Grand Duke of Finland

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head of state title monarchical title

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.

Aliases (5)

Grand Prince of Finland ×1
His Imperial Majesty, Grand Duke of Finland ×1
Storfurste av Finland ×1
Suomen suuriruhtinas ×1
Великий князь Финляндский ×1

Statements (49)

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	Nicholas II of Russia →
legalBasis	Act of Government of Finland (1772 as adapted) → Constitutional laws of Finland →
linkedToInstitution	Diet of Finland → Senate of Finland →
monarchType	hereditary monarch →
officeAbolishedFollowing	Finnish Declaration of Independence → Russian Revolution of 1917 →
partOf	Russian Empire →
precededBy	King of Sweden (as ruler of Finland) →
religionOfOfficeHolder	Russian Orthodox Church →
residence	Imperial Palace in Helsinki → Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg →
roleHeldBy	Emperor of Russia →
seatOfGovernment	Helsinki →
sovereigntyType	personal union →
startTime	1809 →
style	His Imperial Majesty, Grand Duke of Finland →
symbol	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 → Nicholas II of Russia →
titleInFinnish	Suomen suuriruhtinas →
titleInRussian	Великий князь Финляндский →
titleInSwedish	Storfurste av Finland →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander I of Russia → Alexander II of Russia → Nicholas I of Russia → Nicholas II of Russia →	positionHeld
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ("Grand Prince of Finland") →	heldTitle
Grand Duke of Finland ("His Imperial Majesty, Grand Duke of Finland") →	style
Alexander III of Russia →	title
Grand Duke of Finland ("Suomen suuriruhtinas") →	titleInFinnish
Grand Duke of Finland ("Великий князь Финляндский") →	titleInRussian
Grand Duke of Finland ("Storfurste av Finland") →	titleInSwedish