Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia
Alexander Mikhailovich | |
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Died | 26 February 1933 Villa Sainte Thérèse, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France | (aged 66)
Burial | Cimetière de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin |
Spouse | |
Issue | |
Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | |
Father | Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia |
Mother | Princess Cecilie of Baden |
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (
Early life
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Alexander was born in Tiflis, in the Tiflis Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Georgia). He was the son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, the youngest son of Nicholas I of Russia, and Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (Cecilie of Baden). He was mostly known as "Sandro".
He was a naval officer. In his youth, he made a good-will visit to the
Together, Alexander and Xenia had seven children:
- Princess Irina Alexandrovna (1895–1970)
- Prince Andrei Alexandrovich (1897–1981)
- Prince Feodor Alexandrovich (1898–1968)
- Prince Nikita Alexandrovich (1900–1974)
- Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich (1901–1980)
- Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich (1902–1978)
- Prince Vasili Alexandrovich (1907–1989)
Before the revolution, the Grand Duke liked to spend his vacation in
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In 1885 Alexander graduated from the
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World War I
Alexander played a major role in the creation of Russian military aviation. He was the initiator of the officer's aviation school near Sevastopol in 1910 and later the chief of the Imperial Russian Air Service during the First World War. From December 1916 Alexander was the Field Inspector General of the Imperial Russian Air Service. At the beginning of 1917 he advocated the formation of a government with the participation of public figures, speaking out against the "responsible ministry".
The Revolution and after
His impact on Nicholas has been both criticized and appreciated. His memoirs document that he openly challenged Empress
Alexander left the Crimea with his eldest son,
Alexander lived in
While in exile after 1917, he became fascinated with archaeology and conducted a number of successful expeditions.[3]
Freemasonry
Alexander was a "
Honours and awards
Russia:[8]
- Knight of St. Andrew, April 1866
- Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky, April 1866
- Knight of the White Eagle, April 1866
- Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class, April 1866
- Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class, April 1866
- Knight of St. Vladimir, 4th Class, January 1893; 3rd Class, December 1906; 2nd Class, May 1913
Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, June 1880[9]
Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Grand Commander of the Griffon, March 1881; Grand Cross, September 1886[8]
Brazil:[8]
- Grand Cross of the Southern Cross, January 1886
- Grand Cross of the Rose, 1886
Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer, January 1889[8]
Japan: Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun, January 1889[8]
- Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, March 1889[8]
Denmark: Knight of the Elephant, 7 September 1895[10]
Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 22 April 1897[11]
- Siam: Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 4 July 1897[12]
Italy: Knight of the Annunciation, 17 July 1902[13]
Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, July 1902[8]
Norway: Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 7 September 1908[14]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ "Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia in the history of the Hotel du Palais, 1910". Grand Hotels of the World.
- ^ "Michael Mikhailovich of Russia in the history of the Hotel Carlton". Grand Hotels of the World.
- ^ a b N. Berezovsky, VD Dotsenko, VP Tyurin. Russian Imperial Navy. 1696–1917. Moscow, 1996. (in Russian)
- ^ Romanoff, Olga. My Father and His Family. p. 15.
- ^ Берберова Н. Н. Люди и ложи. Русские масоны XX столетия. – М., 1997.
- ^ Архив Гуверовского института (США), фонд Б. И. Николаевского
- ^ Серков А. И. Русское масонство 1731–2000. Энциклопедический словарь. – РОССПЭН, 2001.
- ^ a b c d e f g Shilov, D.N. (2002). Statesmen of the Russian Empire, 1802-1917. Saint Petersburg: Dimitri Bulanin. p. 48.
- ^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg, 1896, p. 28
- ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2.
- ^ "St. Stephans-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1918, p. 55, retrieved 15 November 2021
- Royal Thai Government Gazette (22 January 1898). "พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ ที่ประเทศยุโรป" (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.)
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(help - ^ Italy. Ministero dell'interno (1920). Calendario generale del regno d'Italia. p. 57.
- ^ "Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden", Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), 1910, pp. 909–910, retrieved 17 September 2021 – via hathitrust.org