Velikiy Knjaz Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, in Russian Владимир Александрович / Влади́мирович (22 April 1847 - 17 February 1909). April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

He was the third, but second surviving son of Emperor Alexander II (who ascended 1855, when Vladimir was 8 years old, and was assassinated in 1881) and his wife Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse, the daughter of Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse. Alexander II (1818-1881) Alexander (Aleksandr) II (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (April 17, 1818–March 13, 1881) was the Emperor (tsar) of Russia from March 2, 1855 until his assassination. ... Marie of Hesse Princess Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and the Rhine (8 August 1824-8 June 1880) was a princess of Grand Ducal Hesse and, as Marie Alexandrovna, Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia. ... Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine ( 26 December 1777 – 16 June 1848) ruled over the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1830 until his death. ...

He was the next brother of Emperor Alexander III (reigned 1881-1894) and the senior uncle of Tsar Nicholas II, who afterwards was murdered in 1918. Painting of Tsar Alexander III (1886), by Ivan Kramskoi (1837-1887), original, 41 x 36 in. ... Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia Nicholas II of Russia ( 18 May 1868 – 17 July 1918) was the last crowned Emperor of Russia. ...

Vladimir Alexandrovich married 28 August 1874 Princess Marie Alexandrine Elisabeth Eleonore of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (May 14, 1854 - September 6, 1920), daughter of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Augusta of Reuss-Köstritz. Maria was a granddaughter of Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, himself a grandson of Emperor Paul I of Russia. Vladimir's wife was known as Maria Pavlovna of Mecklenburg and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. When she converted to the orthodox confession in her later life, Emperor Nicholas II bestowed her the title "the Orthodox Grand Duchess". Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a Duchy (from 1815 a Grand Duchy) in northeastern Germany, formed by a partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Alternate use: Reuss River Reuss is the name of several historical states in todays Thuringia, Germany. ... Paul I of Russia Paul I of Russia (Russian: Pavel Petrovich, Павел I Петрович) (October 1, 1754 - March 23, 1801) was an Emperor (Tsar) of Russia (1796 - 1801). ...

The couple had five children:

1. Grand Duke Alexander Vladimirovich
2. Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich of Russia (October 12 (N.S.), 1876—October 12, 1938).
3. Grand Duke Boris
4. Grand Duke Andrew
5. Grand Duchess Jelena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882-1957) who married Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, third on of George I of Greece and Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia.

Vladimir's eldest son and heir His Imperial Highness The Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich of Russia married 1905 his first cousin Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Vladimir's sister Maria. This marriage was disapproved by Nicholas II and Cyril was stripped of his imperial titles. The treatment of his son created a strife between Vladimir and the Emperor. However, after several deaths in the family put Cyril third in the line of succession to the Imperial Throne, Nicholas agreed to reinstate Cyril's imperial titles, and the latter's wife was given the title Grand Duchess Viktoria Fedorovna. Vladimir died 1909. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 Cyril was in 1924 proclaimed Emperor in Paris, in exile. Vladimir's line has thus received the headship of the imperial house. Vladimir was the paternal grandfather and namesake of the future pretender claimant Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, born 1917. October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Prince Nicolas of Greece and Denmark Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872-1938), of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was the third son of George I (1845-1913), King of the Hellenes, and of Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna (1851-1926) of Russia. ... George I (December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913) was King of the Hellenes (Greece) from 1863 to 1913. ... Grand Duchess Viktoria Feodorovna of Russia, née Princess Victoria of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Victoria Melita) (25 November 1876 - 2 March 1936) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a political movement in Russia that climaxed in 1917 with the overthrow of the Provisional Government that had replaced the Russian Tsar system, and led to the establishment of the Soviet Union, which lasted until its collapse in 1991. ...