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668:, who were on an Italian tour, visited her for two days. In January 1881, her estranged husband, Grand Duke Nicholas, arrived unexpectedly and took both their sons with him. According to Alexandra: he "made me experience things I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy". Alexandra left Naples in early 1881 and sailed to Northern Greece. With the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in March 1881, Alexandra asked for help from her nephew
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1675:Belyakova,
872:Nicholas II
822:Nun's habit
703: [
528:the Younger
57:2 June 1838
2412:Categories
2006:Grand Duke
1416:References
817:Attributes
724:Last years
483:Nicholas I
367:Early life
332:Nicholas I
53:1838-06-02
1703:Zeepvat,
1585:Zeepvat,
1512:McIntosh
1455:Zeepvat,
829:Patronage
775:Canonized
757:Venerable
563:duchess.
459:Oldenburg
455:Wiesbaden
411:dynasty.
381:Oldenburg
361:Anastasia
286:‹See Tfd›
274:romanized
174:‹See Tfd›
1805:, p. 153
1516:, p. 372
894:Ancestry
809:13 April
569:Peterhof
465:Marriage
443:Peterhof
317:Romanovs
245:Lutheran
227:Religion
1932:Djulber
1834:, p. 53
1821:, p. 51
1792:, p. 49
1768:, p. 48
1744:, p. 47
1731:, p. 46
1707:, p. 68
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632:, near
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276::
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630:Wenden
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217:Mother
207:Father
178:German
118:
98:Spouse
1934:, in
1923:, in
1909:, in
1396:Notes
852:Corfu
803:Feast
733:Saint
707:]
658:Italy
242:prev.
196:House
161:Names
135:Issue
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