- Alexander II of Russia
Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevich was the Emperor of the Russian Empire and Tsar of Russia from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He was also the Grand Duke of Finland. Born in 1818, he was the eldest son of Tsar Nicholas I and Charlotte of Prussia, daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His early life gave little indication of his ultimate potential; until the time of his accession in 1855, … - Nicholas I of Russia
Nicholas I , July 6 (June 25, Old Style), 1796-March 2 (18 February Old Style), 1855), was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. He was born in Gatchina to Emperor Paul I and Empress Maria Feodorovna. He was a younger brother to Alexander I of Russia and Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia. - Paul I of Russia
Paul I of Russia ("Pavel Petrovich") (October 1 1754-March 23 1801) was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. - Maria Alexandrovna
Princess Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and by Rhine was a princess of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and, as Maria Alexandrovna ("in Russian Мария Александровна"), Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia. She was born at Darmstadt, the capital of the Grand Duchy, and died at Saint Petersburg. The Mariinsky Theatre and the city Mariehamn in Åland is named after her. - Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III reigned as Emperor of Russia from 14 March 1881 until his death in 1894. - Maria Feodorovna
Maria Feodorovna, born Princess Dagmar of Denmark was Empress Consort of Russia. She was the second daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse. After her marriage to Alexander III of Russia, she became the Empress Consort of Russia as Maria Feodorovna (Cyrillic: Mapия Фёдopoвна). Among her children was the last Russian monarch, the Emperor Nicholas II, whom she outlived by ten years. - Alexandra Feodorovna
Alexandra Feodorovna, born Charlotte, Princess of Prussia, (July 13, 1798 - November 1, 1860) was Empress consort of Russia. She was the wife of Tsar Nicholas I, and mother of Tsar Alexander II. - Alexander I of Russia
Aleksandr I Pavlovich, was Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801-1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815-1825, as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. He was born in Saint Petersburg to Grand Duke Paul Petrovich, later Emperor Paul I, and Maria Feodorovna, daughter of the Duke of Württemberg. Alexander succeeded to the throne after his father was murdered, and ruled Russia during the chaotic period of the Napoleonic Wars. - Catherine II of Russia
Catherine II of Russia, called the Great reigned as Empress of Russia for some 34 years, from June 28 1762 until her death. She was one of Russia's longest-serving and most influential rulers. - Alexandra Fyodorovna
Alexandra Fyodorovna, born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918, was Empress consort of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of the Russian Empire. Born a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, she assumed the name Alexandra Feodorovna upon blessing into the Russian Orthodox Church, which canonised her as Saint Alexandra in 2000. Alexandra is best remembered as the last Tsaritsa of Russia, … - Maria Alexandrovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (later Duchess of Edinburgh and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; 17 October 1853 - 24 October 1920) was a daughter of Alexander II of Russia and his first Empress consort Marie of Hesse. Maria became the wife of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. - Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna Romanova (was born on 6 April, 1875 in St Petersburg and died 20 April, 1960 at Wilderness House in Hampton Court, England) She was the daughter of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Dagmar of Denmark and sister of the last crowned Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and, his brief uncrowned successor, their brother Michael. - Marie Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, known as "Miechen" or "Maria Pavlovna the Elder" (May 14, 1854 - September 6, 1920) was born Marie Alexandrine Elisabeth Eleonore of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Augusta of Reuss-Köstritz. She married the third son of Alexander II of Russia, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (April 22, 1847 - February 17, 1909) on August 28, 1874. - Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Of Russia
Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, in Russian Владимир Александрович / Влади́мирович (22 April, 1847 - 17 February, 1909) was the Senior Grand Duke of the House of Romanov during the reign of his nephew, Tsar Nicholas II. He was the third, but second surviving son of Emperor Alexander II (who ascended 1855, when Vladimir was 8 years old, and was assassinated in 1881) and his wife Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse, the daughter of Ludwig II, … - Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia ("Olga Alexandrovna Romanova") (June 13, 1882-November 24, 1960) was the last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia under the reign of her elder brother, Czar Nicholas II. Her father was the 19th century reformer of Russia, Alexander III; her mother was the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, Maria Feodorovna, formerly titled Princess Dagmar of Denmark. Raised at the Gatchina Palace of St. Petersburg, Russia, … - Maria Pavlovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia was the third daughter of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. - Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Of Russia
"Her Imperial Highness" Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, known as "Maria Pavlovna the Younger" (In Russian Великая Княгиня Мария Павловна) (April 6/April 18, 1890 - December 13, 1958) was the daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and Alexandra Georgievna of Greece. She was usually called "Marie," the French version of her name. Her paternal grandparents were Alexander II of Russia and Empress Maria Alexandrovna. - Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, (November 3 (O.S.)/November 15 (N.S.) 1895 – July 17, 1918), was the eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last autocratic ruler of the Russian Empire, and of Empress Alexandra of Russia. During her lifetime, Olga's future marriage was a matter of great speculation within Russia. Matches were rumored with Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Crown Prince Carol of Romania, … - Felix Yussupov
Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (March 23, 1887, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - July 27, 1967, Paris, France), (variously transliterated from Russian as "Yussupov", "Yossopov", "Iusupov", "Youssoupov", "Youssoupoff", or as "Feliks, Graf Sumarrokow-Elston" (граф Сумароков-Эльстон)), was a Russian nobleman best known for participating in the murder of Grigori Rasputin, … - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Of Russia
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia ("Anastasia Nikolayevna Romanova", (— July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna. Anastasia was a younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana and Grand Duchess Maria, and was an elder sister of Alexei Nikolaievitch, Tsarevitch of Russia. - Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (August 22, 1858-June 15, 1915) was a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and a poet and playwright of some renown. He is best known by his pen name, "KR". - Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Of Russia
His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich of Russia was the eighth child of Tsar Alexander II of Russia by his first wife Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse. His birth was commemorated by the naming of the city of Pavlodar in Kazakhstan. He entered the Russian Army and rose to the rank of General, but was known as a gentle person, religious and accessible to people. - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, (June 14 (O.S.)/June 26 (N.S.), 1899 – July 17, 1918) was the third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church. - Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich of Russia, (Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov) (October 12 1876 (N.S.)-October 12, 1938) was a member of the Russian Imperial Family. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the death of Tsar Nicholas II and his brother Michael, Cyril became the Head of the Imperial Family of Russia and Titular Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias. He claimed the title, "Emperor in Exile", in 1924 and held it until his death. - Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Of Russia
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia is considered by some to be the heir apparent to the disputed Headship of the Imperial Family of Russia, and uses as his title and style of pretension Tsarevich and Grand Duke of Russia. He has all his life been styled His Imperial Highness Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, by grant of his maternal grandfather. - Grand Duke George Alexandrovich Of Russia
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich Romanov, (May 6, 1871 in Tsarskoe Selo - August 9, 1899 in Abbas Tuman, Caucasus) was the third son of Alexander III and Empress Marie of Russia. He was named George after his mother's younger brother, King George I of Greece. At the time of his birth, his father, as the eldest son of Tsar Alexander II, was titled as the Tsarevich of Russia. After his elder brother, the Grand Duke Nicholas, … - Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Of Russia
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich was a son of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and a first cousin of Emperor Alexander III. He was a General in the Russian army in World War I. During the Russian Revolution, he was imprisoned by the Bolsheviks and shot by a firing squad, along with his brother, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich, and his cousins Grand Dukes Paul Alexandrovich and Dimitri Konstantinovich. - Anna Pavlovna Of Russia
Anna Pavlovna of Russia was Queen of the Netherlands. She was born as the eighth child and sixth daughter of Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna (born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), and thus was "Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia". In the Netherlands, due to 19th century Dutch transliteration conventions, she is better known as Anna Paulowna. - Prince Ioann Konstantinovich Of Russia
Prince Ivan or Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia, sometimes also known as Prince John or Prince Johan, was the eldest son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia by his wife Elisaveta Mavrikievna, née Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. He was described by contemporaries as a gentle, religious human being, nicknamed Ioannchik by his relatives. Ivan Konstantinovich was born (23.6.1886 in Old Calendar, … - Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, of the Imperial House of Romanov (Дмитрий Павлович Романов) (September 18, 1891 - March 5, 1941) was a Russian imperial dynast, one of the few Romanovs to escape execution by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution. He is known for being involved in the murder of the mystic peasant faith healer Grigori Rasputin, who he felt held undue sway over Tsar Nicholas II. - Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Michael of Russia, "Mikhail Aleksandrovich Romanov" (St. Petersburg, November 22, 1878 (O.S.) - Perm, Ural, about June 12, 1918) was the controversial younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Nicholas abdicated in favour of Michael on 2 March (O.S.) / 15 March (N.S.), but Michael declined the throne. - Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was the seventh child and fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and his first Empress consort Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. He was a younger brother to Alexander III of Russia and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, consort of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. A Poruchik of the Leib Guard, he took part in Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, was consequently promoted to Colonel. - Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Of Russia
Grand Duke Nikolai (Nicholas) Nikolaevich Romanov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Романов (младший - "the younger")) (6 November, 1856 - 5 January, 1929) was a Russian general in World War I. A grandson of Nicholas I of Russia, he was commander in chief of the Russian armies on the main front in the first year of the war, and was later a successful commander in the Caucasus. He was the last influential Romanov. - Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Of Russia
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich was the third son and sixth child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna. He may also be referred to as Nicholas Nicolaievich the Elder to tell him apart from his son. Trained for the military, as a Field Marshal he commanded the Russian army of the Danube in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878. - Audrey Emery
Anna Audrey Emery (4 January 1904 - 25 November1971) was an American heiress and socialite who was the wife of one of the last Russian Grand Dukes. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the youngest daughter of John J. Emery, a real-estate millionaire, and his wife, the former Lela Alexander (later the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Anson). She had two sisters, Alexandra (Mrs. Benjamin Moore and Mrs. Robert Gordon McKay) and Lela (Mrs. - Paul Ilyinsky
Paul R. Ilyinsky (27 January1928-10 February2004) was a mayor of Palm Beach, Florida, and the only child of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia and his morganatic wife, Cincinnati heiress Audrey Emery. He was a great-grandson of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and a first cousin once removed of Nicholas II. - Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich Of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia (October 13, 1832 - December 18, 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. He served for a long time (1862-1882) as the Governor General of Caucasia, being seated in Tbilisi which town his most children remembered as the home of their childhood. His life saw as many as four of his family being Emperors of Russia: Nicholas I, Alexander II, … - Nicholas Romanov Prince of Russia
Nicholas Romanovich Romanov, Prince of Russia is the President of the Romanov Family Association and claimant to the headship of Imperial Romanov Family. Although he is undoubtedly a descendant of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, his claimed titles and official membership in the former Imperial House are disputed by those who maintain that his parents' marriage violated the Romanov House Laws. - Olga Konstantinovna Of Russia
Olga Konstantinovna of Russia later Queen Olga of Greece, was the queen consort of King George I of Greece and briefly in 1920, Regent of Greece. - Princess Irina Of Russia
Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (July 15 (NS: July 3), 1895, Peterhof, Russia - February 26, 1970, Paris, France) was the only daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. She was also the only niece of Tsar Nicholas II, and the wife of the wealthy Prince Felix Yussupov, one of the men who murdered the starets Grigori Rasputin in 1916.
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