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Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (, also spelled ''Romanoff''; ; born 13 March 1981) is the
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to
Maria Vladimirovna Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (; born 23 December 1953) has been a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov, the Imperial Family of Russia (who reigned as Emperors and Autocrats of all the Russias from 1613 to 1917) since ...
, 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 Victor Christoph Stephan Prinz von PreussenIn 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 t ...
. George's mother attributes to him the title of ''
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'' and he bears the prefix of "Grand Duke" with the style of
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which is still being questioned. As the son of a
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member of the branch of the
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which formerly ruled the
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and
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, he is also sometimes entitled "Prince of Prussia" with the style of
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.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Band XIV''. "Haus Preußen". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1991, p. 153. (German) .


Early life

George was born in
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in 1981, the son of
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (; born 23 December 1953) has been a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov, the Imperial Family of Russia (who reigned as Emperors and Autocrats of all the Russias from 1613 to 1917) since ...
(daughter and heir of Vladimir Cyrillovich, Grand Duke of Russia) and
Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia Franz Wilhelm Victor Christoph Stephan Prinz von PreussenIn 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 t ...
(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
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and
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). George was baptised on 6 May 1981, in Madrid; his godfather is
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. Also present at the baptism were
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and
Queen Sofía of Spain Sofía (Sophia Margaret Victoria Frederica; Μαργαρίτα Βικτώρια Φρειδερίκη, romanized: ''Sofía Margaríta Bictória Freideríki''; born 2 November 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who was Queen of Spai ...
and Simeon II and Queen Margarita of Bulgaria. The announcement that George Mikhailovich would be known as a Russian Grand Duke prompted Prince Vasili Alexandrovich, then president of the
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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
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, and because the marriage between her and
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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
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in Madrid,
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, Oxford and at
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. In Brussels, he worked at the
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where he was an assistant to
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, former European Commissioner for Transport and Energy. Later he moved to
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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 Norilsk Nickel (), or Nornickel, is a Russian nickel and palladium mining and smelting company. Its largest operations are located in the Norilsk–Talnakh area near the Yenisei River in the north of Siberia. It also has holdings in Nikel, Zapol ...
, 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,
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and ''
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''. 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
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, one of
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'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
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commemoration of the centenary of the assassinations of Saints
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, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and their children conducted in
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by
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.
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. 17 July 2018
Patriarch Kirill I Leads Procession Commemorating Slain Czarist Family
Retrieved 17 July 2018.


Marriage and children

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
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union. Victoria Bettarini is the Director of the Russian Imperial Foundation. She is the daughter of Roberto Amedeo Simeone Bettarini (born in
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on 5 May 1947), an Italian diplomat,
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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,
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, on 30 April 1945), whom he married in
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,
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, on 13 August 1977. They married on 24 September 2021 in a
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in
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. The religious wedding took place on 1 October in
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, at
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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, Prince Mohammed bin Hamad of Qatar,
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and his wife Isabel, Duchess of Braganza, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Piedmont,
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and his wife Crown Princess Elia,
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, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and his husband
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, Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou and his wife Princess Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou, Prince Aimone, 6th Duke of Aosta and his wife, born Princess Olga of Greece, Russian monarchist and billionaire
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,
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, French journalist and socialite
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, as well as many members of Russian, Spanish and European nobility. Following the wedding events, a gala wedding supper was held at the
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in St. Petersburg. The 500 guests included members of the royal houses of
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. The following day, a
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" à la Russe" was hosted by George's mother, the Grand Duchess Maria, held at
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and was attended by a smaller amount of 700 guests before their departures.


Children

The Grand Duke and Princess Victoria had a son, born in
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on 21 October 2022, who is named Alexander Georgievich Romanov. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, a claimant to the throne of the Imperial House of Russia, announced that her first grandchild will be called "
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Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanov". Prince Alexander was baptized on 6 December 2022. Prince Alexander's godparents are: * Prince Joachim Murat, Prince of Pontecorvo; *Prince Stephane Belosselsky-Belozersky; *Prince Mikhail
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(son of
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); * Princess Olga, Duchess of Aosta (fourth cousin twice removed); *Helen Louise Kirby, Countess Dvinskaya (paternal grandaunt; elder half-sister of his paternal grandmother); *Princess Elizabeth Lopoukhina; *Oksana Girko; *Yulia Abrosina. Alexander's baptisim marks the first time a descendant of the House of Romanov has been baptized in Russia since the
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. The Grand Duke and Princess Victoria had a daughter, born in
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on 2 June 2025, Her Serene Highness Princess Kira Leonida Georgievna Romanova.


Honours


Russian dynastic honours

*
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: Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Andrew *
House of Romanov The House of Romanov (also transliterated as Romanoff; , ) was the reigning dynasty, imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan the Terrible, the first crowned tsar of all Russi ...
: Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky *
House of Romanov The House of Romanov (also transliterated as Romanoff; , ) was the reigning dynasty, imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan the Terrible, the first crowned tsar of all Russi ...
: Knight of the Imperial Order of the White Eagle *
House of Romanov The House of Romanov (also transliterated as Romanoff; , ) was the reigning dynasty, imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan the Terrible, the first crowned tsar of all Russi ...
: Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Anna *
House of Romanov The House of Romanov (also transliterated as Romanoff; , ) was the reigning dynasty, imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan the Terrible, the first crowned tsar of all Russi ...
: Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Stanislas


German dynastic honours

* Prussian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the
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Foreign dynastic honours

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Portuguese Royal Family The Most Serene House of Braganza (), also known as the Brigantine dynasty (''dinastia Brigantina''), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese people, Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Americas. The hous ...
: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa *
Italian Royal Family The House of Savoy (, ) is a royal house (formally a dynasty) of Franco-Italian origin that was established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, which was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy and now lies mostly within southeastern F ...
: Knight Grand Cross of the
Order of the Most Holy Annunciation The Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (OMHA) (), also known as the Turchine or Blue Nuns, as well as the Celestine Nuns, is a Roman Catholic religious order of contemplative nuns formed at Genoa, Italy, by Blessed Maria Vittoria De Fornari ...
*
Italian Royal Family The House of Savoy (, ) is a royal house (formally a dynasty) of Franco-Italian origin that was established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, which was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy and now lies mostly within southeastern F ...
: Knight Grand Cross of the
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus () (abbreviated OSSML) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the royal House of Savoy. It is the second-oldest order of knighthood in the world, tracing its lineage to AD 1098, a ...
* :
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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 The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (), also called Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia or ROCOR, or Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA), is a semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Pat ...
: Medal of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, 1st Class"For hard work by strengthening the good work of the Imperial Fund for the Study of
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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 The Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe was an autonomous archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, headquartered in Paris. It comprised various Russian Orthodox parishes located throughout Western Euro ...
: Order of St. Alexander Nevsky


Ancestry


Notes


References


Further reading

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External links


Official Website of the Russian Imperial Family
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