Alexander II

American  

noun

1. died 1073, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1061–1073.

2. Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1818–81, czar of Russia 1855–81.

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Alexander II British  

noun

1. 1198–1249, king of Scotland (1214–49), son of William (the Lion)

2. 1818–81, tsar of Russia (1855–81), son of Nicholas I, who emancipated the serfs (1861). He was assassinated by the Nihilists

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Example Sentences

Lest the Confederacy open a maritime Pacific front, Czar Alexander II put one of his naval squadrons at Abraham Lincoln’s disposal.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2022

As Birmingham notes, the failed attempt on April 4, 1866 by a young revolutionary to assassinate Tsar Alexander II also inspired Dostoevsky during the final stages of composition.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021

Russian Emperor Alexander II visited the palace several times.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2018

Samples were taken in late September from Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and from the bloodstained uniform of Alexander II, Nicholas's grandfather, killed in 1881.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2015

Her pity was lingering about a stalwart military figure with the gloom and glint of martyrdom on his face—the face of Alexander II.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham