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This is a list of those members of the Russian imperial family who bore the title velikiy knjaz (usually translated into English as grand duke, but more accurately grand prince). This courtesy title was borne by the sons and male-line grandsons of the Emperor of all the Russias , along with the style of His Imperial Highness .
Imperial Standard of the grand duchesses. Although male grand dukes of Russia (sons or male-line grandsons of reigning emperors) existed after 1917, when the imperial house was deposed, none of them contracted an equal marriage after that date; so the title grand duchess was not gained by marriage thereafter — though it would have been ...
Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia; Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia; Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia; Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891) Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929) Nicholas I of Russia
Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia r. 1533–1547 ... Grand Duke of Mecklenburg 1778–1819: Elizabeth Alexeievna 1779–1826: Alexander I 1777–1825
This is a list of princely families of Russia (Russian Empire) The list includes: families of «natural» Russian princely stock - descended from old Russian dynasties (Rurik Dynasty) and Lithuania (Gediminovich and others); families, whose princely titles were granted by Russian Emperors; foreign princely families naturalised in Russia;
Nevertheless, when in 1915 Nicholas II, before the lack of successible grand dukes, allowed them to retain their personal rights, as it had happened in practice with Alexander II after his second and morganatic marriage, Kirill Vladimirovich's issue was never deemed to be considered morganatic, nor were they demoted from grand dukes to mere ...
In the 1920s and 1930s, several Russian nobility associations were established outside Russia, including groups in France (the Union de la Noblesse Russe (UNR) is a member organization of CILANE), [51] Belgium, and the United States. In New York, the Russian Nobility Association in America, was founded in 1933.
Grand Duke Alexei Petrovich: Heir presumptive and apparent: nephew and eldest son: 18 February 1690: born: 26 June 1718: died: uncertain: Grand Duke Alexander Petrovich 1691–1692, brother uncertain: Heir apparent: eldest son: Peter I: Grand Duke Peter Alekseyevich 1715–1718, son Grand Duke Peter Alekseyevich: Heir apparent: grandson: 26 ...