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The wedding of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Rebecca Virginia Bettarini took place on 1 October 2021 at Saint Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. It was reported as the first royal wedding to take place in Russia since the Russian Revolution.
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.
The Grand Duke wrote to his brother, the Tsar, to inform him of the marriage, but because Natalia was divorced and not of royal blood the Tsar refused to approve it. [44] Michael was perceived by the court as being "under the hypnotic influence of a malicious vamp". [ 45 ]
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).
George was born in Madrid in 1981, the son of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (daughter and heir of Vladimir Cyrillovich, Grand Duke of Russia [3] [2]) and Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (titled at the time Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, [4] [1] son of Prince Karl Franz of Prussia and Princess Henriette of Schönaich-Carolath).
Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851–1897); 1 son, 2 daughters; 1 illegitimate son. Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia: 16 October 1861: 26 April 1929: Married 1891 (26 February), Sophie of Merenberg (1868–1927); 1 son, 2 daughters. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia: 23 August 1863: 28 January 1919
President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration and his 20th anniversary are the same week. Palm Beach Post photos offer a glimpse into the 2005 wedding.
Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia. Once a Grand Duke. Cassell, London, 1932, ASIN: B000J3ZFL2; Chavchavadze, David. The Grand Dukes, Atlantic, 1989, ISBN 0-938311-11-5; Cockfield, Jamie H. White Crow: The Life and Times of the Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov 1859–1919. Praeger, 2002, ISBN 0-275-97778-1; Marie Georgievna, Grand Duchess ...