The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24
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Generally speaking. the Russian roy
saltfes are a good looking lot To the
,Intraveled American the number OF the
Russian grand dukes makes diffienl-
ties, for he finds 1t all but imposs,oie
10 keen their personalities disentangled
Rut In reality the matter is much sim
nlified by the habit the Russians have
of amending their fathers names TO
their own so that there should never
be anv cause for doubt as TO the ident-
lty of any of the grand dukes. 1nese
gentlemen are by no means SO numer
ous as is supposed. Every descendant
OF a Car is not a grand duke. for the
royal title is governed by special laws,
only SOD and grandsons of monarch
beine. Imperial highnesses or grand
dukes. Great grandsons of Russia's
Sovereigns are only Princes OF Russia
and "Highnesses.
OF the twenty grand dukes of Russia
the nearest to the throne. after the Care
witch. is the Grand Duke Michael Alex
ariovio. who never married royalty has a
NOR ganatic wife and has never been TO
bust. He is. of course. the Cars brother
Should the Gar Czarevitch, and the
Grand Duke Michael Oils Imperial MAJ
esty's brother) all die without heirs, the
Russian crown would go to the oldest son
of the Cars late fathers brother, Vladi-
mir. He is the Grand Duke Cyril. rms
gentleman, in spite of the unpopulerity OF
his father. the late Grand Duke Vladimir,
who was supposed to have been the dlfect
cause of the massacre on Red Sunday,
few wears ago, is the hope of the party
IF the grand dukes, as opposed to that
of the present sovereign and u, more
over and of the few sailors In the I'M
perial family. He is both energetic ana
athletic, and is much more of Romanon
than is his cousin. the Gar. He and the
Czar are by no means in love with each
ataa4t "a
cyril is not often seen in st. Petersburg.
Next to Grand Duke Cyril are his
brothers. the Grand Duke Boris and An
drew vladfirovich. who are both soldiers.
Thev and their brother Cyril were only
members of the grand duke crowd who
had the pluck to go to the front during
The Russo-Japanese war. Their father,
Vladimir was the most able of the Grand
dukes. and he was certainly the hand
foremost-a tall, military, regal-looklng
man. much recalling the Emperor Nlcho-
las OF inperious memory. The Cars
other living uncle is the Grand Duke Paul.
BESIDES the Car Alexander 1Ie Nfcho-
las |. left three sons. Constantin, Nicholas
and Michael, of whom only the last Is
alive But the Grand Duke Constantin
Nieholaevieh is represented by three sons.
Nicholas Constantinovich, who is moe or
less of an exile. and the Grand Dukes
Corstantn and Dmitri. both of whom are
soldiers. but not very prominent IN Rus-
sian life.
The Grand Duke Nicholas, Nichole-
yich left two sons Nicholas and Peter
Nioho1aeyich who are also soldiers. The
Grand Duke Peter Is brother-D-law of
the King of Italy. for be married the
Princess Militia of Montenegro. elder
sister Of Queen Helena. He has one son,
prince Roman. with whom this branch
~ the Romanoffs disappears from the
list of the grand dukes.
Has Seen Tragedies
The Youngest Of the three brothers of
Alexander H. son of Nicholas /, has wit
messed all the great Russian tragedies of
the last half century. Thirty years ago
he was driving to the palace with his
cider brother, the Gar Alexander H.
when a bomb exploded under their car
riaee. The Gar was killed, but Grand
pike Michael escaped. He is the only
member of the Romanoff family since the
tin,e OF Peter the Great who has lived
the allotted span. while in a few days
ne will have achieved another decade.
Grand Duke Michael is certainly the
most popular member Of the imperial
Family. He is also said to be the richest
~ The Romanoffs The elder sister of the
car is one of his daughters-in-law. and
tis second son is that Grand Duke
lsIichael Michaelovich, who lives IN Eng
yand. having been banished from Russia
n, having mechanically married the
Zourtess Torby Old Grand Duke
$Niebael has five sons, Grand Duke Mich
also Nchaeovich. Grand Duke Michael of
Uernpstead Grand Duke George, Grand
truke Alexander and Grand Duke Sersus
seabo.rd will sell. December ]. and