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| name              = Alexander Petrovich Marinov
| title             = [[Grand Duke of Carcania|''Grand Duke of Carcania'']] ([[#Titles, styles, honours and arms|more]])
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* [[Natalia Alexandrovna Marinov|Natalia]]
* [[Eleanore Alexandrovna Marinov|Eleanore]]
* [[Phillipa Alexandrovna Marinov|Phillipa]]
* [[Louisa Alexandrovna Marinov|Louisa]]
* [[Henrietta Alexandrovna Marinov|Henrietta]]
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'''Alexander Petrovich Marinov, Grand Duke of Carcania''' (5 August 1734{{snd}}26 March 1802) was the eldest son of [[Peter Stepanovich Marinov]], Grand Duke of Carcania, and his wife, [[Viola Semyonovna Savrasova]]. He is also known as '''The lion of the North'''.

==Birth and early years==
==Tenure==
===Zafarric Wars (1769-1794)===
====3rd Zafarric War====
[[The Sack of Yerir]] signified the end of the 3rd Zafarric War and with that the last of the Zafarric wars. In the sack, the city was plundered for 6 days and 40,000 civilians were killed. Even at the time, it was seen as excruciatingly bloody and barbaric. When [[Khristina I of Kirov|Empress Khristina I]] heard of the act, she demanded that Alexander come to her and explain himself.

===Enlightenment reforms===
==Titles, styles, honours and arms==
===Titles===
Alexander was styled as: "His grace, Grand Duke of [[Carcania]], Prince-elect of [[Tsaghkerdi and Sevor]], Duke of [[Marov]], Duke of [[Abavkar]], Duke of [[Kamyksin]], Count of [[Buzumas]], Count of [[Kamevaya]], Count of [[Chaykovkar]], Count of [[Beredzhan]]
==Marriage, mistresses, and children==
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|+Known children of Alexander Petrovich Marinov

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! Name
! Birth
! Death
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! colspan=4 | '''''By [[Katenka Danilovna Smagina]]'''''

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| [[Georgiana Alexandrovna Marinov|Grand Duchess Georgiana of Carcania]]
| 24 February 1772
| 24 December 1859
| Married [[Ivan Kirillovich Tretyakov|Ivan, Duke of Kirizma]] (1768–1837), had issue including [[Alexander Ivanovich Marinov-Tretyakov|Grand duke Alexander II of Carcania]]

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| [[Catharine Alexandrovna Marinov|Catharine]]
| 27 December 1774
| 15 September 1871
| Died unmarried, no issue. Was accused multiple times of witchcraft and survived multiple assassination attempts caused by the witch accusations

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| [[Elizabeth Alexandrovna Marinov|Elizabeth]]
| 1776
| 1778
| Died in infancy, no issue

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| [[Natalia Alexandrovna Marinov|Natalia]]
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| [[Eleanore Alexandrovna Marinov|Eleanore]]
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| [[Phillipa Alexandrovna Marinov|Phillipa]]
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| [[Louisa Alexandrovna Marinov|Louisa, Duchess of Armasnoy]]
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| Married 1) [[Nikita Maximovich Chemeris|Nikita, Duke of Armasnoy]], had no issue. Inherited the title after her husband's passing. Married 2) [[Arkadiy Grigorievich Blokhin|Arkadiy, Count of Labidny]], had issue including [[Pavlina Arkadyevna Marinov-Blokhin|Pavlina, Duchess of Armasnoy]]

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| [[Henrietta Alexandrovna Marinov|Henrietta]]
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! colspan=4 | '''''By [[Alice Zafarri, Princess of Tsaghkerdi]]''''' (mistress)

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| [[Alexander Alexandrovich Petrovsky|Alexander, Duke of Masarak]]
| 14 July 1778
| 20 December 1825
| Married [[Anna Alekseevna Rodzyanko]], had issue including [[Alexander Alexandrovich Petrovsky|Crusader King Alexander of Tashan]]

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| [[Justinian Alexandrovich Petrovsky|Justinian, Duke of Charyan]]
| 29 October 1781
| 28 January 1847
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! colspan=4 | '''''By [[Maral Mentsoyan]]''''' (mistress)

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| [[Charles Alexandrovich Mikhaylovsky|Charles, Count of Dudar]]
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[[Sarhad Zadian]] was the only male lover Alexander had.

==Ancestry==
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|1= '''Alexander, Grand Duke of Carcania'''
|2= [[Peter Stepanovich Marinov|Peter, Grand Duke of Carcania]]
|3= [[Viola Semyonovna Savrasova]]
|4= [[Stephen Olegovich Marinov|Stephen, Grand Duke of Carcania]]
|5= [[Arsine Gasparyan]]
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