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Romanov, Nikolai II Alexandrovich

Date of birth:
May 18th, 1868 (Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
July 17th, 1918 (Yekaterinburg, Russian Soviet Republic)
Buried on:
Peter en Paul Cathedral St. Petersburg
Nationality:
Russian

Biography

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Awarded on:
June 1st, 1868
Order of St. Andrew
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1868
Order of St. Anna I class
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1868
Order of St. Stanislaus I class
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1868
Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1868
Order of the White Eagle
Awarded on:
January 21st, 1879
Hausorden der Wendischen Krone - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
March 27th, 1881
Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw - Ridder Grootkruis (NL.1)
Awarded on:
May 25th, 1881
Banda das Duas Ordens
Awarded on:
1881
Großkreuz zum Hausorden vom Weißen Falken
Awarded on:
June 17th, 1882
Daikun'i kikkashō - Grand Cordon
Awarded on:
September 16th, 1882
Kyuokujitsu sho, 1st Class
Awarded on:
April 12th, 1883
Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro - Knight
Awarded on:
May 12th, 1883
Kungliga Serafimerorden
Awarded on:
1883
Awarded on:
1883
Awarded on:
April 29th, 1884
Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunziata
Awarded on:
May 6th, 1884
Schwarzer Adlerorden
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1884
Großkreuz zum Königlich Ungarischer Orden des Heiligen Stephan
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1884
Grootlint in de Leopoldsorde / Grand cordon de l'Ordre de Léopold
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1884
Grand Cross to the Order of Saint Alexander
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1884
Elefantordenen
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1884
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1884
Basilikon Tagma toy Soteros - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1884
Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - Cavaliere di gran croce
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1884
Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani - Gran Croce
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1884
Ordinul Steaua Romaniei Grand Cross
Awarded on:
June 15th, 1884
Großkreuz (I. Klasse) zum Großherzoglich Hessischer Ludwigsorden
Awarded on:
August 9th, 1884
Osmanlı Devlet Nişanı 1st class
Awarded on:
August 9th, 1884
Awarded on:
October 1st, 1884
Grã-Cruz del Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul
Awarded on:
1884
Großkreuz der Orden der Württembergischen Krone
Awarded on:
1884
Hubertusorden
Awarded on:
March 11th, 1889
Knight of the Order of Noble Bukhara in Diamonds
Awarded on:
September 11th, 1890
Order of St. Vladimir 4th Class
Awarded on:
August 31st, 1890
Großkomtur des Königlicher Preussischer Hausordens von Hohenzollern
Awarded on:
September 11th, 1891
Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn
Awarded on:
March 20th, 1891
The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri
Awarded on:
1892
Eringdringstegnet i anledning af Kong Christian IX og Dronning Louises Guldbryllup
Awarded on:
December 3rd, 1893
Order of the Crown of Bukhara with Diamonds
Awarded on:
January 25th, 1893
Ritter Schwarzer Adlerorden with Chain
Awarded on:
July 1st, 1893

Stranger Knight
Order of the Garter
Awarded on:
January 26th, 1894
Storkommandører af Dannebrog
Awarded on:
July 12th, 1895
Grand Cross to the Order of Solomon's seal
Awarded on:
November 29th, 1894
Großherzoglich Hessischer Goldener Löwenorden
Awarded on:
March 3rd, 1896
Daikun'i kikkashō - Collar
Awarded on:
May 4th, 1896
Shuanglong Baoxing - 1st class, 1st grade in Diamonds
Awarded on:
1896
Hausorden der Rautenkrone
Awarded on:
May 30th, 1898
Order of the Sun of Alexander
Period:
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
Awarded on:
September 6th, 1904
Royal Victorian Chain
Awarded on:
June 15th, 1906
Ordinul Carol I - Grand Collar
Awarded on:
1907
Herinneringsmedaille Vredesconferentie van Den Haag
Awarded on:
1910
Order of Karadorde's Star - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
1913
Order of the Precious Rod
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
November 7th, 1915
Cross of St. George IV class
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
September 4th, 1916
Medaglia d'oro al Valore Militare
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
October 20th, 1916
Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB, military division)
Period:
Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
Awarded on:
August 15th, 2000
Sainthood

Sources

  • Photo 1: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
  • - Massie, R.K., Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1996)
    - Lincoln, W.B., The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russias (1983)

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