Nikolai I. Pavlovich of Russia
Nikolai I. Pavlovich, Emperor of Russia, succeeded his eldest brother Alexander I. in 1825
Son of Pavel I. Petrovich, Emperor of Russia (1754-1801) and his second wife Sophie, Duchess of Wurttemberg, who adopted the name Maria Feodorovna (1759-1828)
Born: Tsarskoye Selo 6. Jul 1796
Christened: Pavlovks Palace Church 29. May 1799
Godparents:
- Alexander Pavlovich, Grand Duke of Ruissia (later Alexander I. Emperor of Russia, his brother)
- Alexandra Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (later Arch Duchess of Austria, his sister)
Married: St. Petersburg 13. Jul 1817 Charlotte, Princess of Prussia, who adopted the name Alexandra Feodorovna (1798-1860)
Issue of marriage:
- Alexander II. Nikolaevich, Emperor of Russia (1818-1881) m. 1841 Marie (Maria Alexandrovna), Princess of Hesse and by Rhine (1824-1880)
- Maria Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1819-1876) m. 1839 Maximilian de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-1852)
- Stillborn daughter (22. Jul 1820)
- Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1822-1892) m. 1846 Karl I., King of Württemberg (1823-1891)
- Stillborn daughter (23. Oct 1923)
- Alexandra Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1825-1844) m. Friedrich-Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1820-1884)
- Konstantin Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia (1827-1892) m. 1848 Alexandra (Iosifovna), Princess of Saxe-Altenburg (1830-1911)
- Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia (1831-1891) m. 1856 Alexandra (Petrovna), Duchess of Oldenburg (1838-1900)
- Mikhail Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia (1832-1909) m. 1857 Cecile (Olga Feodorovna), Princess of Baden (1839-1891)
Illegitimate issue by Maria Ivanovna Karatshova (1796-1824)
- Nikolai Wasilievich Isakov (1821-1891) m. Anna Petrovna Lopukhina (? -1910)
Illegitimate issue by Anna-Maria af Rutenskiold (1791-1856)
- Youzia Yosifovna Koberwein (12. May 1825-23. Feb 1923) m. 1849 Joséph Fricero (1807-1870)
Illegitimate issue by Varvara Yakovleva (1803-1831)
- Olga Karlovna Albrecht (10. Jul 1828-20. Jan 1898) m. 1847 Maxim von Reutern (1801-1863)
Illegitimate issue by Varvara Nelidova (? -1897)
- Alexei Pashkin (17. Apr 1831-20. Jun 1863)
Died: St. Petersburg 2. Mar 1855 from pneumonia
Buried: Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg
Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1 and Vol. II, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; For illegitimate issue by M.I. Karatshova, A.M. Rutenskiold and V. Yakovleva see : Jacques Ferrand Descendances naturelles des souverains et grand-ducs de Russie de 1762 à 1910, Paris 1995; for chritening and godparents see http://macedonsky.narod.ru/english.html