Portrait of Alexander I

The artist is unknown

Alexander I Pavlovich (December 12/33, 1777. Saint Petersburg − November 19 /19 December 1825, Taganrog) − The eldest son of Emperor Paul I and Maria Fedorovna, the Emperor of the All -Russian, a protector of the Maltese order (since 1801), Grand Duke Finland (since 1809), King of Poland (since 1815). After the Patriotic War of 1813 and the foreign campaign of the Russian army, he had a huge international authority. At the Vienna Congress (1814−1815) initiated the creation of the Holy Union of European monarchs (1815), which himself headed. Waged victorious wars with Persia (1804−1813), Turkey (1806−1813) and Sweden (1808), as a result of which East Georgia (1801), Finland (1809), Bessarabia (1813), Azerbaijan (1813) were attached to the Russian Empire. Reigned from March 12/24, 1801 to November 19 / December 1, 1825. The 400th anniversary of the Romanov house. SPb, 2013. With. 109.

It is depicted in the uniform of the Life Guards of the Preobrazhensky Regiment with a star and tape of the Order of St. Andrew the First -Called and the Order of St. George 4th degree. Dated on the basis of the presence of the Order of St. George of the 4th degree received on December 13, 1805. Painting. The first half of the XIX in. T. 3. SPb, 2007. With. 234.

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