Nevertheless he was unexpectedly close to become Emperor in 1888 when Alexander III with his wife and all of their children were involved in a train accident at Borki.
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Vladimir was the paternal grandfather and namesake of the future pretender claimant Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia, born 1917.
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847–1909), son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia
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