Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia

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grand duke of Russia heir to the Russian throne member of the House of Romanov younger brother

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia was the youngest brother of Tsar Nicholas II and the last heir to the Russian throne before the monarchy’s collapse during the 1917 Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf grand duke of Russia ⓘ
heir to the Russian throne ⓘ
member of the House of Romanov ⓘ
younger brother ⓘ
abdicationDocumentSignedBy Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
abdicationSuccessorNamedAs Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia self-link ⓘ
allegiance Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
arrestedBy Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolsheviks
associatedWithPlace Gatchina ⓘ
Oryol Governorate exile ⓘ
Perm ⓘ
birthDate 1878-12-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Anichkov Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire ⓘ
burialPlace location unknown ⓘ
child George Mikhailovich Brasov ⓘ
conditionForAcceptingThrone approval by a future Constituent Assembly ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dateRecognizedAsHeirAfterAbdication 1917-03-15 ⓘ
deathCause execution by firing squad ⓘ
deathDate 1918-06-13 ⓘ
deathPlace near Perm, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
executedBy Cheka ⓘ
surface form: Bolshevik authorities
familyName House of Romanov ⓘ
surface form: Romanov
father Alexander III of Russia ⓘ
fullName Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov ⓘ
givenName Michael ⓘ
Mikhail ⓘ
heirPresumptiveEnd 1904 ⓘ
1912 ⓘ
heirPresumptiveStart 1899 ⓘ
1905 ⓘ
heirPresumptiveTo Russian throne ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
memberOfDynasty House of Romanov ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
mother Dagmar of Denmark ⓘ
Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) ⓘ
surface form: Maria Feodorovna
notableFor being the last heir to the Russian throne before the monarchy’s collapse in 1917 ⓘ
issuing the manifesto deferring acceptance of the crown to the will of the Russian people ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
participatedIn Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
patronymic Alexandrovich ⓘ
refusedToAccept immediate accession to the Russian throne in 1917 ⓘ
regardedAsHeirTo Russian throne after Nicholas II abdication ⓘ
relatedTo Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
religion Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
sibling Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
spouse Countess Natalia Brasova ⓘ
Natalia Sergeyevna Wulfert ⓘ
title Grand Duke of Russia ⓘ
youngerBrotherOf Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Nicholas II of Russia

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia → abdicatedInFavorOf → Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia ⓘ
subject surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia → abdicationSuccessorNamedAs → Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia self-link ⓘ
Alexander III of Russia → child → Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia ⓘ
House of Romanov → hasMember → Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia ⓘ
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) → motherOf → Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia ⓘ
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia → sibling → Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia ⓘ
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia → sibling → Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia ⓘ
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia → sibling → Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia ⓘ
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia → sibling → Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia ⓘ
subject surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
Alexandrovich → usedInFullNameOf → Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia ⓘ