Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia 1878 – 1918

Biography

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich was born on December 4, 1878, in Pushkin, the youngest son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna. As a member of the Russian imperial family, he held the rank of Grand Duke from birth, a position of prominence within the Romanov dynasty during a transformative period in Russian history.

Michael Alexandrovich’s life unfolded during decades of significant change for Russia and its ruling house. He came of age in the late nineteenth century and lived through the tumultuous early years of the twentieth, witnessing the empire’s evolution during a time of social and political upheaval that would ultimately reshape the nation.

On June 13, 1918, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich died in Perm at the age of thirty-nine, his life claimed by a gunshot wound. His death occurred during the Russian Civil War, a period when many members of the imperial family faced tragic fates as the old order gave way to a new political system. Though his earthly remains were not formally recorded as buried, his memory endures as part of the Romanov legacy.