Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863–1919)
Georgi Mikhailovich Romanov, Russian Великий Князь Георгий Михайлович Романов (born 11 Augustjul / August 23 1863greg in Tbilisi, .. † January 30, 1919 in Petrograd ) was a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I.
Life
Georgi was the third son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich Romanov (1832-1909) and his wife Princess Cecilia of Baden (1839-1891), the daughter of Grand Duke Leopold I of Baden and his wife Princess Sophie Wilhelmine von Holstein -Gottorp, Princess of Sweden.
On April 30, 1900 married Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov on Corfu Princess Maria of Greece ( 1876-1940 ), daughter of the Greek King George I and his wife Grand Duchess Olga Romanova Konstantinovna. From the marriage were two daughters, Nina Georgievna (1901-1974) and Xenia Georgievna (1903-1965), out.
His daughter, Grand Duchess Xenia Georgievna Romanova, granted in 1927 for several months Anna Anderson housing law that maintained the claim up to their end of life, with the murdered Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, the youngest daughter of the last Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna, identical to be.
Secondary literature
- Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia, Once a Grand Duke, Cassell, Londres, 1932.
- David Chavchavadze: The Grand Dukes, Atlantic (1989 ) ISBN 0-938311-11-5
- Jamie H. Cockfield White Crow, Praeger (2002) ISBN 0-275-97778-1
- George, Grand Duchess of Russia, "A Romanov Diary", Atlantic International Publications, 1988. ISBN 0-938311-09-3
- Greg King and Penny Wilson: Gilded Prism, Euro History ( 2006) ISBN 0-9771961-4-3