Alexander I 1
1777-1825. Czar of Russia (1801-1825) whose plans to liberalize his country's government were forestalled by wars with Napoleon I.
Alexander I 2
Originally Alexander O·bre·no·vić (ō-brĕn′ə-vĭch′) 1876-1903. King of Serbia (1889-1903) whose efforts to increase his power at the expense of the national assembly led to his assassination.
Alexander I 3
1888-1934. King of Yugoslavia (1921-1934) who unified the peoples of Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia (1929) and was assassinated by Croatian separatists.
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Alexander I
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1. (Biography) c. 1080–1124, king of Scotland (1107–24), son of Malcolm III
2. (Biography) 1777–1825, tsar of Russia (1801–25), who helped defeat Napoleon and formed the Holy Alliance (1815)
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| Noun | 1. |  Alexander I - the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825)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 |
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