469 HRH Grand Dukeheir Nikolaj Aleksandrovitj of Russia

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.

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