Editing Nicholas I of Russia (section)

== Issue ==
Nicholas I had seven legitimate children with his wife, [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)|Alexandra Feodorovna]].<ref>Sebag Montefiore, p. 475</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Notes
|-
|[[Alexander II of Russia|Emperor Alexander II]]
|29 April 1818
|13 March 1881
|married 1841, [[Princess Marie of Hesse]]; had issue
|-
|[[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819–1876)|Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna]]
|18 August 1819
|21 February 1876
|married 1839, [[Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg]]; had issue
|-
|[[Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822-1892)|Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna]]
|11 September 1822
|30 October 1892
|married 1846, [[Charles, King of Württemberg]]; had no issue
|-
|[[Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia|Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna]]
|24 June 1825
|10 August 1844
|married 1844, [[Landgrave Friedrich-Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel|Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel]]; had issue (died in infancy)
|-
|[[Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia|Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich]]
|21 September 1827
|25 January 1892
|married 1848, [[Alexandra Iosifovna|Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg]]; had issue
|-
|[[Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891)|Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich]]
|8 August 1831
|25 April 1891
|married 1856, [[Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna|Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg]]; had issue
|-
|[[Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia|Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich]]
|25 October 1832
|18 December 1909
|married 1857, [[Olga Feodorovna, Grand Duchess of Russia|Princess Cecilie of Baden]]; had issue
|}

Many sources state that Nicholas did not have an extramarital affair until after 25 years of marriage, in 1842, when the Empress's doctors prohibited her from having sexual intercourse, due to her poor health and recurring heart attacks.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} Many facts dispute this claim. Nicholas fathered three known children with mistresses prior to 1842, including one with his most famous and well documented mistress, [[Varvara Nelidova]].{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

With [[Marianne Koberwein|Anna-Maria Charlota de Rutenskiold]] (1791–1856){{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

*[[Joséphine Koberwein|Joséphine or Youzia Koberwein]] (12 May 1825 – 23 February 1893)

With Varvara Yakovleva (1803–1831){{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

*[[Olga Carlovna Albrecht]] (10 July 1828 – 20 January 1898)

With [[Varvara Nelidova]] (d.1897){{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

*[[Alexis Pashkine]] (17 April 1831 – 20 June 1863)