Category:Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia

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Grand Duke Michael of Russia, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Romanov ru: Михаи́л Александрович Рома́нов (St. Petersburg, November 22, 1878 (O.S.) –– Perm, Ural, about June 12, 1918) was the controversial younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Michael was a son of Alexander III of Russia and Dagmar of Denmark. His paternal grandparents were Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. His maternal grandparents were Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.

Michael was a younger brother of Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. He was also an elder brother of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia.Michael began a relationship with Natalya Sergeyevna Wulffert (née Sheremetevskaya), a twice-divorced commoner. Their only child, George, Count Brasov, was born in 1910, whom Michael named for his deceased brother, George.