#Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich

[loiladadiani]

The Romanov Martyrs

I wanted to put together a little memorial that included all the members of the Romanov Family (as well as the members of their staff) that were murdered by the Bolshevik terrorists. This seems like a good week to keep them in our minds. Although we love and mourn the children especially, there were others we cannot forget.

Tsar Alexandre II was hunted down until finally blown to pieces.

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna lost two sons and five grandchildren (no wonder she could not accept they were dead)

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich was also hunted down and blown to pieces

Three Mikhailovichi brothers were murdered

Four Konstantinovichi were murdered, three of them brothers; I cannot imagine what their mother, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna, went through...and so on.

May they rest in peace.

#russian history #imperial russia #romanov family #Nicholas II #Tsar Alexander II #Empress Alexandra Feodorovna #Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna #OTMAA #Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich #Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich #Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich #Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich #Grand Duke Georgiy Mikhailovich #Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich #Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich #Prince Ioann Konstantinovich #Prince Igor Konstantinovich #Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich #Dr. Eugene Botkin #Anna Demidova #ivan karitonov #Akexei Trupp #Sister Varvara Yakolevna #Feodor Remez #mr. johnson

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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]

Members of the House of Romanov, the last reigning Dynasty of Russia.

From the first Romanov Russian Tsar Michael I (reigned 1613-1645) until the last Emperor Nicholas II (reigned 1894-1917). Including the 18 members of the house executed from 1918 until 1919; Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich (13 June 1918). Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchesses Olga Nikolaevna, Tatiana Nikolaevna, Maria Nikolaevna, Anastasia Nikolaevna, and Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich (17 July 1918). Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, Prince Igor Konstantinovich, and Prince Vladimir Paley (18 July 1918). Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich, and Grand Duke George Mikhailovich (28 January 1919).

#romanovs #history #nicholas ii #alexandra feodorovna #olga nikolaevna #tatiana nikolaevna #maria nikolaevna #anastasia nikolaevna #alexei nikolaevich #myedits #peter i #peter ii #Peter iii #peter iii #Catherine the great #tsar alexei i #tsar michael #tsar paul i #alexander i #alexander ii #alexander iii #nicholas i #ancestry

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

On this day: July 18th 1918, The Bolsheviks took several Romanovs to a mine shaft in Alapaevsk and brutally murdered them. These victims were:

Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, Prince Igor Konstantinovich, and Vladimir Pavlovich Paley, along with nun, Varvara Yakovleva and Feodor Semyanovich Remez

Photos of the tragic dead bodies of the victims and other photos from the murder.

⚠️ !!!TRIGGER WARNINGS!!! ⚠️

May their souls rest in peace ❤️‍🩹🕊️✨

#romanov #romanovs #alapaevsk #alapayevsk #elisabeth feodorovna #princess elisabeth of hesse #sergei mikhailovich #ioann konstantinovich #igor konstantinovich #konstantin konstantinovich #konstantinovichi #Vladimir Pavlovich Paley #1918 #July 18

[orthodoxadventure]

Borne to God on Angelic Hymns

Photos from the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Martyrdom of St. Elizabeth the Grand Duchess and Those With Her

A host of bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated the 100th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Elizabeth the Grand Duchess, the Nun Barbara, and Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich Romanov, the Princes Ioann Konstantinovich, Konstantin Konstantinovich, Igor Konstantinovich, and Vladimir Pavlovich Paley, and Grand Duke Sergei's secretary Fyodor Remez martyred with them yesterday at the site of their martyrdom.

The celebration followed the festivities in honor of the 100th anniversary of Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, and their children and faithful servants the day before in Ekaterinburg. St. Elizabeth the New Martyr was the sister of Tsarina Alexandra.

The service in honor of Sts. Elizabeth, Barbara, and those with them was headed by His Eminence Metropolitan Kirill of Ekaterinburg and Verkhotursky, with the concelebration of twelve other hierarchs and the clergy of the Metropolitanate of Ekaterinburg.

Following the service, the hierarchs, clergy, and faithful processed to the mine where the bodies of the holy martyrs were thrown on the night of July 17-18, 1918. A moleben was celebrated at the mine, followed by the singing of the Cherubic Hymn, which the martyrs sang throughout the course of several days within the mine until they finally departed to the Heavenly Kingdom. As the hymn was being sung, the mine, which has become a place of pilgrimage for hundreds of thousands from throughout the world, was censed. Particles of the relics of St. Elizabeth were brought out of the church for veneration.

Met. Kirill of Ekaterinburg then addressed the congregation with an archpastoral homily:

For us, believers, today is the day of our personal relationship to Elizabeth Feodorovna and to all the martyrs of the Russian Church and Russian land, who … now defend holy Orthodoxy so our people might live not under the seal of the Satanism, but under the blessing of God. And today, when we incline our heads and the knees of our hearts at this mine, we see the meek face of Elizabeth Feodorovna and her loving heart, which forgives all: the killers and their successors, and prays for all—for our people, and for us today, that this cruelty, this antipathy, this lack of understanding of one another has finally gone from our lives, and we have again become one, great, powerful Russian people, the name and banner of which is the banner of Christianity and the name of Christianity, and the protection of which is the saints of God, who stand before the throne of God today for our infirmity, tearfully praying for us, for our lives, bitter and often unjust.

Among other guests, the service was attended by the head of the Russian Imperial House of Romanov, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna and her son and other members of the Romanov family.

Photos: The Diocese of Ekaterinburg Text: OrthoChristian.com

#Christianity #Orthodox Christianity #Russia #Religion #History

[romanovsonelastdance]

Did the tzar Nicholas II had a gf or mistress before his marriage to empress Alexandra?

Yes, before his marriage he was involved with the ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska. Nicholas was very fond of her, but marrying Alix remained his dream; Mathilde was just a youthful fling and the attachment ended when Nicholas and Alix got engaged. After Nicholas married Alix; Mathilde was involved with two grand dukes, Sergei Mikhailovich (a brother of Sandro's) and Andrei Vladimirovich (youngest son of Grand Duke Vladimir). Sergei was devoted to her, and supposedly Nicholas himself had asked him to look after her, but Mathilde herself seemed to genuinely fall in love with Andrei.

During this time she had a son, named Vladimir, and while Vladimir later said he was never sure who was father was, the fact he was named Vladimir suggests he was Andrei's son (and thus named after Andrei's father), although he was given the patronymic Sergeevich. Andrei was closer in line to the throne so it might have been seen as less of a scandal to claim the more dynastically distant Sergei as the father.

Sergei was killed in the revolution along with Ella, but Andrei escaped and eventually married Mathilde in exile. He "adopted" Vladimir and his patronym was changed to Andreevich, although Mathilde later claimed Andrei was in fact the father. Most people think Vladimir looks more like Andrei than Sergei, but without a DNA test, who knows.

[princessvictoriamelita]

Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, 1890s.

#grand duke sergei mikhailovich #1890s #romanov

[adini-nikolaevna]

Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia.

#grand duke sergei mikhailovich #romanov #russia #portrait

[ladysophy]

From left: Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia. This photo was taken during the centennial celebrations of (the battle of) Borodino.

#romanov #romanovs #russia #grand duke michael mikhailovich #grand duke george mikhailovich #grand duke sergei mikhailovich #grand duke nicholas mikhailovich #grand duke peter nikolaevich

[heavyarethecrowns]

Romanovs Spam

Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich with cousins, Prince George of Greece (standing), Gd Alexander Sandro and Gd Sergei Mikhailovich

#tsar nicholas ii #prince george of greece #grand duke alexander mikhailovich #grand duke sergei mikhailovich #romanovs

[loiladadiani]

Grand Duke Mikhail Nicholaievich (1832 - 1909)

Grand Duke Mikhail Nicholaievich was the youngest son of Nicholas I. He had a successful career as the Governor General of the Caucasus and later as part of the Tsar's Advisory Council (by then, Alexander III was Tsar.) He served under four Tsars in the course of his life and was the last Field Marshal created in Russia. The Romanovs loved him and considered him a "grand seigneur" with exquisite manners and perfect command of etiquette.

"Uncle Misha," as he was sometimes called, was the father of Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna and the so-called "Wild Caucasians," his six sons, all Grand Dukes, with a mind of their own and loud voices which they did not hesitate to use. It is practically impossible to discuss the last thirty years of the Russian Empire without mentioning one of Grand Duke Mikhail's sons.

His wife, the formidable Princess Cecilie of Baden (Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna), a very intelligent but not very likable woman raised their progeny (with an iron fist.) She pre-deceased him by many years. "Uncle Misha" had a stroke and spent the last few years of his life living with his daughter in the South of France. All the Romanovs visited him there at some time or another.

Once "Uncle Misha" died, the semblance of union that existed among the Romanovs at that point, disappeared. The Dynasty might not have crumbled, but the family did.

The "Wild Caucasians" (or, more correctly, the Mikhailovichi) from left to right:

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich ("Uncle Bimbo), Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna (Stasi), Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich (Miche-Miche), Grand Duke Georgiy Mikhailovich (Gogi), Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro), Grand Duke Sergei (no nickname that we know off) and Grand Duke Alexis Mikhailovich, who died at age 20.

#russian history #romanov dynasty #Grand Duke Mikhail Nicholaevich #Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich #Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich #Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich #Grand Duke George Mikhailovich #Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna #Grand Duke Alexis Mikhailovich #Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna #Tsar Nicholas I

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Relatives 1887

Tsesarevich Nicholas, Elizabeth feodorovna, Alexander mikhailovich,Prince Constantine, Nicholas of Greece, Maria Goergovna,Sergei Mikhailovich, George Alexandrovich.

#tsesarevich nicholas #elizabeth feodorovna #george alexandrovich #prince constantine #prince nicholas of greece and denmark #Maria georgovna #Alexander mikhailovich #sergei mikhailovich #1880s #romanovs #nicholas ii #king constantine i #elizabeth of hesse #grand duke george

[royaltyandpomp]

THE BOAT

H.I.H. Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia  (1869-1918)

#the boat #grand duke sergei mikhailovich of russia #romanov #russia #russian imperial family #russian royalty #royal #royals #royalty #royaltyedit

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Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, Grand Duke Sergei (sitting in the foreground), Prince George of Greece and Denmark (standing) and Nicholas II, then just heir to the throne.

Grand Duke Sergei remained a bachelor living at his father palace in the imperial capital. He had a long affair with the famous ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska, who had previously been the mistress of Nicholas II. She was also later involved with Grand Duke Andrei Vladimorovich. Sergei recognized Mathilde's son as his own and remained their protector until his death.

#mathilde kschessinska #Nicholas II #tsar nicholas II #grand duke Sergei #grand duke Alexander mikhailovich #Romanov #Russia #imperial russia

[graceofromanovs]

The Grandchildren of Emperor Nicholas I:

Emperor Nicholas I of Russia had at least 37 legitimate grandchildren (incl. morganatic) — 32 lived to adulthood. One of whom became Emperor of Russia (Alexander III), and another became Queen consort of Greece (Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna).

Among the 32 grandchildren that survived to adulthood, 20 of them have living descendants today. This includes, King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and the Prince of Wales.

Note: Five of Nicholas I’s grandchildren (Grand Dukes Nicholas Mikhailovich, Dmitri Konstantinovich, Paul Alexandrovich, George Mikhailovich and Sergei Mikhailovich) were executed by the Bolsheviks between 1918 to 1919.

#nicholas i #alexander iii #grandchildren #myedits

[annalaurendet70]

Currently there is no known photos of the wedding of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Princess Alix of Hesse and By Rhine on 14 November 1894 ( 26 November 1894 N.S.) at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace.Of course they may still be in the Russian Archives,not yet released

On 19 April 1894, Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia was at the wedding of Ernst-Ludwig Grand Duke of Hesse, to their mutual cousin,Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Nicholas had also obtained permission from his parents, Tsar Alexander III and Empress Marie Feodorovna, to propose to Ernst's younger sister, Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine.The Emperor and Empress had initially been opposed to the match. However, Nicholas, who had first met Alix a decade earlier in St. Petersburg when Alix's sister, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, married Nicholas's uncle, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov of was not to be dissuaded. Furthermore, Tsar Alexander's health was beginning to fail.

Shortly after arriving in Coburg, Nicholas proposed to Alix. However, Alix, who was a devout Lutheran, rejected Nicholas's proposal, as in order to marry the heir to the throne, she would have to convert to Russian Orthodoxy.However, Alix's cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who had been at the wedding, insisted that it was her duty to marry Nicholas, despite her religious scruples.Elisabeth also spoke with her, insisting that there were not that many differences between Lutheranism and Orthodoxy. At the prompting of the Kaiser, Nicholas proposed for the second time, and she accepted.

On 1 November 1894, Alexander III died at Maly Palace, Livadia, leaving twenty-six-year-old Nicholas as the next Tsar of Russia. The following day, Alix, who had arrived at Livadia several days earlier in order to receive the dying Tsar's blessing, was received into the Russian Orthodox Church as Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna.Alix had apparently expressed her wish to take the name Catherine, but decided to take the name Alexandra on Nicholas's request.

Guests

The groom's family

•The Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia ~ mother of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna Romanova of Russia ~ sister of Nicholas ll

•Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Romanov of Russia ~ brother-in-law and first cousin once removed) of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia, brother of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova of Russia, sister of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal uncle of Nicholas II

Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna Romanova of Russia (the Elder) ~ paternal aunt by marriage of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal first cousin of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal first cousin of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal first cousin of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna Romanova of Russia ~ paternal first cousin of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal uncle of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal uncle of N0icholas II

Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna Romanova of Russia ~ sisters-in-law and paternal aunt by marriage of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal uncle of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna Romanova of Russia ~ paternal grandaunt by marriage of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov of Russia ~ first cousin,once removed of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna Romanova of Russia ~ first cousin once removed by marriage of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich Romanov of Russia ~ first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Duchess Vera of Württemberg, first cousin once removed of Nicholas II (representing the King of Württemberg)

•Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich Romanov of Russia ~ paternal granduncle of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich Romanov of Russia ~ first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Georgiy Mikhailovich Romanov of Russia ~ first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich Romanov of Russia ~ first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•King Christian lX of Denmark ~ maternal grandfather of Nicholas II

•King George l of the Hellenes ~ maternal uncle of Nicholas ll

•Queen Olga of the Hellenes ~ maternal aunt and first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Prince George of Greece and Denmark ~ first cousin of Nicholas II

•Prince Valdemar of Denmark ~ maternal uncle of Nicholas II

The bride's family

•Grand Duke Ernst-Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine ~ brother of Alexandra Feodorovna

•Princess Irene of Prussia ~ Sister of Alexandra Feodorovna

•Prince Henry of Prussia ~ brother-in-law and maternal first cousin of Alexandra Feodorovna (representing the German Emperor)

•Edward, Prince of Wales ~ uncle of both Alexandra and Nicholas (representing the Queen of the United Kingdom)

•Alexandra,Princess of Wales ~ aunt of both Alexandra and Nicholas (representing the Queen of the United Kingdom)

•The Prince George,Duke of York ~ Alexandra and Nicholas' mutual first cousin

•Alfred,Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ~ uncle of Alexandra Feodorovna and uncle by marriage of Nicholas ll

•Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna Romanova,Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ~ aunt of Nicholas ll and aunt by marriage of Alexandra Feodorovna

•Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Romania, husband of Alexandra and Nicholas' mutual first cousin (representing the King of Romania)

Foreign Royalty

•Mecklenburg : Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg ~ second cousin once removed of Nicholas II (representing the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin)

•Grand Duchy of Baden : Prince Wilhelm and Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Baden, second cousin once removed of both Nicholas and Alexandra, and first cousin once removed of Nicholas II (representing the Grand Duke of Baden)

•The Duke of Leuchtenberg, first cousin once removed of Nicholas II

Prince George Maximilianovich and Princess Anastasia of Leuchtenberg, first cousin once removed of Nicholas II and his wife

•Grand Duchy of Oldenburg : Duke Alexander Petrovich and Duchess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Oldenburg, second cousin once removed and first cousin once removed of Nicholas II (cousin of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg)

•Grand Duchy of Oldenburg : Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg ~ second cousin of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchy of Oldenburg : Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg ~ second cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz : Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ~ second cousin once removed of Nicholas II (nephew of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)

•Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz : Duke Karl Michael of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ~ second cousin once removed of Nicholas II

•Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg Prince Albert and Princess Helene of Saxe-Altenburg ~ third cousin once removed of both Nicholas and Alexandra, and second cousin once removed of Nicholas II (representing the Duke of Saxe-Altenburg)