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Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich was the fifth child and fourth son of Alexander III and Maria Fyodorovna. He was born at the Anichkov Palace in St Petersburg on 22 November/4 December 1878. After Ts...
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna was the fourth child and first daughter of Alexander III and Maria Fyodorovna. She was born at the Anichkov Palace in St Petersburg on 25 March/6 April 1875. Two days...
Grand Duke Georgy Alexandrovich was the third child and third son of Alexander III and Maria Fyodorovna. He was born in Tsarskoe Selo (1871). He was the heir to the throne after the accession of Nich...
Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich was the second child and second son of Alexander III and Maria Fyodorovna. He was born in St Petersburg on 26 May/7 June 1869. Maria Fyodorovna wrote to her father,...
Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich was the seventh child and fourth son of Nicholas I and Alexandra Fyodorovna. He was born at Peterhof Palace (1832). Master of the ordnance and commander of the artiller...
Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich the Elder was the sixth child and third son of Nicholas I and Alexandra Fyodorovna. Known as Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich the Elder, to distinguish him from his son, ...
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich was the fifth child and second son of Nicholas I and Alexandra Fyodorovna. He was born in St Petersburg on 9 September 1827. Konstantin was a wilful and unruly child...
Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna was the fourth child and third daughter of Nicholas I and Alexandra Fyodorovna. She was born in Tsarskoe Selo in 1825. The whole family was devastated at the sudden...
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna was the third child and second daughter of Nicholas I and Alexandra Fyodorovna. She was born at the Anichkov Palace in St Petersburg (1822). She married Crown Prince Fri...
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna was the second child and first daughter of Nicholas I and Alexandra Fyodorovna. She was born in Pavlovsk Palace in 1819. Maria was known in the family by the more Engli...