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Grand
Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (26 April 1859 – 28 January 1919) was the
eldest son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia and a first cousin of
Alexander III. He publicly pursued unattainable ladies such as first cousin
Victoria of Baden (future Queen of Sweden) and Princess Amelie D'Orleans (a
Roman Catholic,) while privately engaging in a series of homosexual alliances.
Nicholas Mikhailovich threw gossip columnists off the scent with overtures to
well-born ladies, but regularly slept with valets and coachmen. "He never
married, but had many liaisons— with men as well as with women, although
unlike his cousin, Sergei Alexandrovich, he he did not allow these tastes to
become public knowledge." Nicholas Mikhailovich's niece, Princess Nina
(daughter of his brother George,) claimed that he fathered several
illegitimate children.
A scholar and an eminent historian, he made many valuable contributions to
the study of Russian history in the reign of Tsar Alexander I. His works,
published in Russian and French, include: diplomatic documents of Tsar
Alexander I and Napoleon; a life of Tsar Alexander's close friend, Pavel
Strogonov; and biographical studies of Alexander I and his wife Elizabeth
Alexeievna.
A political liberal, he veered towards what he called "authoritarian
republicanism". He fought tirelessly for reform from within the system. His
reformist views made him an oddball within his own family, and contemporary
recognition of his accomplishments came more from abroad than at home. He was
a member of the French Academy, Honorary Doctor of History and Philosophy from
the University of Berlin, Honorary Doctor of History from Moscow University,
and President of the Imperial Russian Historical Society, the Society of
Pomology and the Russian Geographic Society.
He fell from favour during the last part of the reign of Nicholas II, as
Empress Alexandra disliked him for his liberal views. As the political
situation in Russia worsened, he urged the Tsar to implement reforms, and he
even participated in discussions of a palace coup. After the fall of the
monarchy, he was exiled to Vologda. He was later imprisoned by the Bolsheviks
in Petrograd and shot outside the St Peter and St Paul Fortress along with his
brother Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and his cousins Grand Duke Dimitri
Konstantinovich and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich.
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Joseph Howard Tyson
iUniverse, Jan 2, 2015