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| <p> [[Emperor]] of Russia, son and successor of [[Nicholas]] I., fell heir to the throne while the siege of [[Sebastopol]] was going on; on the conclusion of a peace applied himself to reforms in the state and the consolidation and extension of the empire. His reign is distinguished by a ukase decreeing in 1861 the emancipation of the serfs numbering 23 millions, by the extension of the empire in the [[Caucasus]] and Central Asia, and by the war with [[Turkey]] in the interest of the [[Slavs]] in 1877-78, which was ended by the peace of San Stephano, revised by the treaty of Berlin. His later years were clouded with great anxiety, owing to the spread of Nihilism, and he was killed by a bomb thrown at him by a Nihilist (1818-1881). </p> | | <p> Of Scotland, successor of [[William]] the Lion, his father, a just and wise ruler, aided the English barons against John, and married Joan, the sister of Henry III.; <i> d </i> . 1249. </p> |
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| <ref name="term_67293"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/alexander+ii.+(2) Alexander Ii. from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | | <ref name="term_67305"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/alexander+ii. Alexander Ii. from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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Alexander Ii. [1]
Of Scotland, successor of William the Lion, his father, a just and wise ruler, aided the English barons against John, and married Joan, the sister of Henry III.; d . 1249.
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