HRH Grand Dukeheir Nikolaj Aleksandrovitj of Russia
✶6 May 1868 in Saint Petersburg
✟4 July 1918 in the Ipatjev House, Yekaterinburg
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 19 May 1883
Assigned the collar 12 May 1908
motto
God with us (translated from Russian)
shield
Painted 1993 by Bengt Olof Kälde.
other awards
None
Biography
Oldest son of Emperor Aleksandr III. Heir Apparent at his fathers Accession to the throne 1881 and succeeded him as Emperor Nikolaj II 1894.
Abdicated for him and his son for the benefit of his brother Mikhail 1917.
Murdered by the Bolsheviks.