Czar Alexander II was born Alexander Nikolaevich in Moscow on April 29, 1818. He was the eldest son of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia (daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz). Alexander II succeeded to the Russian throne upon the death of his father and was the emperor of Russia from 1855 until 1881. He was also the king of Poland and the grand duke of Finland.
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was born to James Edward Ellington and Daisy Kennedy Ellington on April 29, 1899. They lived with his maternal grandparents at 2129 Ida Place (now Ward Place), NW in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Daisy and J.E. were both pianists. Daisy primarily played parlor songs and J.E. preferred operatic arias. Ellington's friends noticed that he acted like a gentleman, and gave him a nickname, "Duke."
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