Grand Duke George Mikhailovich | |
House: | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father: | Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia |
Mother: | Princess Cecilie of Baden |
Birth Date: | 23 August 1863 |
Birth Place: | Bely Klyuch, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Peter and Paul Fortress, Petrograd, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic |
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian: link=no|Георгий Михайлович; 23 August 1863 – 28 January 1919) was a Grand Duke of Russia, first cousin of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and a General in the Russian army. Born in Tbilisi while his father was the Governor-General of Russian provinces of Transcaucasia, he was the second surviving son of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and Princess Cecilie of Baden. His paternal grandparents were Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and Princess Charlotte of Prussia. His maternal grandparents were Grand Duke Leopold I of Baden and Princess Sophie of Sweden.
On 29 January 1919, George was moved to Peter and Paul Fortress in Petrograd, and in the early hours of the following day he was shot there by a firing squad, along with his brother, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich, and his cousins Grand Dukes Paul Alexandrovich and Dmitri Constantinovich.
On 30 April 1900 at Corfu, Grand Duke George married Princess Maria, daughter of King George I of the Hellenes and Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia. Maria was George's paternal first cousin once removed.
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna had two daughters:
The Grand Duke received several Russian and foreign decorations:
Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1880
Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 15 June 1884
Knight of the Order of the Elephant, 7 September 1900[2]
Knight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, 13 July 1902[3] – during a visit to Russia of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy[4]
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I[5]