Alexander III (redirected from Rolando Bandinelli)

Alexander III ¹ Known as "Alexander the Great." 356-323 b.c.

King of Macedonia (336-323) and conquerer of Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Babylonia, and Persia. His reign marked the beginning of the Hellenistic Age.

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Alexander III ² Originally Orlando Bandinelli. Died 1181.

Pope (1159-1181) who excommunicated Frederick I (1165) and established papal supremacy.

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Alexander III

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1. (Biographies / Alexander (1241-1286) M, Scottish, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1241-86, king of Scotland (1249-86), son of Alexander II

2. (Biographies / Alexander (Orlando Bandinelli) (death date: 1181) M, Italian, RELIGION: pope) original name Orlando Bandinelli. died 1181, pope (1159-81), who excommunicated Barbarossa

3. (Biographies / Alexander (1845-1894) M, Russian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1845-94, tsar of Russia (1881-94), son of Alexander II

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Alexander III - son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894) Czar Alexander III Russia - a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917