Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia

Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia ( Aleksandr Mikhailovich; 13 April 1866 – 26 February 1933) was an Imperial Grand Duke and dynast of the House of Romanov of the Russian Empire, a naval officer, an author, explorer, the brother-in-law of Emperor Nicholas II and advisor to him. Early life Alexander was born in Tiflis, in the Tiflis Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Georgia). He was the son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, the youngest son of Nicholas I of Russia, and Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (Cecilie of Baden). He was mostly known as "Sandro". He was a naval officer. In his youth, he made a good-will visit to the Japanese Empire on behalf of the Russian Empire and another to the Brazilian Empire. He married his first cousin's daughter, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, the eldest daughter of Alexander III on . He became a brother-in-law and a close advisor of Tsar Nicholas II. Together, Alexander and Xenia had seven children: Princess Irina Alexandrovna (1895–1970) Prince Andrei Alexandrovich (1897–1981) Prince Feodor Alexandrovich (1898–1968) Prince Nikita Alexandrovich (1900–1974) Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich (1901–1980) Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich (1902–1978) Prince Vasili Alexandrovich (1907–1989)