What is Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia?
{{unreferenced|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich | title = | image =GrandDukeAlexisRex.jpg | caption = | spouse = | issue = [[Aleksey Belevsky-Zhukovsky|Alexei Alexeevich]] | house =[[House of Romanov|House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov]] | father =[[Alexander II of Russia]] | mother =[[Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)|Marie of Hesse and by Rhine]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1850|1|14}} | birth_place = [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date ={{Death date and age|df=yes|1908|11|14|1850|1|14}} | death_place =Paris, France | burial_place= [[Grand Ducal Mausoleum]] }} '''Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia''' ([[Saint Petersburg]] 14 January 1850 (4 January O.S.) – Paris, 14 November 1908) was the sixth child and the fourth son of [[Alexander II of Russia]] and his first wife [[Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)]]. Destined to a naval career, Alexei Alexandrovich started his military training at the age of 7. By the age of 20 he had been appointed lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Navy and had visited all European military ports of Russia. In 1871 he was sent as a goodwill ambassador to the United States and [[Japan]]. In 1883 he was appointed [[General Admiral|general admiral]]. He made a big contribution to re-equipping the Russian navy with new ships and in modernizing the naval ports. He was blamed for the Russian loss to the Japanese in the [[Battle of Tsushima]]. In 1905, he was relieved of his command. He died in Paris in 1908. ==Food== During 1871 [[the Grand Duke]] led a squadron of the Russian Navy on a return visit to the [[United States]]. Whilst in [[New York City|New York]] a dinner in his honour was given at [[Delmonico's]], and the dish [[Lobster Duke Alexis]] named for him in his honor by [[Charles Ranhofer]]. {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexei Alexandrovich}} [[Category:1850 births]] [[Category:1908 deaths]] [[Category:Russian grand dukes and duchesses]] [[Cate