Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (russian: Георгий Михайлович Романов, Georgiy Mikhaylovich Romanov, also spelled ''Romanoff''; german: Georg Mikhailowitsch Romanow; born 13 March 1981) is the
heir apparent
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to
Maria Vladimirovna
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (russian: Мария Владимировна Романова; born 23 December 1953) has been a claimant to the headship of the Imperial Family of Russia (who reigned as Emperors and Autocrats of al ...
, a claimant to the disputed Headship of the Imperial Family of Russia.
[de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 99, 111, 799 (French) ] He is the only child of Maria and her former husband,
Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia
Franz Wilhelm Prince of PrussiaIn 1919 royalty and nobility were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany; thereafter hereditary titles were to be legally borne only as part of the surname, according tArticle 109of the Weimar Constitution. ...
. George's mother attributes to him the title of ''
Tsesarevich
Tsesarevich (russian: Цесаревич, ) was the title of the heir apparent or presumptive in the Russian Empire. It either preceded or replaced the given name and patronymic.
Usage
It is often confused with " tsarevich", which is a di ...
'' and he bears, as a
title of pretence, the prefix of "Grand Duke" with the style of
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which is still being questioned. As the son of a
cadet
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member of the branch of the
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, Prince-elector, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzol ...
which
formerly ruled the
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
and
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Re ...
, he is also sometimes entitled "Prince of Prussia" with the style of
Royal Highness
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When used as a direct form of address, spoken or written, it takes ...
.
[''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Band XIV''. "Haus Preußen". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1991, p. 153. (German) .]
Early life
George was born in
Madrid
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in 1981, the son of
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (russian: Мария Владимировна Романова; born 23 December 1953) has been a claimant to the headship of the Imperial Family of Russia (who reigned as Emperors and Autocrats of all ...
(daughter and heir of
Vladimir Cyrillovich, Grand Duke of Russia) and her husband
Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia
Franz Wilhelm Prince of PrussiaIn 1919 royalty and nobility were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany; thereafter hereditary titles were to be legally borne only as part of the surname, according tArticle 109of the Weimar Constitution. ...
(titled at the time Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich,
[Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 82–84, 127, 152, 173. ] son of
Prince Karl Franz of Prussia
Prince Karl Franz Josef Wilhelm Friedrich Eduard Paul of Prussia (15 December 1916 – 23 January 1975) was the only child of Prince Joachim of Prussia and his wife Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt. He was also the grandson of Wilhelm II, German ...
and
Princess Henriette of Schönaich-Carolath
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).
George was baptised on 6 May 1981, in Madrid; his godfather is
Constantine II of Greece
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Constantine is the only ...
. Also present at the baptism were
King Juan Carlos
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the ti ...
and
Queen Sofía of Spain
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and
Simeon II and
Queen Margarita of Bulgaria
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. The announcement that George Mikhailovich would be known as a Russian Grand Duke prompted
Prince Vasili Alexandrovich, then president of the
Romanov Family Association
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, to respond in writing that "The Romanov Family Association hereby declares that the joyful event in the Prussian Royal House does not concern the Romanov Family Association since the newborn prince is not a member of either the Russian Imperial House or of the Romanov family". This response was ignored by
Grand Duke Vladimir as he had already selected his daughter to succeed him according to the
Pauline laws
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Paul I abolished Peter the Great's law that allowed each rei ...
, and because the marriage between her and
Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia
Franz Wilhelm Prince of PrussiaIn 1919 royalty and nobility were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany; thereafter hereditary titles were to be legally borne only as part of the surname, according tArticle 109of the Weimar Constitution. ...
was deemed dynastic. Prior to their wedding, the Grand Duke and his first cousin, then Head of the House of Hohenzollern,
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, had made a dynastic agreement that any child born from this marriage should be raised as a Romanov. Therefore, George is considered a dynast of both houses (Romanov and Hohenzollern), as his father has never renounced his Prussian royal title.
His father, who stopped using his Russian title after his separation, has said of his son, "I have his German passport right here; I always carry it with me. It says he is Prince George of Prussia".
George spent the first years of his life in France before moving to Spain.
There he and his mother lived, along with his maternal grandmother, in the home of his maternal aunt, Helen Kirby, who inherited a significant fortune from her father, Sumner Moore Kirby.
Education and career
George was educated at
Runnymede College
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in Madrid,
D'Overbroeck's College
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, Oxford and at
St Benet's Hall, Oxford.
In Brussels, he worked at the
European Parliament
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where he was an assistant to
Loyola de Palacio
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, former European Commissioner for Transport and Energy. Later he moved to
Luxembourg
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where he was employed at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Atomic Energy and Security.
On 12 December 2008, he was appointed an aide to the Director General of
MMC Norilsk Nickel
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, a major Russian nickel-mining company. In 2012 he was nominated chief executive of Metal Trade Overseas, the main sales hub for Norilsk Nickel in Switzerland. In 2014 he started his own company, Romanoff & Partners, in Brussels.
Heir to his mother
On 21 April 1992, upon the death of his maternal grandfather
Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovich, George's mother claimed to have succeeded as the sovereign and
Curatrix of the Throne of Russia, making him, to supporters of his mother,
heir-apparent
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and ''
tsesarevich
Tsesarevich (russian: Цесаревич, ) was the title of the heir apparent or presumptive in the Russian Empire. It either preceded or replaced the given name and patronymic.
Usage
It is often confused with " tsarevich", which is a di ...
''. He visited Russia for the first time shortly thereafter to attend the funeral of his grandfather.
[ His claim to the throne is contested.
In 1996, when he, his mother, and his grandmother Leonida returned to Russia after living in ]Madrid
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, one of President
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
's former bodyguards was assigned as tutor to the 15-year-old prince. He was also set to study at a Russian Naval college but these plans were dropped.
On 17 July 2018 he participated, along with his mother, in the liturgical
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commemoration of the centenary of the assassinations of Saints Nicholas II
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, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and their children conducted in Yekaterinburg
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by Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow.Tass
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. 17 July 2018
Patriarch Kirill I Leads Procession Commemorating Slain Czarist Family
Retrieved 17 July 2018.
Marriage and issue
In January 2021, the family announced that George was engaged to marry Victoria Romanovna Bettarini (born Rebecca Virginia Bettarini in Rome on 18 May 1982), having received the permission of Grand Duchess Maria. His mother decreed that Bettarini would have the title of Princess, with the predicate "Her Serene Highness" and the right to use the surname Romanova from her marriage, which therefore implies that theirs is a morganatic
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spous ...
union. Victoria Bettarini is the Director of the Russian Imperial Foundation. She is daughter of Roberto Amedeo Simeone Bettarini (born in Taranto
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on 5 May 1947), an Italian diplomat, ambassador
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in Luxembourg from 2006 to 2010 and in Brussels from 2010 and 2013, and wife Carla Virginia Cacciatore (born in Rome, Italy
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, on 30 April 1945), whom he married in Kinshasa
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, Zaire
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, on 13 August 1977.
They married on 24 September 2021 in a civil ceremony A civil, or registrar, ceremony is a non-religious legal marriage ceremony performed by a government official or functionary. In the United Kingdom, this person is typically called a registrar. In the United States, civil ceremonies may be performed ...
in Moscow
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. The religious wedding took place on 1 October in Saint Petersburg
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, at Saint Isaac's Cathedral
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. Around 1500 guests attended the ceremony, including King Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Queen Margarita; King Fuad II of Egypt; Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa of Qatar; Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
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and his wife Isabel, Duchess of Braganza; Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Piedmont; Crown Prince Leka of Albania and his wife Crown Princess Elia; Xavier Bettel
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Bett ...
, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and his husband Gauthier Destenay
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Personal life
Destenay is from Belgian Luxembourg and has been working as an associate architect at B ...
; Prince Louis Alphonse de Bourbon and his wife Princess Marie Marguerite de Bourbon; Prince Aimone, 6th Duke of Aosta and his wife, born Princess Olga of Greece
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; Russian monarchist and billionaire Konstantin Malofeev
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; Sarah Fabergé; European historian and socialite, Stéphane Bern as well as many members of Russian, Spanish and European nobility.
Following the wedding events, a gala wedding supper was held at the Russian Museum of Ethnography
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in St. Petersburg. The 500 guests included members of the royal houses of Albania
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, Afghanistan
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, Austria
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, Belgium
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, Bulgaria
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, Egypt
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, France
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, Greece
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, Italy
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, Liechtenstein
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, Portugal
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, Prussia
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, Qatar
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, and Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. The following day, a Wedding breakfast
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Nowadays the wedding breakfast is not normally a m ...
" à la Russe" was hosted by George's mother, the Grand Duchess Maria, held at Constantine Palace
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* Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I
*Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria
Constantine may also refer to:
People
* Constantine (name), a masculine given name ...
and was attended by a smaller amount of 700 guests before their departures.
On May 22, 2022, the Imperial House of Russia announced that Princess Victoria was expecting their first child in autumn. Later on July 21, the Russian Imperial House announced that the couple were expecting a boy.
The Grand Duke and Princess Victoria had a son, born in Moscow
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on 21 October 2022, who is named Alexander Georgievich Romanov. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, head of the Imperial House of Russia, announced that her first grandchild will be called "His Serene Highness
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Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanov".
Honours
Russian Dynastic honours
* House of Romanov
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: Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Andrew
* House of Romanov
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: Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
* House of Romanov
The House of Romanov (also transcribed Romanoff; rus, Романовы, Románovy, rɐˈmanəvɨ) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after the Tsarina, Anastasia Romanova, was married to th ...
: Knight of the Imperial Order of the White Eagle
* House of Romanov
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: Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Anna
* House of Romanov
The House of Romanov (also transcribed Romanoff; rus, Романовы, Románovy, rɐˈmanəvɨ) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after the Tsarina, Anastasia Romanova, was married to th ...
: Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Stanislas
Foreign Dynastic honours
* Prussian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Black Eagle
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* Portuguese Royal Family
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: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
* Italian Royal Family
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: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
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* Italian Royal Family
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: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
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* : Bailiff
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Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Ecclesiastical Honours
* Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia: Medal of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, 1st Class["For hard work by strengthening the good work of the Imperial Fund for the Study of ]Oncology
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and in connection with the long-term, dedicated and glorious service to the good of the peoples of our Fatherland and the Russian Diaspora".
* Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe: Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
Ancestry
References
Further reading
*
Notes
External links
Official Website of the Russian Imperial Family
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1981 births
Living people
House of Romanov in exile
Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
Bailiffs Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Alumni of St Benet's Hall, Oxford
Collège Stanislas de Paris alumni