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Person · 1796 CE – 1855 CE

Nicholas I of Russia

Also known as

1ኛ የሩስያ ኒኮላስ
Hoàng Đế Nikolai I
I Nikolay
I Николай
I. Miklós orosz cár
I. Nikolay

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citizen ofRussian Empire1721 CE
child · father ofGrand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia1819 CE
child · father ofGrand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827 CE
sibling ofGrand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia1798 CE

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