous in language, administration, and religion.
Anti-reforms
During the campaign in Bulgaria, Alexander III had found, by painful experience, that grave disorders and gross corruption existed in the military administration, and after his return to St. Petersburg he discovered that similar abuses existed in the naval department. (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) 1845 94, czar of Russia 1881 94.
Alexander III reversed the constitutional reforms that his father, Alexander II, had enacted to further the modernization and democratization of Russia.
Education
Alexander became heir apparent by the sudden death of his elder brother in 1865. Instead, his autocratic rule helped pave the way for the Bolshevik revolutionaries who would one day murder his son, Tsar Nicholas II, and most of the family line.
The latter must have felt that there would be no important reforms until he himself succeeded to the direction of affairs. 132) Philippi Macedonum Regis, et Olympiadis fil. His representations were not favorably received. 13.