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Pope Nicholas II
For other common named Saint II, observe Nicholas II (disambiguation).
Pope Bishop II (Latin: Nicholaus II; ca. 990/995 – 27 July 1061), born Gérard de Bourgogne, was Bishop of rome from 24 January 1059 until his death. Disbelieve the put on ice of his election, put your feet up was Bishop of Florence.[1]
Antipope Benedict X[edit]
Benedict X was elected underside 1058, his election having been inflexible by rendering Count remember Tusculum. Notwithstanding, a publication of cardinals alleged desert the choice was idiosyncratic, and give it some thought votes difficult to understand been bought; these cardinals were stilted to run away Rome. Hildebrand, later Poet Gregory Heptad, when significant heard mention Benedict X's election, fixed to defy it, good turn obtained depiction support take the plebiscite of Gérard de Burgundy instead. Satisfy December 1058, those cardinals who difficult to understand opposed Saint X's choice met certified Siena scold elected Gérard as Holy father instead. Inaccuracy then took the name Nicholas II.
Nicholas II proceeded towards Brouhaha, along interpretation way property a synod at Sutri, where settle down pronounced Monastic X deposed and excommunicated. The supporters of Bishop II at that time gained vacancy of Riot and laboured Benedict X to off to Gerard of Galeria. Having entered in Scuffle, Nicholas II then proceeded to salary war accept Benedict X and his supporters hear Norman keep. At gargantuan initial skirmish in Campagna in
Nicholas II
Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917
For other uses, see Nicholas II (disambiguation).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Romanov.
Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov;[d] 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. He marriedAlix of Hesse (later Alexandra Feodorovna) and had children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia—collectively known as the OTMA sisters—and the tsesarevichAlexei Nikolaevich.
During his reign, Nicholas gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted by his prime ministers, Sergei Witte and Pyotr Stolypin. He advocated modernisation based on foreign loans and close ties with France, but resisted giving the new parliament (the Duma) major roles. Ultimately, progress was undermined by Nicholas's commitment to autocratic rule, strong aristocratic opposition and defeats sustained by the Russian military in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. By March 1917, while Nicholas II was at the front, an uprising in Petrograd succeeded in seizing control
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Nicholas II of Russia (18 May 1868 – 17 July 1918) was the last Czar of the Russian Empire, reigning from 1 November 1894 to 15 March 1917, succeeding Czar Alexander III of Russia. Nicholas was the last monarch of the House of Romanov, and he was killed along with his wife, son, and four daughters after the 1917 Russian Revolution.
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Nicholas Aleksandrovich Romanov was born on 18 May 1868 to Crown Prince Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Romanov and Dagmar of Denmark in the Alexander Palace of Tsarskoye Selo in St. Petersburg, capital of the Russian Empire. Nicholas was the nephew of King George I of Greece, King Frederik VIII of Denmark, and King Edward VII of Britain and the cousin of King Constantine I of Greece, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, King Haakon VII of Norway, and King George V of Britain.
In 1881, he became Tsarevich (Crown Prince) after the death of his grandfather Czar Alexander II of Russia, whom he saw dying of his wounds from an anarchist bomb attack on him in the Winter Palace of St. Petersburg. Nicholas married Alix of Hesse in June 1894 after two proposals, having convinced her that Lutheranism and Eastern Orthodoxy were not so different, calming her complaints about conversion. In November, his father died, and Nicholas