Marie de Coucy
Alexander II died on 8 July 1249 during an expedition against the Lord of Argyll on the island of Kerrera. Immediately after the news reached her, Marie made sure her 8-year-old son was crowned as soon as possible at Scone. Although her son was a minor and was placed under regency, Marie did not become regent. On 9 June 1250 Marie and her son Alexander III were present in Dunfermline for the observance of the canonisation of Saint Margaret of Scotland and the transference of her remains to the new shrine.
Nikolay Kobozev
Nikolay Kobozev's home in Berdiansk was visited by three heirs to the Russian throne. In the 1830-s he housed Grand Duke Alexander, the future Emperor Alexander II. In 1863, Alexander II' s son, Nikolay, stayed at his house in Berdiansk. In 1866 Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich visited Kobozev's home. In 1881, the members of the Narodnaya Volya assassinated Alexander II. Strangely enough, one of the organizers, Yuriy Bogdanovich, acted under the alias of Kobozev.