List of grand dukes of Russia

Male members of the Russian Imperial Family

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Imperial standard of a grand duke[citation needed]

This is a list of those members of the Russian imperial family who bore the title velikiy knjaz (usually translated into English as grand duke, but more accurately grand prince). This courtesy title was borne by the sons and male-line grandsons of the Emperor of all the Russias, along with the style of His Imperial Highness. They were not sovereigns, but members and dynasts of the House of the reigning emperor.

The title grand prince is the English translation of the Russian великий князь. The Slavic knyaz and the Baltic kunigaitis (both nowadays usually translated as prince) is a cognate of king.[1]

## Grand dukes of Russia of the House of Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp

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| Peter Feodorovich | Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp | 21 February 1728 | 17 July 1762 | succeeded as Emperor Peter III in 1762
| Pavel Petrovich | Peter Feodorovich | 1 October 1754 | 23 March 1801 | succeeded as Emperor Paul I in 1796
| Alexander Pavlovich | Pavel Petrovich | 23 December 1777 | 1 December 1825 | succeeded as Emperor Alexander I in 1801
| Konstantin Pavlovich | Pavel Petrovich | 8 May 1779 | 27 June 1831 |
| Nikolai Pavlovich | Pavel Petrovich | 6 July 1796 | 2 March 1855 | succeeded as Emperor Nicholas I in 1825
| Mikhail Pavlovich | Pavel Petrovich | 8 February 1798 | 9 September 1849 |
| Alexander Nikolaievich | Nikolai Pavlovich | 17 April 1818 | 13 March 1881 | succeeded as Emperor Alexander II in 1855
| Konstantine Nikolaievich | Nikolai Pavlovich | 21 September 1827 | 29 January 1892 |
| Nikolai Nikolaievich | Nikolai Pavlovich | 8 August 1831 | 25 April 1891 |
| Mikhail Nikolaievich | Nikolai Pavlovich | 25 October 1832 | 18 December 1909 |
| Nicholas Alexandrovich | Alexander Nikolaievich | 20 September 1843 | 24 April 1865 |
| Alexander Alexandrovich | Alexander Nikolaievich | 10 March 1845 | 1 November 1894 | succeeded as Emperor Alexander III in 1881
| Vladimir Alexandrovich | Alexander Nikolaievich | 22 April 1847 | 17 February 1909 |
| Alexei Alexandrovich | Alexander Nikolaievich | 14 January 1850 | 14 November 1908 |
| Nikolai Konstantinovich | Konstantine Nikolaievich | 14 February 1850 | 14 January 1918 |
| Nikolai Nikolaievich | Nikolai Nikolaievich | 18 November 1856 | 5 January 1929 |
| Sergei Alexandrovich | Alexander Nikolaievich | 10 May 1857 | 17 February 1905 |
| Konstantine Konstantinovich | Constantin Nikolaievich | 22 August 1858 | 15 June 1915 |
| Nikolai Mikhailovich | Mikhail Nikolaievich | 26 April 1859 | 30 January 1919 |
| Dimitri Konstantinovich | Konstantin Nikolaievich | 13 June 1860 | 30 January 1919 |
| Pavel Alexandrovich | Alexander Nikolaievich | 11 October 1860 | 30 January 1919 |
| Michael Mikhailovich | Mikhail Nikolaievich | 16 October 1861 | 26 April 1929 |
| Viatcheslav Konstantinovich | Konstantin Nikolaievich | 13 July 1862 | 27 February 1879 |
| George Mikhailovich | Mikhail Nikolaievich | 23 August 1863 | 30 January 1919 |
| Peter Nikolaievich | Nikolai Nikolaievich | 22 January 1864 | 17 June 1931 |
| Alexander Mikhailovich | Mikhail Nikolaievich | 13 April 1866 | 26 February 1933 |
| Nikolai Alexandrovich | Alexander Alexandrovich | 6 May 1868 | 17 July 1918 | succeeded as Emperor Nicholas II in 1894
| Alexander Alexandrovich | Alexander Alexandrovich | 7 June 1869 | 2 May 1870 |
| Sergei Mikhailovich | Mikhail Nikolaievich | 7 October 1869 | 17/18 July 1918 |
| George Alexandrovich | Alexander Alexandrovich | 6 May 1871 | 9 August 1899 |
| Alexander Vladimirovich | Vladimir Alexandrovich | 31 August 1875 | 16 March 1877 |
| Alexei Mikhailovich | Mikhail Nikolaievich | 28 December 1875 | 1 March 1895 |
| Kirill Vladimirovich | Vladimir Alexandrovich | 30 September 1876 | 13 October 1938 |
| Boris Vladimirovich | Vladimir Alexandrovich | 24 November 1877 | 9 November 1943 |
| Mikhail Alexandrovich | Alexander Alexandrovich | 22 November 1878 | 13 July 1918 | succeeded briefly and only titularly as Emperor Michael II in 1917
| Andrew Vladimirovich | Vladimir Alexandrovich | 14 May 1879 | 30 October 1956 |
| Ioann Konstantinovich | Konstantin Konstantinovich | 5 July 1886 | 18 July 1918 | Ioann Konstantinovich was born as a Grand Duke of Russia with the style Imperial Highness, but at the age of 9 days, an Ukaz of his cousin Emperor Alexander III of Russia stripped him of that title, as the Ukaz amended the House Law by limiting the grand-ducal title to grandsons of a reigning emperor. As a result, he received the title Prince of the Imperial Blood (Prince of Russia) with the style Highness
| Dmitri Pavlovich | Pavel Alexandrovich | 18 September 1891 | 5 March 1941 |
| Alexei Nikolaievich | Nicholai Alexandrovich | 12 August 1904 | 17 July 1918 |

## See also

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* List of grand duchesses of Russia

## References

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1. ^ "Grand duke | European peerage | Britannica".

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Grand Dukes of Russia

The generations are numbered from Peter I of Russia

1st generation|

* Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich

2nd generation|

* Peter II
* Peter III

3rd generation|

* Paul I

4th generation|

* Alexander I
* Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich
* Nicholas I
* Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich

5th generation|

* Alexander II
* Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich
* Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich
* Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich

6th generation|

* Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich
* Alexander III
* Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich
* Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich
* Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich
* Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich
* Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich
* Grand Duke Konstantine Konstantinovich
* Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich
* Grand Duke Vyacheslav Konstantinovich
* Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich
* Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich
* Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich
* Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich
* Grand Duke George Mikhailovich
* Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich
* Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich
* Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich

7th generation|

* Nicholas II
* Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich
* Grand Duke George Alexandrovich
* Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich
* Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich
* Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich
* Grand Duke Andrew Vladimirovich
* Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich
* Grand Duke John Konstantinovich 1

8th generation|

* Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich
* Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich 2

9th generation|

* Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich 3

10th generation|

* Grand Duke George Mikhailovich 3

* 1 born a Grand Duke, but stripped of his title by Alexander III's ukase of 1886, limiting the style to sons and male-line grandsons of a tsar

* 2 title of pretence granted by Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich as claimant to the Russian throne

* 3 title of pretence granted by Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich as claimant to the Russian throne

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