Alexander I

noun

1. Saint, pope a.d. 106?–115.
2. Aleksandr Pavlovich, 1777–1825, czar of Russia 1801–25.
3. Alexander ObrenovichorAleksandar Obrenović, 1876–1903, king of Serbia 1889–1903.
4. 1888–1934, king of Yugoslavia 1921–34 (son of Peter I of Serbia).

Alexander I

noun

1. Alexanderc. 10801124MScottishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler c. 1080–1124, king of Scotland (1107–24), son of Malcolm III
2. Alexander17771825MRussianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1777–1825, tsar of Russia (1801–25), who helped defeat Napoleon and formed the Holy Alliance (1815)

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Alexander I. endeavored to repair some of the evils of his father's reign.

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Constantine, the eldest brother of Alexander I., had relinquished his right to the crown, thus breaking the regular succession.

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Nevertheless he accepted indirect advice from Alexander I. and let himself be baptized.

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Alexander I. was on the throne, and he made Venning his friend, frequently conversing with him upon religious subjects.

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Alexander I., in his ukase of September, 1827, perpetrated a very fine piece of Russian humor.

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