page_title: Duke Alexander of Oldenburg
section_title: Philanthropy
hierarchical_section_title: Duke Alexander of Oldenburg / Philanthropy
caption_attribution_description: English: Oldenburgsky Alexander Petrovich (Alexander Fridrih Konstantin), prince (21.06.1844, St.Petersburg - 06.09.1932, Biarritz, France), the general-aide-de-camp (1880, the great-grandson of Emperor Paul I. 14.5.1896 is appointed by a member of the State advice 02.03.1914 - the senator. In 1914 has acquired the right to use a title of Its Imperial Highnes. Conducted extensive scientifically-educational activity, has played a leading role in progress of a medical science, healthcare and resorts of Russia. A photographer's studio "H.Rentz and F.Schrader" St.-Petersburg, Morskaya str., 27 Русский: Ольденбургский Александр Петрович (Александр Фридрих Константин), Принц (21.06.1844, С.-Петербург - 06.09.1932, Биарриц, Франция), генерал-адъютант (1880 г.), генерал от инфантерии (1895 г.). Из немецкого владетельного рода герцогов Ольденбургских, сын принца П.Г.Ольденбургского, правнук Императора Павла I. 14.5.1896 г. назначен членом Государственного совета 02.03.1914 г. - сенатором. В 1914 г. получил право пользоваться титулом Его Императорского Высочества. Вел обширную научно-просветительскую деятельность, сыграл значительную роль в развитии медицинской науки, здравоохранения и курортов России. Фотоателье "H.Rentz &amp; F.Schrader" г. Санкт-Петербург,ул.Большая Морская, 27 Deutsch: l'denburgsky Alexander Petrovich (Alexander Fridrih Konstantin), der Prinz (21.06.1844, St. Petersburg - 06.09.1932, Frankreich), der General - Adjutant (1880), ist der Urenkel des Kaisers Paul I. 14.5.1896 zum Mitglied Des staatlichen Ratschlages 02.03.1914 - der Senator ernannt. In 1914 hat das Recht bekommen, den Titel Seiner Kaiserlichen Hoheit zu benutzen. Fuhrte umfangreich wissenschaftlich - prosvetitel'skuju die Tatigkeit, hat die bedeutende Rolle in der Entwicklung der medizinischen Wissenschaft, der Gesundheitsfursorge und der Kurorte Russlands gespielt. Das Fotoatelier "H.Rentz und F.Schrader". Sankt Petersburg.
context_page_description: Duke Alexander Frederick Constantin of Oldenburg was the second son of Duke Peter of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg. Though he had a German title and ancestry, Alexander and his siblings were born and raised in St. Petersburg as the grandchildren of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia.
  Alexander served as Adjutant general to Alexander III of Russia, and also as commanding general of the Imperial Guard. Alexander was the Russian candidate submitted to succeed Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria, though this nomination failed to gain the support of the other great European powers. At the outbreak of World War I, Nicholas II of Russia appointed Alexander, a medical doctor, as supreme chief of the medical service of the military and naval forces.
  Alexander and his wife Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg were noted for their philanthropy, establishing schools, hospitals, orphanages, and other charitable organizations in Russia. During World War I, the duke famously invited wounded British and French soldiers to stay for free in a sanatorium he founded in the Crimea.
context_section_description: Like his father before him, Alexander was well-educated and clever, and concentrated much of his time and energy to philanthropic works throughout Russia. He was president of several schools as well as the St. Petersburg-based Institute of Experimental Medicine. Alexander and Eugenia founded the Oldenburg Institute at Petrograd, where more than two thousands girls and boys received technical educations while being taught trades and given free lodging and food, all at the expense of the duke and duchess. Their extensive donations helped fund and found technical schools, hospitals, orphanages, as well as other philanthropic institutions all over Russia. As Alexander was a doctor, he was deeply involved in the management of these hospitals, taking charge of the sick and wounded on their departure from the field hospitals. In his position as chief of head of medical services for the Russian army and navy, Alexander invited hundreds of wounded French and British officers to stay free-of-charge in a sanatorium he founded in the Crimea. He also greatly improved the organization of wounded soldiers at the front.
  While attending the opening of the Institute of Experimental Medicine as its main benefactor in January 1907, a prominent government official, General von Launitz, was assassinated before Alexander and Eugenia's eyes. The general was standing a few steps away from her husband, so that Eugenia, believing at first that Alexander had been the one killed, fell into a faint.
  He and his wife's charitable exploits became so well known that a newspaper declared in 1914 that because they devoted their lives and the greater portion of their wealth to philanthropy, "there are probably no two who are so universally beloved as the Duke and Duchess Alexander of Oldenburg".
caption: Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg
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