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Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich was a rear admiral. He was born in Tiflis in Georgia (1866). Married Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, eldest daughter of Tsar Alexander III, at Peterhof Palace (189...
Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich was born in Tetritskaro in Georgia (1863). He married Princess Maria of Greece, daughter of his cousin, Queen Olga of Greece. They had two daughters. Shot by the Bolshe...
Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich was born in Peterhof (1861). He concluded a morganatic marriage with Countess Sophie of Merenberg, granddaughter of Alexander Pushkin (1891). Banished to England, wher...
Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich was a leading historian and liberal. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo (1859). Chairman of the Russian History Society. Served in the Russian army (1894–1903). Corresponded...
Grand Duke Alexander Vladimirovich was the first child and first son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. He was born in 1875 and died in 1877. He was buried in the ...
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich was the fourth child and fourth son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo (1879). He was a major general ...
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich was the third child and third son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo (1877). He was a major general of ...
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich was the second child and second son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo on 12 October 1876 and commande...
Anna Petrovna was the fourth child and second daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I. She was born in Moscow on 27 January 1708. Anna grew up in the houses of Peter’s younger sister Natalia and ...
Tsarevich Alexis Petrovich was the first child and first son of Peter the Great and Eudoxia Lopukhina. He was born in Moscow on 18 February 1690 and baptised on 23 February 1690. His godparents were ...