#Alexander mikhailovich

[romanovsonelastdance]

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna and her husband Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich.

#romanov #mikhailovichi #xenia alexandrovna #alexander mikhailovich #my collection

[imperial-russia]

“The August Family” poster or possibly a calendar cover (?)

#Romanov #Russia #Nicholas II. #Alexandra Fyodorovna #Maria Fyodorovna #Xenia Alexandrovna #Alexander Mikhailovich #Georgiy Alexandrovich #mikhail Alexandrovich #olga Alexandrovna

[ykzzr]

The imperial family on the skating rink in the garden of the Anichkov Palace 1890.

Tsar Alexander III, Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, Grand Dukes George Alexandrovich, Mikhail Alexandrovich, Alexander Mikhailovich and Sergei Mikhailovich.

#alexander iii #tsesarevich nicholas #george alexandrovich #xeina alexandrovna #mikhail alexandrovich #Alexander mikhailovich #sergei mikhailovich #1890s #st petersburg #anichkov palace #romanovs #russian empire #michael alexandrovich #tsar alexander iii #tsar nicholas ii #grand duke george #grand duke michael

[graceofromanovs]

A loving photograph of Grand Duke Alexandra Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia in the Mauve Boudoir of Alexander Palace, taken (most likely) by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, early 1900s. (x)

#xenia alexandrovna #alexander mikhailovich #history #romanovs #alexandra feodorovna

[krasivaa]

A photo of Grand Duke Alexander "Sandro" Mikhailovich Romanov kissing his son, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich, 1898.

#romanov #romanovs #grand duke alexander Mikhailovich #alexander mikhailovich #prince andrei Alexandrovich #andrei Alexandrovich #romanov photos #1898 #1890s #late 19th century #cute romanov photos

[postcard-from-the-past]

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia with their child

Russian vintage postcard

#child #historic #alexandrovna #grand #photo #briefkaart #vintage #mikhailovich #grand duchess #alexander mikhailovich #sepia #alexander #photography #russia #carte postale #postcard #postkarte #postal #tarjeta #ansichtskarte #old #duke #ephemera #postkaart #russian #xenia #xenia alexandrovna #duchess

[worldoftheromanovs]

Nicholas II, Alexandra Fedorovna, Maria Fedorovna, Konstantin, Vera Konstantinovichi and Alexander Mikhailovich in Strelna, July 11, 1903.

#tsar nicholas ii #alexandra feodorovna #maria feodorovna #Vera Konstantinovichi #Alexander Mikhailovich #1903 #Strelna

[poniatowskaja]

Alexander Mikhailovich meets “Michael Alexandrovich”

The Associated Press dispatch read: “Grand Duke Alexander of Russia arrived in Hollywood today for a brief stay. Numerous Slavic inhabitants of this city who have based their chief claim to greatness on the fact that they were Aides in the Ducal suite, Generals in the Imperial Army and otherwise high in the Russian Court shenanigans discovered that they had to stay out of town for the next three days.” This surprised me. I had no intention whatsoever of checking up on anybody’s claims. I took it for granted that everything grows fast on the rich soil of California, be it oranges or Russian titles. I came because my manager wanted me to and because I had always been a fervent motion picture fan. One star in particular attracted me, John Gilbert, which was only natural, considering that for many years he had been playing the parts of Russian Grand Dukes. I envied him. His gorgeous boyard costumes, his spectacular supper parties, the informality of his manner, the pair of graceful, unmuzzled tigers that followed on his heels, his dominant way with the beautiful ladies-in-waiting – all this awakened bitter memories of the strict regulations which made myself and my cousins wear plain uniforms, limited our choice of household pets to German dachshunds and Persian cats, and forced us to sleep n narrow, iron bunks so different from those luxurious triple beds constructed in Mr. Gilbert’s apartments. “A Grand Duke of St. Petersburg meets a Grand Duke of Culver City” – I thought this would please even my manager who never stopped complaining that I interfered with his “promotion work”. Unfortunately this epochal meeting never took place. By the time I had delivered my lectures in and around Los Angeles and got through with several “highly respected” lawyers who wanted to see me on the part of “someone” whom I “love very much,” I had to catch my train for Denver and points east. The mysterious “someone” turned out to be none other than Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, my late brother-in-law who had been shot by the Bolsheviks twelve years before near the city of Perm. There were four individuals in Los Angeles who claimed to be the “genuine” Grand Duke Michael. Three of them preferred to be represented by their lawyers, but the fourth came to see me in person. A plumpish man of about five-seven (my late brother-in-law stood six-three in his stockinged feet) he spoke with a strong Ukrainian accent and insisted on calling me “Your Holiness”. He made up in courage what he lacked in height and knowledge of titles. His uniform – an exotic mixture of medieval Moscow and modern Culver City – was in itself worth a visit to Los Angeles. “You remember this uniform, Your Holiness,” he exclaimed on entering my room. I did. I had seen it last in Elinor Glyn’s His Hour. “How is my mother?” he inquired next. “His mother” has been dead two years. He took this news bravely. Just touched his eyes with an enormous monogrammed handkerchief and said , “God bless her soul.” “The local papers don’t go in much for international news,” explained his escort, a white-haired, dignified person who looked like an old-fashioned president of a college. I waited. I was in no hurry to throw them out; the primitiveness of their fakery made it thoroughly unoffensive. “Some of the best people in this town are my closest friends,” said the gentleman of many medals. I waited again. “They believe me implicitly but I thought a signed affidavit of Your Holiness might help me to disarm the enemies of the Romanoffs.” I said a few words in French to my secretary. “You are not angry?” asked the escort. “Not at all,” I said, “I simply asked my secretary to bring his camera.”

“A camera?”

“Yes, a camera. I would like to take a photograph of your friend. I have quite a collection of men posing as Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich but I never saw anything like him.”

“I used to wear a beard,” said the imposter timidly.

“That was wrong,” I advised. “Never do it again. Just stay as you are.”

“So you won’t sign the affidavit?”

“Sorry, old man.”

“I guess we’d better go,” said the escort.

They left as they had come. Heads up, their courage undiminished, their faces reflecting straightforwardness and honesty. I hope for their sake that they are still being received by the “best people” in Los Angeles. In a world overridden by a passion for details they seemed to be the last Mohicans of the Theatre that was Theatre.

‘Always a Grand Duke’ by ‘Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia’, chapter 13.

#Romanov #Alexander Mikhailovich #Michael Alexandrovich #Russian history #Russian Revolution

[lesromanoff]

Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna dressed for the 1903 Imperial Ball.

#Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich #Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna #Romanov #Romanoff #Royalty #1903

[lesyoussoupoff]

Grand Duke Alexander with his daughter, Princess Irina Alexandrovna

#Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich #princess irina alexandrovna #Princess Irina Youssoupoff #Romanov #Yusupov #Russian Royalty #Youssoupoff

[loiladadiani]

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich

Xenia was pregnant and they looked happy here. They had been in love since their teens. They had seven children. In the middle of her pregnancy with the seventh he chose to tell her he had a mistress.

He constantly asked her for a divorce to marry this or that woman.There was a wealthy American. There was the wife of a sculptor who was carving his bust. He wanted to run away to Australia with most of them. There was a young nurse, who already married and years after the relationship, nursed him as he was dying. By the time he was a fifty-something, Sandro was in love with and wanted to marry someone younger than his daughter. Irina begged her mother not to give him a divorce so that he would not embarrass himself.

What was Xenía going to do? She took lovers herself (I have only read of two.) Irina hated the first one, Fane. She suffered through her parents’ marital woes.

Close to the end of his life, he wanted to go back to Xenia (there is a letter from him to her stating so- he says the opposite in his book, of course.) She was too tired and said no.

Xenia and Sandro are buried together in the South of France.

#russian history #imperial russia #romanov family #grand duchess xenia alexandrovna #grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich #Princess Irina Alexandrovna

[imperial-russia]

Grand Duke Alexander “Sandro” Mikhailovich of Russia and his six eldest children: Princess Irina and Princes Andrei, Fyodor, Nikita, Dmitri and baby Rostislav.

#Russia #Romanov #Alexander Mikhailovich #Irina Alexandrovna #Yusupov #Andrei Alexandrovich #Fyodor Alexandrovich #Nikita Alexandrovich #Dmitri Alexandrovich #Rostislav Alexandrovich

[ykzzr]

Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich and Tsesarevich Nicholas in 1892.

#Tsesarevich Nicholas #george alexandrovich #alexander mikhailovich #1890s #romanovs #russian empire #grand duke george #nicholas ii

[the-last-tsar]

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna and Grand Duke Alexander (Sandro) Mikhailovich.

#xenia alexandrovna #grand duke alexander mikhailovich #grand duchess xenia alexandrovna #xenia and sandro #my own #standart #grand duchess #grand duke

[royal-confessions]

“The Russian Grand Duke, Alexander Mikhailovich, was truly charming and elegant. I think that's why Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna fell in love with him.” - Text & Image Submitted by cenacevedo15

#Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna #Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich

[postcard-from-the-past]

Children of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia: Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia Prince Feodor Alexandrovich of Russia Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia

Russian vintage postcard

#vintage #tarjeta #children #briefkaart #nikita #xenia #irina #alexander #andrei #postcard #photography #grand #xenia alexandrovna #alexander mikhailovich #postal #dmitri alexandrovich #rostislav alexandrovich #mikhailovich #carte postale #duke #sepia #alexandrovich #ephemera #andrei alexandrovich #princess #historic #russian #alexandrovna #ansichtskarte #prince