Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
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The Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovitch Romanov of the Royal Romanov Family of the Great Empire of Russia (14 January, 1850- 14 November, 1908) was the sixth child and the fourth son of Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
He was a younger brother of Alexander III of Russia, Maria Alexandrovna of Russia and Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. He was an older brother of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich.
In 1869/1870, Alexei was married to Alexandra Vasilievna, Countess Zhukovskaja (11 November, 1842 - 26 August, 1899). They were parents to a son:
- Alexei Alexeevich, Count Belevski-Zhukovski (26 November, 1871 - 1932).
On his 22nd birthday, 14 January 1872, he was hunting buffalo on the plains of southwest Nebraska with American celebrities of the day. They included:
- Philip Sheridan, second in command of the United States Army.
- George Armstrong Custer, who became a fast friend and they continued to correspond by letter until the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
- Buffalo Bill, who loaned His Imperial Highness his horse and his rifle and assisted him in bringing down a big buffalo bull.
- Spotted Tail of the Brulé (pronounced Brue-lay) who with some of his braves showed the Grand Duke how the Indians killed buffalo without using guns and who later became head chief of all the Sioux when Red Cloud was arrested after the Little Bighorn.
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