By Domenico Bossi, circa 1805, gilt-metal mount rectangular, 21/2in. (65mm.) high
Alexander I (1777-1825), Emperor of Russia, in dark green uniform with embroidered red collar and gold epaulettes, the blue sash and breast star of the Imperial Russian orders of St. Andrew and St. George.   Alexander was reared by his Grandmother, Catherine the Great. In 1793 he married Elizabeth Alexievna (Louise of Baden). He became Emperor in 1801, and participated in the "London Summer," where he waltzed with Countess Lieven at Almack's, and the Congress of Vienna in 1814-15.