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Constantine, ( “Grand Prince,” or “Duke”: ) Russian in full
Konstantin Pavlovich (born May 8 [April 27, Old Style], 1779,
Tsarskoe Selo, Russia—died June 27 [June 15], 1831, Vitebsk),
son of the Russian emperor Paul I (reigned 1796–1801), younger
brother of Alexander I (reigned 1801–25) and elder brother of
Nicholas I (reigned 1825–55); he was the virtual ruler of the
Congress Kingdom of Poland (1815–30). Educated by a Swiss tutor
under the supervision of his grandmother, the empress Catherine
II the Great (reigned 1762–96), Constantine participated in
General A.V. Suvorov’s campaign in Italy against Napoleon
Bonaparte (1799). He was present at the Russo-Austrian defeat at
Austerlitz (Dec. 2, 1805), which forced the Austrians to
conclude a separate peace with France, and took part in the
Russian campaigns of 1807, 1812, 1813, and 1814 against
Napoleon. After the Congress of Vienna (1815) set up the
constitutional Kingdom of Poland with the emperor of Russ