Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863–1919)
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Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian: 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.
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich | |
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Born | (1863-08-23)23 August 1863 Bely Klyuch, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 28 January 1919(1919-01-28) (aged 55) Petrograd, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic |
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House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia |
Mother | Princess Cecilie of Baden |
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.