Alexander I
Americannoun
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Saint, pope a.d. 106?–115.
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Aleksandr Pavlovich, 1777–1825, czar of Russia 1801–25.
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Alexander ObrenovichorAleksandar Obrenović, 1876–1903, king of Serbia 1889–1903.
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1888–1934, king of Yugoslavia 1921–34 (son of Peter I of Serbia).
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c. 1080–1124, king of Scotland (1107–24), son of Malcolm III
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1777–1825, tsar of Russia (1801–25), who helped defeat Napoleon and formed the Holy Alliance (1815)
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Organizers planned to march from the city’s Alexanderplatz — a large square named after Russian Tsar Alexander I — to a site near the Brandenburg Gate.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2022
Alexander: I read James Webb, John Del Vecchio and Tim O’Brien and was motivated to join, when those books should have been shoving me away from it.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2021
Alexander I burned his own cities and fields in 1812 to deny their sustenance to Napoleon’s invading army.
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2020
Julia Alexander: I would first like to state that while I respect my colleagues purchasing the big Xbox console, I am more interested in seeing their living room setups.
From The Verge • Sep. 21, 2020
“Miserable. But the pain itself is fading. I told Alexander I wanted to quit that night. I must not have meant it. I only wanted a reaction from him.”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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