1857 - 1905
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (Сергей Александрович; 11 May 1857 – 17 February 1905) was the fifth son and seventh child of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. He was an influential figure during the reigns of his brother Emperor Alexander III of Russia and his nephew Emperor Nicholas II, who was also his brother-in-law through Sergei's marriage to Elizabeth, the sister of Tsarina Alexandra.Grand Duke Sergei's education gave him lifelong interests in culture and the arts. Like all male members of the Romanov dynasty, he followed a military career, and he fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, receiving the Order of St George for courage and bravery in action. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia has received more than 961,581 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia is the 138th most popular nobleman (down from 126th in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Russia (down from 208th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Nobleman.
Sergei Alexandrovich was the second son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and his first wife, Maria Alexandrovna. He was a younger brother of Alexander III of Russia and a half-brother of Nicholas II. He became heir apparent to the Russian throne after the assassination of his father in 1881.
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Among noblemen, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 138 out of 842. Before him are Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Miguel I of Portugal, Sophia of Hanover, and Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Isabella d'Este, Christina of Denmark, Robert the Strong, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, and Princess Augusta of Bavaria.
1751 - 1775
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 132
1444 - 1476
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 133
1846 - 1930
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 134
1802 - 1866
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 135
1630 - 1714
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 136
1590 - 1621
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 137
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 138
1351 - 1386
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 139
1474 - 1539
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 140
1521 - 1590
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 141
900 - 866
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 142
1842 - 1919
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 143
1788 - 1851
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 144
Among people born in 1857, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 22. Before him are Eugen Bleuler, Alexander of Battenberg, Theo van Gogh, Thorstein Veblen, Ronald Ross, and Julius Wagner-Jauregg. After him are Axel Munthe, Andrija Mohorovičić, Paul Doumer, Antoni Grabowski, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, and Georg Michaelis. Among people deceased in 1905, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 6. Before him are Jules Verne, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Muhammad Abduh, Ernst Abbe, and Ferdinand von Richthofen. After him are Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Adolph Menzel, Louise Michel, Carl Wernicke, and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern.
1857 - 1939
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 16
1857 - 1893
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 17
1857 - 1891
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 18
1857 - 1929
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 19
1857 - 1932
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 20
1857 - 1940
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 21
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 22
1857 - 1949
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 23
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 24
1857 - 1932
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 25
1857 - 1921
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 26
1857 - 1939
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 27
1857 - 1936
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 28
1828 - 1905
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 1
1825 - 1905
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 2
1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 3
1840 - 1905
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 4
1833 - 1905
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 5
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 6
1817 - 1905
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 7
1837 - 1905
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 8
1815 - 1905
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 9
1830 - 1905
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 10
1848 - 1905
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 11
1835 - 1905
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 209 out of 3,262. Before him are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Mikhail Suslov (1902), Andrei Tupolev (1888), Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895), Öz Beg Khan (1282), and Ivan I of Moscow (1288). After him are Roman Abramovich (1966), Alexander Herzen (1812), The French Angel (1903), Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821), Vasily II of Moscow (1415), and Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899).
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 203
1902 - 1982
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 204
1888 - 1972
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 205
1895 - 1970
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 206
1282 - 1341
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 207
1288 - 1340
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 208
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 209
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 210
1812 - 1870
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 211
1903 - 1954
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 212
1821 - 1894
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 213
1415 - 1462
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 214
1899 - 1986
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 215
Among noblemen born in Russia, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ranks 12. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899), Olga of Kiev (890), Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882), Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853), and Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (1876). After him are Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), Daniel of Moscow (1261), Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860), Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843), Dmitry of Uglich (1582), and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890).
1899 - 1918
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 6
890 - 969
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 7
1350 - 1389
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 8
1882 - 1960
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 9
1853 - 1920
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 10
1876 - 1938
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 11
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 12
1827 - 1892
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 13
1261 - 1303
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 14
1860 - 1919
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 15
1843 - 1865
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 16
1582 - 1591
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 17
1890 - 1958
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 18