As he matured, many remarked at his strong resemblance to his father. He then went to another boarding school, École des Roches in Verneuil, Normandy, and then the Sorbonne. George Mikhailovich, Count Brasov (Russian: Георгий Михайлович, граф Брасов; 6 August [O.S. In 1912, Alexei suffered a life-threatening hemorrhage in the thigh and groin while the family was at Spala, Poland. Grand Duke Michael was the youngest son of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and Empress Marie (formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark), and a brother of Emperor Nicholas II. On 13 November 1910, Emperor Nicholas II decreed that the boy would be known as George Mikhailovich Brasov, with the surname taken from one of Michael's estates: Brasovo near Orel. Their plan was discovered by the Bolsheviks, and the children returned to Gatchina, once again under house arrest. In the fall of 1914, at the start of World War I, Grand Duke Michael requested permission to return to Russia to rejoin the army, which was fighting on the Eastern Front. [13] Michael became a general and earned a Cross of St. George, the highest military award, for action in the Carpathian mountains.[14]. In September 1917, the house arrest was lifted. They married in a Serbian Orthodox Church in Vienna on 16 October 1912. [24] Valuables were packed and the children were moved to an estate south of Gatchina owned by Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, the brother of one of Natalia's closest friends (Nadine Vonlyarlarskaya) and the father of the famous writer, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. On a train carrying prisoners-of-war who were being repatriated back to Germany, and with false passports in the name of Silldorff, Miss Neame posed as the wife of an Austrian officer and George posed as her son. Consequently, Michael decided to marry Natalia anyway. The Christmas holiday was cut short, however, when one of the guest's children contracted diphtheria and died. His parents were Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia and his mistress, Natalia Sergeyevna Wulfert. By 1915, Mrs Bennett was pregnant, so she left the family's service and was replaced by her friend and fellow Englishwoman, Margaret Neame. He had enjoyed riding his Norton motorcycle as a teenager, and some of his inheritance was spent on a Chrysler sports car. George was born in his mother's Moscow apartment on Petersburg Road, near Petrovsky Park. With both thighs broken and severe internal injuries, George was taken to hospital. [27] Informed of their escape, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, chose to ignore the fact that the British Miss Neame was an enemy alien, and permitted them to continue their journey to Copenhagen. They crashed into a tree, and Moneanaar was killed. (Section 9, near the intersection with the outer wall and Section 8.) George was buried in Passy Cemetery in Paris. New Year 1917 was spent back at Gatchina. Six months later, Nicholas legitimised George by decree, and created him a count. Early life. [36], George was buried in Passy Cemetery in Paris. [1] His parents were Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia and his mistress, Natalia Sergeyevna Wulfert. 24 July] 1910 – 21 July 1931) was a Russian noble and a descendant of the House of Romanov through a morganatic line. George Mikhailovich, Count Brasov (Георгий Михайлович, граф Брасов; 6 August 1910 – 21 July 1931) was a Russian noble and a descendant of the House of Romanov through a morganatic line.wikipedia. In 1912, Alexei suffered a life-threatening hemorrhage in the thigh and groin while the family was at Spala, Poland. They married in a Serbian Orthodox Church in Vienna on 16 October 1912. [15] Six months later, Nicholas legitimised George by decree, and created him a count. Natalia rushed to be at his bedside. He then went to another boarding school, École des Roches in Verneuil, Normandy, and then the Sorbonne. After the scandal that arose from Michael's affair with Wulfert's wife, Wulfert was transferred to Moscow, and Michael was transferred to the Chernigov Hussars at Orel. [9] They stayed in grand hotels in Cannes, Paris, Chexbres, Bad Kissingen and London before settling in England in September 1913. From there, Michael wrote to his mother and brother to inform them of the marriage. [19] At risk of infection, the family evacuated the estate by snow-bound sleigh ride. They married in a Serbian Orthodox Church in Vienna on 16 October 1912. George Mikhailovich, Count Brasov (Russian: Георгий Михайлович, граф Брасов; 6 August [O.S. In 1928, George's grandmother, the Dowager Empress Marie, died and George inherited a third of her estate. [27] They reached the Danish embassy in Berlin safely, and were given shelter by the ambassador, Count Carl Moltke. Michael declined to accept unless ratified by an elected assembly, and issued a manifesto that recognised the de facto control of the Russian Provisional Government. Although he had no succession rights due to the morganatic marriage of his parents, George was the last male-line descendant of Alexander III of Russia. Grand Duke Michael was the youngest son of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and Empress Marie (formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark), and a brother of Emperor Nicholas II. Nevertheless, George's cousin, Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich, declared himself Emperor Cyril and George a prince. George's English nanny, Miss Rata, accompanied them to Russia, after marrying Michael's head groom, Mr Bennett. [10], In the fall of 1914, at the start of World War I, Grand Duke Michael requested permission to return to Russia to rejoin the army, which was fighting on the Eastern Front.