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Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia: 23 August 1863: 28 January 1919: Married 1900 (12 May), Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876–1940); 2 daughters. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution. Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia: 13 April 1866: 26 February 1933: Married 1894 (6 August),
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович, romanized: Mikhail Aleksandrovich; 4 December [O.S. 22 November] 1878 – 13 June 1918) was the youngest son and fifth child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and youngest brother of Nicholas II.
Grand Duke Michael (on the right) with his eldest brother Nicholas, Baden, 1876.. Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich was born at Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg on 16 October [O.S. 4 October] 1861, the third child and second son of the seven children of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and his wife, Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (born Princess Cecile of Baden).
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia: 10. Frederick William III of Prussia: 5. Charlotte of Prussia: 11. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 1. Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia: 12. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden: 6. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden: 13. Luise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg: 3. Princess Cecilie of Baden: 14. Gustav ...
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 .
A very tall man at 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in), Nicholas, named after his paternal grandfather, the emperor, was born as the eldest son to Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaevich of Russia (1831–1891) and Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (1838–1900) on 18 November 1856. [4]
The wedding of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich took place on 18 August 1857. A grand-ducal residence had to be built for the newly formed family. The palace for the couple was decided to be built in the centre of the capital – on the Palace Embankment, approximately opposite the Peter and Paul Fortress.
In 1868, Catherine gave birth to the first of their five children. Tsar Alexander II advised his brother to be more discreet and the couple traveled to San Remo and the Crimea. In 1881, the Grand Duke's wife, Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna, retired to a convent in Kiev. Having given up her career as a dancer for him, and fearing for their ...