Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia
| Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich | |
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| Born |
13 April 1866 Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Georgia, Caucasus, Russian Empire |
| Died | 26 February 1933 (aged 66) Villa St Thérèse, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France |
| Burial | Cimetière de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France |
| Spouse | Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia |
| Issue |
Princess Irina Alexandrovna Prince Andrei Alexandrovich Prince Feodor Alexandrovich Prince Nikita Alexandrovich Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich Prince Vasili Alexandrovich |
| House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
| Father | Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia |
| Mother | Princess Cecilie of Baden |
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian: Александр Михайлович Aleksandr Mikhailovich; 13 April 1866 – 26 February 1933) was a dynast of the Russian Empire, a naval officer, an author, explorer, the brother-in-law of Emperor Nicholas II and advisor to him.
Alexander was born in Tbilisi, in the Tiflis Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Georgia) the son of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia, the youngest son of Nicholas I of Russia, and Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (Cecily of Baden). He was mostly known as "Sandro".
Grand Duke Alexander was a naval officer. In his youth, he made a good-will visit to Japan on behalf of the Russian Empire, as well as to the Brazilian Empire. He married his first cousin's daughter, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, the eldest daughter of Alexander III on the 6 August [O.S. 25 July] 1894 and was thus a brother-in-law of the last Tsar Nicholas II, and was one of Tsar Nicholas's close advisors.
Before the Revolution the Grand Duke liked to spend his vacation in France, in particular in Biarritz and on the Côte d'Azur where his older brother, Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia had financed in 1908 the construction of the Hotel Carlton in Cannes.
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