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  SIXTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia was born in 1863.
Grand Duke Serge Mikhailovich of Russia was born in 1869.
Grand Duke Alexis Mikhailovich of Russia was born in 1875.
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 THIRD GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
HIH Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia was born in 1871.
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia was born in 1875.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia was born in 1882.
www.royalgenealogy.com /d92.htm   (135 words)

  
 Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian: Georgiy Mikhailovich Romanov, Russian cyrillic: Георгий Михайлович Романов) (born March 13, 1981) is the heir apparent to the disputed Headship of the Imperial Family of Russia, and claims the titles Tsarevich and Grand Duke of Russia.
George is technically the only person in the line of succession of his mother; in Semi-Salic law, if they are available, only the male-line descendants of the last female ruler are included in the line of succession.
George is the 108th heir in the line of succession to the British Throne.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Mikhailovitch_of_Russia   (521 words)

  
 RUSSIA
Grand Dukes of Moscow and Emperors of Russia
The Varangians/Russes got to Russia through their technology, the sailing ships that could actually take them to Greenland; but they came to rule the area through forms of large scale political organization that may have been rudimentary compared to Francia and Romania, but were beyond anything seen previously east of Moravia.
Russia would then always be hindered by autocratic government that alternatively smothered dissent and innovation and then, alarmed at the backwardness of the country, attempted to impose top-down reforms and development -- which then would be resisted by a national conservatism that the government in its phase of being threatened by change would have loved.
www.friesian.com /russia.htm   (8993 words)

  
 The Grand Dukes of Russia
Grand Duke Constantine remarried (morganatically) at Warsaw 24 May 1820, to Joanna, created Princess Lowicka with the qualification of Serene Highness by Emperor Alexander I 1820 (born at Warsaw 29 September 1799; died at Tsarskoe Selo 29 November 1831), daughter of Count Antoni Grudna Grudzinscy, by his first wife Marianna Dorpowska.
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich died in London 26 April 1929 and is buried at Hampstead Cemetary.
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich was murdered by the Bolsheviks at Perm sometime between 18 and 28 July 1918.
www.angelfire.com /pa/ImperialRussian/royalty/russia/dukes.html   (1116 words)

  
 Grand Orient of Russia’s People
The Supreme Council of the Grand Orient of France in Russia consisted of delegates from all the lodges and its chairman, M. Margulies, was elected.
Duke Kropotkin, father of the Russian anarchist movement, mixed illusion with reality, saying that the Russian revolutionary movement found it good and useful to be linked with the masons.
Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich was Commander-in-Chief of Russian Army in 1914-1915.
freemasonry.bcy.ca /texts/russia/go_russia.html   (3814 words)

  
 Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich Romanov, (In Russian Великий Князь Георгий Александрович Романов),(He was called Weeping Willow by his family because of his sad personality) (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.
After his elder brother, the Grand Duke Nicholas, the infant Grand Duke was third in succession to the imperial throne, an elder brother, Alexander having died the year before George's birth.
George's title as Heir was passed to his younger brother, Michael, until the birth, in 1904, of Nicholas' son, Alexei.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Duke_George_Alexandrovich_of_Russia   (456 words)

  
 The Almanach de Holy Roman Empire , The History and Structure of The Holy Roman Empire of The German Nation .
On Otto's accession Henry the Wrangler, the deposed duke of Bavaria, attempted to become his guardian and then to obtain the crown, but the plot was frustrated and Henry was forced to abandon it, although he was restored in Bavaria.
Francis I, 1708—65, Holy Roman Emperor (1745—65), duke of Lorraine (1729—37) as Francis Stephen, grand duke of Tuscany (1737—65), husband of Archduchess Maria Theresa.
In Italy, the titular vicar was the duke of Savoy.
www.almanachdeholyromanempire.com   (17591 words)

  
 The Almanach de Chivalry , The International and Royal Council for Orders of Chivalry .
Its Grand Magistery is hereditary by virtue of the Apostolic Letter Sincerae Fidei of 1699 and the Bull Militantis Ecclesiae, which invested it in the person of Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, and his heirs.
Grand Masters: Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Friedrich Franz V, Titular Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.) (1910-2001) Grand Master: H.I.&.R.H. Prince Karl Friedrich von Deutschland, de jure Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Renewed by Dukes Friedrich of Altenburg, Ernst I of Coburg-Gotha, Bernhard of Meiningen 28 December 1833.
www.almanachdechivalry.com   (11803 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna
Grand Duchess Olga, age 19, at her St. Petersburg residence shortly after her first marriage to Prince Peter of Oldenburg in 1901.
The Grand Duchess was the youngest sister of ill-fated Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
Artworks by Grand Duchess Olga are in the collections of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, His Majesty King Harald of Norway, the Ballerup Museum, Denmark, and private collections in the United States, Canada and Europe, among others.
www.si.edu /oahp/olga   (659 words)

  
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Though it was clear that the Tsar was gone irretrievably, the necessity remained that Russia stay in the war from the Allied point of view, so as to keep Germany and her allies fighting a two-front war.
But his interest was narrow, confined to the doings of the upper classes in Russia and elsewhere, with no real understanding of the masses and their aspirations, or the undercurrent of revolution that increased greatly during his tenure as Ambassador.
The Grand Duke's dismissal by the Emperor himself was considered by some as potentially disastrous for internal political unity.
history.eserver.org /russia-1914-17.txt   (16903 words)

  
 Royal Genealogies Part 6
George became the Prince Regent in 1811, when his father became mentally unable to discharge his duties and succeeded to the throne in 1820.
The Grand Duke George finally died at 27 of tuberculosis, in the summer of 1899.
The Grand Duke Cyril was an officer in the Russian Imperial Navy and died while in exile.
ftp.cac.psu.edu /~saw/royal/r06.html   (1214 words)

  
 CFO: FREEMASONRY IN RUSSIA
It was constituted by the Grand Lodge Nationale Francaise on June 24, 1995, in Moscow.
The Grand Lodge Astrea was the dominant body that initially confined its interest to the blue lodge degrees and freely admitted members with diverse backgrounds and interests.
Simon Greenleaf, the second Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine, 1822-1824, compiled a book entitled "Brief Summary into the Origin and Principles of Free Masonry" from a series of lectures he gave while he was the District Deputy Grand Master for the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in the District of Maine.
www.freemason.org /cfo/julyaugust2000/russia.htm   (4892 words)

  
 Ephemera Society of America
For the United States, entertaining royalty from abroad was a rare event, but the Duke was on a mission, and citizens would see to it that his tour was the tour of all tours.
To give the Duke a taste of "Red America," Cody used all of his influence to induce a friendly chief, Spotted Tail, to bring his best Sioux warriors to the hunt, where they would demonstrate their hunting skills and add color to the event with their native ceremonial customs.
I stumbled across the Grand Duke's tour several years ago through the purchase of an original letter written by Bierstadt in April 1871.
www.ephemerasociety.org /articles/grandduke.html   (2237 words)

  
 The Crown Council of Ethiopia
Among the recent conferrals of Knight Grand Cross of the Holy Trinity with Grand Collar was, in 1998, the Afe-Negus of Ethiopia, Teshome Haile Mariam, who served as Afe-Negus to HIM Emperor Haile Selassie I and HIM Emperor Amha Selassie I, and subsequently to the Crown Council of Ethiopia, from its reconstitution in 1993.
The First Class was the Grand Cross; the Second Class grade of Grand Officer was Second Class avec plaque; the Second Class grade of Commander, was without the plaque; the Third Class grade of Officer was with rosette; the Third Class grade of Chevalier (or Member, in the English parlance) was without the rosette.
George, or the Medal of Merit of St. George, is the premier decoration for military service available to the Crown.
www.ethiopiancrown.org /decorations.htm   (9211 words)

  
 The Grand Duke Alexis From Russia
when Alexander II was Czar of Russia and when thousands of Buffalo wintered in the Republican Valley, the Czar's fourth son, the Grand Duke Alexis, General Phil Sheridan, Buffalo Bill Cody, General George Armstrong Custer, and Chief Spotted Tail gathered on the Red Willow in Hayes County for the last great buffalo hunt.
The Grand Duke rode Buffalo Bill's celebrated buffalo horse "Buckskin Joe", which had been trained to ride at full gallop with a target so that the best shot could be made.
The Duke celebrated his success, taking off his cap and waving it vehemently; shouting to those who were fully a mile in the rear.
www.buffalocommons.org /docs/smenu1/dukealexis.html   (681 words)

  
 The Imperial Council of Princes and Counts of The Holy Roman Empire , Founded 1489 , The Imperial Nobility of Germany .
The Reigning Life President and Grand Reichs-Chancellor of The Imperial Reichs-College of Princes and Counts of The Holy Roman Empire of The German Nation, is His Imperial and Royal Highness Prinz Karl Friedrich von Deutschland, Herzog von Swabia, de jure Emperor Charles VIII of Germany, Supreme Sovereign and Feudal Overlord of Germany and the Empire.
It started as aconvention of the dukes of the old Germanic tribes that formed the Frankish Kingdom when important decisions had to be made, probably based on the old Germanic law that each leader relied on the support of his leading men.
Hereditary Grand Duke and Prince / Furst of Frankfurt.
www.imperialcollegeofprincesandcounts.com   (6670 words)

  
 Russia
As with many royal families which have not reigned for a considerable period of time, disputes have arisen as to who should be considered the head of the family and heir to the right to be claimant to the throne.
The next member of the family in terms of primogeniture was Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich.
Friedrich Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Ludwigslust 13 Jun 1778-Ludwigslust 29 Nov 1819)
pages.prodigy.net /ptheroff/gotha/russia.html   (3087 words)

  
 Alexander Palace Time Machine - Grand Duke Nicholas Michaelovich,
Nicholas Michaelovich was the eldest son of Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievich, son of Emperor Nicholas I. He was born April 26, 1859 at Tsarskoe Selo, but spent his childhood in Tiflis, Georgia where his father was Viceroy of the Caucusus.
The Grand Duke was a member of the Acadamy of France, Honorary Doctor of History and Philosophy from the University of Berlin, and Honorary Doctor of History from the University of Moscow, President of the Imperial Russian History Society and the Russian Geographic Society.
He loathed Maria Pavlova and all of the "Vladimirovichi" with the exception of Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich.
www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/nichmichbio.html   (985 words)

  
 I8270: George Michaelovich Of Russia (Grand Duke) (11 OCT 1863 - 29 JAN 1919)
I8270: George Michaelovich Of Russia (Grand Duke) (11 OCT 1863 - 29 JAN 1919)
William George I Of Hellenes King Of Greece (24 DEC 1845 - 18 MAR 1913)
Descendants of Grand Duke George Michaelovich Of Russia and Princess Marie Of Greece
web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/nigel.battysmith/Database/D0023/I8270.html   (91 words)

  
 Imperial College of Heraldry of The Holy Roman Empire , Heraldry in The German Empire of The First Reich .
Therefore the Dukes of Saxony, bore an escutcheon (sometimes shown as a quarter) bearing the crossed swords of the marshalcy.
Such a cap can be seen in the arms borne by the Hanoverian King George III of Britain, as Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
Though Abbess Elizabeths jurisdiction was confined to the Cathedral and convent of Gandersheim in Lower Saxony, and her subjects numbered fewer than twenty, she asserted her independence from the Dukes of Brunswick by placing the Imperial Eagle behind a cartouche of the Abbeys arms.
www.imperialcollegeofheraldry.org   (9533 words)

  
 Prince & Princess Paul Chavchavadze Wedding Portrait 1922
H.H. Princess Paul Chavchavadze (1901-1974) née H.H. Princess Nina Georgiyevna of Russia, eldest daughter of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Princess Marie of Greece.
Location: Possibly 18 Lennox Gardens, London, (the residence of H.I.H. Grand Duchess Xenia of Russia) where the reception was held.
Costume: (bride) ivory satin gown with silver brocade train trimmed with orange blossom; tulle veil edged with Mechlin lace and held by wreath of orange blossom; bouquet of Madonna lilies.
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 TIME.com: -- Oct. 22, 1934 -- Page 3
In a Mineola, L. I., court, to petition that her name be fixed once and for all, appeared Princess Xenia, daughter of the late Grand Duke George Michaelovitch of Russia, divorced wife of William Bateman Leeds.
William B. Leeds" gave rise to confusion and that "Princess Xenia" was of doubtful legality, the judge granted her permission to drop her title, revert to her family name, be known henceforth as Xenia Romanoff,
Murder was the charge on which stout, genial Judge Roscoe Luke was bound over to a Georgia grand jury.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,847186-3,00.html   (443 words)

  
 Studio Nibble: There But For The Grace Of God.
I went on a shopping trip up to Berkeley the other night, but you can bet that Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece never goes on anything less than an extravagant shopping trip.
For most of us there's nothing special about an evening spent watching bad sitcoms on television, but for Grand Duke George of Russia, that evening would seem pretty pathetic.
When we plebes cut ourselves, we bleed, but your canonical inbred haemophiliac middle-European royal will suffer from profuse bleeding.
www.studio-nibble.com /2003/10/there-but-for-grace-of-god.html   (193 words)

  
 Mankind's Debt to the Prophet [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam]
So devastating was his impact upon civilization that virtually a new beginning had to be made in half the world.
The empires of Chathay, of Prester John, of Black Cathay, of Kharesem, and — after his death — the Caliphate of Baghdad, of Russia and for a while the principalities of Poland, ceased to be.
When this indomitable barbarian conquered a nation all other warfare come to an end.
www.alinaam.org.za /library/rasul/mdebt.htm   (4430 words)

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