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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3151

Autograph
Russia
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich
1910 Autograph letter written in French on gilt embossed notepaper from St Petersburg to His Excellency the Russian Ambassador, Vienna, with registered cover franked 20k readdressed to Monte Carlo, Monaco. Photo

"Very dear Prince,
Please allow me to give you on behalf of all the children this brooch that Papa wore a lot. Dear venerable, may you recover fully from your ailments,
Cordially yours,
Nicholas"

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich (1859 - 1919), a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I, was a renowned historian, scholar and political liberal. He became unpopular in Court circles as he attempted to persuade Tsar Nicholas II to implement reforms. Arrested in 1918 by the Bolsheviks he was sent into internal exile in Vologda, and days after the murder of the Imperial Family in July 1918 he was transferred with other family members to Petrograd, where they were all murdered at the Peter and Paul Fortress.


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