Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov , Russian Сергей Александрович (born April 29 . Jul / 11. May 1857 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † February 4 jul. / 17th February 1905 greg. In Moscow ) was a member of the home Romanov Holstein-Gottorp .
Life
Sergei Alexandrowitsch was the seventh child of the Russian Tsar Alexander II (1818-1881) and his first wife Princess Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1824-1880), daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Princess Wilhelmine Luise of Baden . He was also the younger brother of the future Tsar Alexander III. as well as by Maria Alexandrowna Romanowa , the later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
On June 3rd jul. / June 15, 1884 greg. Sergei married Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt in Saint Petersburg , daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV and Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, and granddaughter of Queen Victoria . They moved into the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace . The marriage remained childless, probably also because Sergei was homosexual. Elizabeth's younger sister Alix later married the Russian heir to the throne, Nikolaus Alexandrovich , a nephew of Sergei.
When his sister-in-law Grand Duchess Alexandra , wife of his brother Pawel , died giving birth to their second child, he and his wife took care of the children Maria Pavlovna (1890-1958) and Dmitri Pavlovich (1891-1942) until Pawel took them back took himself. In 1902 they came to them again when Pawel was exiled because of his marriage to Olga Palei.
Sergei took part in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) and was promoted to colonel in the Russian army . In 1887 he was promoted to major general and received the supreme command of the Tsar's bodyguard in the Preobrazhensky regiment . In 1891 the Tsar appointed him Adjutant General of the Suite and Governor General of Moscow. His first official acts included two decrees according to which all Jewish craftsmen and all persons who were not registered in the city had to leave Moscow. Most of Moscow's Jews were affected by this.
Three years later he became a member of the State Council and supported the police-led trade unions of Colonel Sergei Vasilyevich Zubatov .
In 1896, Sergei organized the coronation ceremonies of Nicholas II. When more than 1,300 people died in a mass panic , an investigation initiated by Nicholas found him to be primarily responsible. However, since the family convinced the Tsar that a public charge by one of its members would undermine the authority of the monarchy, punishment was waived. Instead, the Chief Police Officer Alexander Alexandrovich Vlasovsky was made a scapegoat .
In early 1905, Ivan Kalyayev , a terrorist of the social revolutionary movement, carried out an assassination attempt on the Grand Duke. In Moscow Kremlin , near the Nicholas Gate , a bomb exploded, killing the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich immediately.
Others
- The Sergei Imperial Hospice in the Russian Quarter in Jerusalem (today Sergei House ), built in 1889, is named after the Grand Duke Sergei, who was the founding president of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society since 1882 . The hospice was a luxurious guest house for the rich and distinguished Russian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land and consisted of 25 lavishly furnished rooms.
- The assassination of Grand Duke Sergei was dealt with by Albert Camus in the play Die Gerechten (first performance in 1949).
Web links
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- ↑ Monica Rüthers , Carmen Scheide (ed.): Moscow. People, myths, places. Böhlau-Verlag, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-412-04703-1
- ↑ Kathleen Klotchkov: The long way to the festival. The history of the Moscow city founding celebrations from 1847 to 1947 (= historical science. Vol. 5). Frank & Timme GmbH, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-86596-051-0 , p. 132, (at the same time: Berlin, Humboldt University, dissertation, 2005), limited preview in the Google book search.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Romanov, Sergei Alexandrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Романов, Сергей Александрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the House of Romanow-Holstein-Gottorp |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1905 |
| Place of death | Moscow |