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Defeat at Paris

@Sunil060902: Just grabbed the book sourced off my bookshelf, and it says the following (apologies for any typos):

On 12 March, the Russians defeated Masrhal Marmont outside Paris. Napoleonm had ordered Empress Marie-Louise, his three-year-old son the king of Rome and her councillors to leave the city, but Talleyrand, seeing himself as a regent for hte baby king, begged her to stay. Instead she abandoned Paris and ruined her son's prospect of keeping the throne. On 18 March, the city surrendered.

The source goes on to say that Alexander entered the city the following morning, having received the surrender at 2am, where he stayed for several weeks. Marianna251TALK 10:29, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, forgot to say that the source is "Montefiore, Simon Sebag (2016). The Romanovs 1613–1918. Orion Publishing Group Ltd. ISBN 978 0 297 85266 7." The other dates were incorrect, according to that book, so I've updated them - apologies, hadn't noticed the contradiction before! Marianna251TALK 10:39, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Marianna251: - that's actually 18 March in the old Russian Calendar:

http://people.albion.edu/imacinnes/calendar/Old_%26_New_Style_Dates.html

The battle was definitely 30-31 March:

http://www.napolun.com/mirror/web2.airmail.net/napoleon/Paris_1814.htm

best, Sunil060902 (talk) 10:52, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, fair enough. Irritatingly, the source I used didn't mention anything about calendar differences. Thanks for the clarification! Marianna251TALK 16:28, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Cate, Curtis. The War of the Two Emperors: The Duel between Napoleon and Alexander: Russia, 1812 (1985)
Delfiner, Henry A. "Alexander I, the holy alliance and Clemens Metternich: A reappraisal." East European Quarterly 37.2 (2003): 127.
Dowling, Timothy C. (2014). Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 728. ISBN 978-1-59884-948-6.
Flynn, James T. The University Reform of Tsar Alexander I, 1802–1835 (Catholic University of America Press, 1988)
Hartley, Janet M. Alexander I (1994) 256pp
Hartley, Janet M. "Is Russia part of Europe? Russian perceptions of Europe in the reign of Alexander I." Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique (1992): 369–385. online in English
Lieven, Dominic. "Review article: Russia and the defeat of Napoleon." Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History (2006)7#2 pp: 283–308.
Lieven, Dominic (2009). Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814. Allen Lane/The Penguin Press. p. 617.[1]
~~McConnell, Allen. Tsar Alexander I: Paternalistic Reformer (1970) online free to borrow~~
Nakajima, Hiroo. "The Monroe Doctrine and Russia: American views of Czar Alexander I and their influence upon early Russian-American relations." Diplomatic history 31.3 (2007): 439–463.
Raeff, Marc. Michael Speransky: Statesman of Imperial Russia, 1772–1839 (The Hague: Mouton, 1968);
Rey, Marie-Pierre. Alexander I: The Tsar Who Defeated Napoleon (Northern Illinois University Press; 2012) 439 pages; translation of a 2009 French scholarly biography
Schnitzler, Jean-Henri; Schnitzler, Johann Heinrich (1847). "Chapter I. Character of Alexander I". Secret History of the Court and Government of Russia Under the Emperors Alexander and Nicholas. R. Bentley. p. 37.
Troubetzkoy, Alexis S. (2002). Imperial Legend: The Mysterious Disappearance of Tsar Alexander I. Arcade Publishing. ISBN 1-55970-608-2.
Walker, Franklin A. "Enlightenment and religion in Russian education in the reign of Tsar Alexander I." History of Education Quarterly 32.3 (1992): 343–360.
Zawadzki, Hubert. "Between Napoleon and Tsar Alexander: The Polish Question at Tilsit, 1807." Central Europe 7.2 (2009): 110–124.
Romanovs. The sixth film. Paul I; Alexander I on YouTube – Historical reconstruction "The Romanovs". StarMedia. Babich-Design(Russia, 2013)

There are currently over 30 seperate citations in this article. The Further reading list seems to be a random collection of books none of which seems particularly relevent unless they are use in developing the article on Tsar Alexander I further. So I have moved them here. Further reading sections often attract books placed there by people promoting them, so if an editor thinks that any of the above ought to be placed in a further reading section on the article page please explain why in this section. -- PBS (talk) 14:52, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored McConnell. It's free to borrow online and with a 1970 publishing date is unlikely to be publisher spam. SpinningSpark 13:52, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ancestry infobox

Regarding his ancestry, and the need for us to report what reliable sources say and not engage in original research, please see the discussion here. Jeppiz (talk) 10:38, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gustaw Ehrenberg

The tsar's son was the Polish poet Gustav Ehrenberg (1818–1895). The mother was Helena Rautenstrauch, née Dzierżanowska. Abraham (talk) 18:19, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Source? 50.111.216.187 (talk) 12:42, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]