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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

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Alexandra

empress of Russia

Also known as: Charlotte of Prussia

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relationship with Nicholas I

In Nicholas I: Education
…Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Alexandra, after she became Orthodox).
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