He was a supporter of King John of Luxembourg of Bohemia, who gave him Opava as a fief in 1318 and at the same time raised it to an independent duchy.
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He was one of several ministers to be dismissed for opposing Nicholas II's decision to take command of the Russian Army.
Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène, Count Spiransky: Russian Representative to the U.S. 1892-1895; Russian representative to Rome 1895-1899; aide-de-camp to Nicholas II, last Tsar of Russia 1900-1917
It should not to be confused with the Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land, located in the city of Yekaterinburg where the former Emperor Nicholas II (1868–1918) and several members of his family and household were executed following the Bolshevik Revolution.
The books translated to English include his biographies of Tsars Nicholas II and Alexander II, Rasputin, and Joseph Stalin.
The most famous Greek to hail from Kolkata possibly was the gifted violinist Marie Nicachi who embarked on a European tour in 1910 and played at the courts of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
Wounded in the Russo-Japanese war (1904–1905), he was visited at a hospital by the Tsar Nicholas II, who awarded him St George’s Cross and invited the general to the palace.
During the Russification of Finland from 1899 onwards, the statue became a symbol of quiet resistance, with people of Helsinki protesting to the decrees of Nicholas II leaving flowers at the foot of the statue of his grandfather, then known in Finland as "the good czar".
Rządkowski was a skilled commander, but also had to become a politician in order to convince Nicholas II to extend the Polish formations fighting alongside the Russian Army.
Conry was decorated by Czar Nicholas II, and was made a member of the Knights of St. Anne.
# Hedwig (b. ca. 25 March 1338 – d. ca. 1351), married by 11 August 1345 to Duke Nikolaus II of Opawa (Troppau).
The novel picks up on the brink of the Russian Revolution, depicting characters from all walks of life — from soldiers and peasants to Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and Lenin.
He served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878; held commands of a St. Petersburg Cadet Corps and an Army Corps based in Kiev; served as Minster of War from 1882 until 1898 under the Tsars Alexander III (1881–1894) and Nicholas II (1894–1917) respectively.
During the show in St. Petersburg, she was personally congratulated by Tsar Nicholas II.
The permission to purchase the site was given by Emperor Nicholas II in Peterhof on 3 July 1907.
Most historically, it was the setting of the opening of the First State Duma by Nicholas II, in 1906.
It was presented by Czar Nicholas II to August Heckscher in 1910 and given to the Linda Hall Library in 1972 by Mrs. Helen Spencer.
In 1928, he left the Soviet Russia and went to Harbin, China, where many White Russians lived at that time, and again lived through wars and different political regimes, first creating works dedicated to Nicholas II, then to Stalin and Mao Zedong.
Aleksei Andreyevich Volkov (1859–1929), valet at the court of the Russian czar Nicholas II
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, heir to the throne of Russia, son of Tsar Nicholas II
He had held the family possessions in a single hand since the Counts of Haigerloch had died out with the death of his cousin Jobst Nicholas II in 1558.
The celebration at Nicholas II's coronation in 1896 was marred by the Khodynka Tragedy, when 1,389 persons were trampled to death during a stampede prompted by rumors that there were not enough mementos to go around.
Pierre Gilliard (1879-1962), Swiss citizen and French tutor for the five children of Tsar Nicholas II from 1905 to 1918
Ipatiev House, a house in Yekaterinburg, Russia where Nicholas II and his family were killed
In 1497, after the death of Nicholas II, Niemodlin was inherited by Jan II, in 1498 was bought Bytom, and the Świerklaniec castle with his privileges, and finally in 1509 was annexed Koźle.
King John of Bohemia then enfeoffed Leszek's brother-in-law, Nicholas II, who was John I's father.
King Henry's successor John of Luxembourg however redeemed the pawn and in 1318 re-installed Nicholas's son Nicholas II as duke.
In 1993, when the Russian government was attempting to verify whether or not bone fragments recovered from the Yekaterinburg murder site belonged to Tsar Nicholas II, a sample of the Tsar's DNA was required.
The supporters of Nicholas II then gained control of Rome and forced Benedict X to flee to the castle of Gerard of Galeria.
An initial battle was fought in Campagna in early 1059, which was not wholly successful for Nicholas II.
"She was a very sweet-faced though plain girl, with beautiful dark eyes, very quiet and amiable in manner," wrote Margaretta Eagar, governess to the daughters of Tsar Nicholas II.
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904–1918), son and heir apparent of Nicholas II of Russia
Basket of Wild Flowers, 1901, Gift of Nicholas II to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.