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Großfürst Kirill Wladimirowitsch von Russland (1876–1938)

Auteur van My Life in Russia's Service--Then and Now

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Gangbare naam
Grand Duke of Russia, Kirill Vladimirovich,
Officiële naam
Кирилл Владимирович
Романов, Кирилл Владимирович
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Kirill Vladimirovich Grand Duke of Russia
Romanov, Kirill Vladimirovich
Rußland, Großfürst Kirill Wladimirowitsch von
Кирилл Владимирович
Романов, Кирилл Владимирович
Grand Duke of Russia, Cyril,
Geboortedatum
1876-10-12
Overlijdensdatum
1938-10-12
Graflocatie
Saints Peter & Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia (remains transferred, 1995)
Coburg, Germany
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Russian Empire
Land (voor op de kaart)
Russland
Geboorteplaats
Tsarskoe Selo, Russian Empire
Plaats van overlijden
Neuilly, France
Woonplaatsen
Russian Empire
Coburg, Germany
France
Beroepen
grand duke
Relaties
Victoria Feodorovna Grand Duchess of Russia (wife & cousin)
Vladimir Kirillovich Grand Duke of Russia (son)
Alexander II Emperor of Russia (grandfather)
Marie Queen of Romania (sister-in-law)
Kseshinskaya, Matilda (sister-in-law)
Nicholas II Emperor of Russia (cousin)
Organisaties
Imperial Navy (Russian Empire)
Korte biografie
Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich was the first of the Romanov family to break his oath of allegiance to his cousin Tsar Nicholas II by taking the side of the Provisional Government in the Russian Revolution of 1917. The rest of the Imperial family was deeply offended and did not recognize his claim to be the legitimate heir to the throne after the tsar and his family were killed.
Cyril, his wife, and their children escaped Russia and settled in France.

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