Nicholas III of Russia

Nicholas III or Nikolai III (Russian: Николай III Александрович Оравец-Романов) was the first Emperor of Holy Russian Empire, reigning from 12 March 2012 to his abdication on 30 May 2058. He was married to Catherine Feodorovna (neé Katerina Vorontsova) and couple had four children together. After his abdication, Nicholas was succeeded by his eldest son Tsarevich Alexander IV.

Nicholas is official founder of the Oravec-Romanov House, dynasty which rules Russia to this day.

See also: List of Russian Emperors

Nicknames
Because of his prosperous reign, he got many nicknames, not only by his own people, but also by foreign citizens. His most known nicknames are Nicholas the Great, Nicholas the Good and Nicholas the Strong.

Life
Nicholas was born as Alexander Oravec to Slovak general Ján Oravec and his wife Mária. Ján was the great grandson of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, youngest sister of Emperor Nicholas II.