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The Russian Imperial Family.

Alexander I'LL, Gar of all the Rus
sias, is the second son Of Alexander H.,
and was born March 10. 1915. His
mother was the Princess Maria, daugh-
ter of the late Grand Duke of Hesse
Darmstadt. He was well educated at
the Russian universities, and in 1866. in
consequence Of the death of his eldest
brother, the Grand Duke Nicholas, he
married the daughter of the King of
Denmark, the Princess Maria Dagmar,
to whom the deceased Prince had been
betrothed. Four children have been the
result of this union.
The Nihilist conspiracy has confined
the attention Of the Cars Government
to home affairs. His attitude toward
Germany is one of friendship, and his
aim has been to maintain am;cable re-
lations with foreign powers. Still, he
represents the feeling that is intensely
and exclusively Russian, a sentiment
which might give a more positive color
ing to his foreign power We're he free
from danger of domestic revolution.
The private property of the Emperor
yields him a large annual revenue. He
possesses a million square miles of cul-
tivated land and forests, beside owning
gold and other mines in Siberia, the
vast revenue OF which is unknown, as,
being the Emperor's personal estate,
the amount appears in the bud
get. The sum arising from all these
sources is estimated, however, at over
ST., 900, of which sum 50, 600, 900 is
expended in charities, schools and
theaters, leaving a net income of $1O,-
O0O, 900.
The present Car is the seventeenth of
his house. The following is the list of
the sovereigns Of the Romanott dynasty:
Michael .......... 1913 Ella, beth .l74l
Alexis. 1913 Peter IT...........1 1862
1vas H., t eri.:: .1sss Pa1h"Tine IT,. 5 57sS
Ga,harine l........,lI s5 Nicholas I.;i......lss5
Peter ll.......... 1!$tl AIexander II t.....lS55
Ivan HI..,... III Ot
Maria Dagmar, the Czarina, is the
fourth child Of Christian TX, King Of
Denmark, and of Louise, daughter Of
Wilhelm, land grave Of Hesse-Cassel.
She was born November 26. 1S47, and
is consequently in her thirty-sixth year.
The Cars advisers deemed Il union
with the reigning family of Denmark
desirable, and the Princess was be-
trothed at an early age to the Grand
Duke Nicholas, heirapparcnt to the Rus
sian crown. But the Grand Dukes
death al Nice, in April. 1865, precluded
the marriage, and to secure the object
sought by the proposed union, the Prin-
cess was, at the expiration of the period
of mourning prescribed by court Ell
quette, cspoused to the late Cars
second son, the Grand Duke Alexander,
she marriage being consummatedin No
vembcr, 1866. On assuming the ortho-
dox Greek faith, the Princess was known
Us Maria Feodorovna.
Four children have been the result of
this union, the Grand Duke Nicholas,
born May IS, 1868; Grand Duke George,
born May 10, 1871; Grand Duchess
Xenia, born April Is, 1875, and Grand
Duke Michael, born December 5, 1878.
1t will thus be seen that the hoAse of
Romanotf is in no danger of extinction.
1t is, in fact, a prolific race. Besides
his four children, the Emperor has
three brothers and one sister. who, in
case Of necessity, could take the crown.