NICHOLAS I – Russian Emperor (1825-1855) Imperial Manifesto of Emperor Nicholas I and Decree of His Imperial Majesty from the Holy Governing Synod (Copy) on the Successful Delivery of Her Imperial Majesty Empress and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of a Son. Printed in St. Petersburg by the Senate on February 26, and from there by the Holy Synod on February 27, 1845. – [2] p.;
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On February 26 (March 10), 1845, in St. Petersburg, a son named Alexander was born to Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich and his wife Maria Alexandrovna. This Alexander would become the future Russian Emperor Alexander III, the grandson of Nicholas I, and the father of the last Russian monarch, Nicholas II.