Person:Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1)

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Cyril Vladimirovich V, Grand Duke of Russia
b.12 Oct 1876
d.12 Oct 1938
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Alexandre Vladimirovitch de Russie1875 - 1877
  2. Cyril Vladimirovich V, Grand Duke of Russia1876 - 1938
  3. Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia1877 - 1943
  4. Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia1879 - 1956
  5. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia1882 - 1957
Spouse and Children
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  1. Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia1907 - 1951
  2. Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia1909 - 1967
  3. Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia1917 - 1992
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Facts and Events
Name Cyril Vladimirovich V, Grand Duke of Russia
Gender Male
Birth[1] 12 Oct 1876
Marriage to Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Death[1] 12 Oct 1938
Reference Number? Q160948?


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Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (; Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov; – 12 October 1938) was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Emperor Alexander II and a first cousin of Nicholas II, Russia's last tsar. He was also the uncle of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark and great-uncle of Prince Michael of Kent.

Grand Duke Kirill followed a career in the Russian navy serving for 20 years in the Naval Guards. He took part in the Russo-Japanese War, barely surviving the sinking of the battleship at Port Arthur in April 1904. In 1905, he married his paternal first cousin, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who both defied Nicholas II by not obtaining his consent. They had two daughters and settled in Paris before they were allowed to visit Russia in 1909. In 1910 they moved to Russia.

In World War I, Grand Duke Kirill was appointed Commander of the Naval Depot of the Guards in 1915. He achieved the rank of rear admiral in the Imperial Navy in 1916. During the February Revolution of 1917, Kirill marched to the Tauride Palace at the head of the Naval Guards and swore allegiance to the Russian Provisional Government.

During the rule of the Provisional Governmental in the summer 1917, Kirill escaped to Finland, where his wife gave birth to the couple's only son. In exile, they lived for some years among his wife's relatives in Germany and, from the late 1920s, on an estate they bought in Saint-Briac, France.

With the death of his cousins Nicholas II and Grand Duke Michael, Kirill proclaimed himself to be the head of the Imperial Family of Russia and, as next in line to the throne, as the Guardian of the Throne in 1924. Kirill proclaimed himself emperor-in-exile in 1926. He worked for the restoration of the monarchy from exile for the rest of his life, but his claims were contested by some factions of the monarchists in a division that continues today.

He wrote a book of memoirs, My Life in Russia's Service, which was published after his death. His granddaughter, Maria Vladimirovna, is one of two claimants to the headship of the House of Romanov.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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