Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (russian: Великий князь Никола́й Миха́йлович; 26 April O.S._14_April.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 14 April">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 14 April1859 – 28 January 1919) was the eldest son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia and a first cousin of Alexander III of Russia, Alexander III. On 29 January 1919, Nicholas 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 George Mikhailovich, and his cousins Grand Dukes Paul Alexandrovich and Dmitri Constantinovich.

Honours and awards

* : Knight of the

House Order of Fidelity The House Order of Fidelity (german: Hausorden der Treue) is a dynastic order of the Margraviate of Baden. It was established by Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach as a reward for merit and to mark the laying of the foundation ston ...

, ''1876'' * : Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown, ''1876'' *

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 ...

Pour le Mérite The ' (; , ) is an order of merit (german: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by Frederick the Great, King Frederick II of Prussia. The was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the Order of the Black Eagle, the Or ...

(military), ''19 November 1878'' * : Grand Cross of the

Ludwig Order The Ludwig Order (german: Großherzoglich Hessischer Ludwigsorden), was an order of the Grand Duchy of Hesse which was awarded to meritorious soldiers and civilians from 1807 to 1918. History The order was founded by Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse ...

, ''10 March 1886'' * : Grand Cross of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

, ''December 1894'' * : Knight of the

Order of the Elephant The Order of the Elephant ( da, Elefantordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry and is Denmark's highest-ranked honour. It has origins in the 15th century, but has officially existed since 1693, and since the establishment of constitutional ...

, ''18 November 1897'' * : Decoration of Honour for Arts and Sciences, ''1908'' * : Knight of the

Order of the Seraphim The Royal Order of the Seraphim ( sv, Kungliga Serafimerorden; ''Seraphim'' being a category of angels) is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the P ...

, ''12 May 1908''

Ancestry

Bibliography

* Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia, ''Once a Grand Duke'', Cassell, London, 1932. * Chavchavadze, David, ''The Grand Dukes'', Atlantic, 1989, *Cockfield, Jamie H. ''White Crow: The Life and Times of the Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov 1859–1919''. Praeger, 2002, * George, Grand Duchess of Russia, ''A Romanov Diary'', Atlantic International Publications, 1988. *Hall, Coryne, ''Little mother of Russia'', Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc, 2001. *King, Greg, Wilson, Penny, ''Gilded Prism'', Eurohistory, 2006, *Troyat, Henri, ''Tolstoy '',Doubleday, 1967. *Zeepvat, Charlotte, ''The Camera and the Tsars'', Sutton Publishing, 2004, .

References

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