Grand Duke of Finland

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The Grand Duke of Finland was the title held by the Russian emperor as the constitutional monarch of the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire from 1809 to 1917.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state title
monarchical title
appliesToJurisdiction Finland
associatedWithEvent February Manifesto (1899)
Russification of Finland
category History of Finland under Russian rule
Titles of national or ethnic leadership
constitutionalStatus constitutional monarch
country Grand Duchy of Finland
endTime 1917
establishedAsResultOf Finnish War
establishedByTreaty Treaty of Fredrikshamn
firstHolder Alexander I of Russia
flag Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland
followedBy President of Finland
governmentForm autonomous grand duchy under Russian emperor
grantedAutonomyTo Grand Duchy of Finland
guaranteed Finnish laws and privileges (in principle)
hadPowerOver appointment of the Senate of Finland
foreign policy of Finland (through Russian Empire)
languageOfAdministration Finnish
Swedish
lastHolder Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
legalBasis Act of Government of Finland (1772 as adapted)
Constitution of Finland
surface form: Constitutional laws of Finland
linkedToInstitution Diet of Finland
Finnish Senate
surface form: Senate of Finland
monarchType hereditary monarch
officeAbolishedFollowing Finnish Declaration of Independence
Russian Revolution
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
partOf Russian Empire
precededBy King of Sweden
surface form: King of Sweden (as ruler of Finland)
religionOfOfficeHolder Russian Orthodox Church
residence Presidential Palace, Helsinki
surface form: Imperial Palace in Helsinki

Winter Palace
surface form: Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg
roleHeldBy Tsar of Russia
surface form: Emperor of Russia
seatOfGovernment Helsinki
sovereigntyType personal union
startTime 1809
style Grand Duke of Finland self-linksurface differs
surface form: His Imperial Majesty, Grand Duke of Finland
symbol Coat of arms of Finland (used in presidential context)
surface form: Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Finland
titleHolder Alexander I of Russia
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander III of Russia
Nicholas I of Russia
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
titleInFinnish Grand Duke of Finland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Suomen suuriruhtinas
titleInRussian Grand Duke of Finland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Великий князь Финляндский
titleInSwedish Grand Duke of Finland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Storfurste av Finland

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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia positionHeld Grand Duke of Finland
subject surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
Alexander I of Russia positionHeld Grand Duke of Finland
Nicholas I of Russia positionHeld Grand Duke of Finland
Alexander II of Russia positionHeld Grand Duke of Finland
Alexander III of Russia title Grand Duke of Finland
Grand Duke of Finland style Grand Duke of Finland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: His Imperial Majesty, Grand Duke of Finland
Grand Duke of Finland titleInFinnish Grand Duke of Finland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Suomen suuriruhtinas
Grand Duke of Finland titleInSwedish Grand Duke of Finland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Storfurste av Finland
Grand Duke of Finland titleInRussian Grand Duke of Finland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Великий князь Финляндский
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken heldTitle Grand Duke of Finland
this entity surface form: Grand Prince of Finland
Alexander the Blessed positionHeld Grand Duke of Finland
Alexander the Liberator title Grand Duke of Finland
Diet of Finland headOfState Grand Duke of Finland
this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia as Grand Duke of Finland
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland governingAuthority Grand Duke of Finland
this entity surface form: Emperor of Russia as Grand Duke of Finland
Vasa royalTitleHeld Grand Duke of Finland
this entity surface form: Grand Prince of Finland
Catherine Jagiellon spouseTitle Grand Duke of Finland
Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov positionHeld Grand Duke of Finland
Nicholas II of Russia (son-in-law) positionHeld Grand Duke of Finland
subject surface form: Nicholas II of Russia