Alexander Georgievich, 7th Duke of Leuchtenberg

Alexander Georgievich, 7th Duke of Leuchtenberg (13 November 1881 – 26 September 1942), also known as Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanovsky or less commonly Alexander de Beauharnais, was the only son of George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg by his first wife, Duchess Therese of Oldenburg. He was a descendant of Paul I of Russia through both of his parents.

Family and early life Alexander Georgievich ("Sandro") was born on 13 November 1881, as the only surviving child of George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, by his first wife, Duchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg. They reported Alexander met Marjorie the previous summer in Paris, and that his father later approached George Gould and asked for his daughter's hand for his son. Despite being the descendant and heir of the titles of Eugène de Beauharnais (son of Empress Joséphine), Alexander was far from rich, and served as a captain of the Russian Hussars of the guard and as an aide-de-camp to the Emperor. She noticed that the duke seem distracted and somehow different, "then I realized suddenly that he had discarded all his decorations, and no longer wore the golden aiguillettes. Russia had no Emperor now, I remembered". Alexander said he had come to urge her father, Sir George, to take swift action and get the tsar and his family out of Russia. In the end, nothing came of these plans, as monarchist groups could not decide whether or not to restore Nicholas or his son Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich.

Near the end of 1917, while lodging with Felix Yusupov, Alexander was arrested by Bolshevik authorities, along with four or five prominent members of the monarchical party. In 1919, a Bolshevik wireless message sent to The Washington Post asserted that after a meeting of Russian monarchists in Siberia, Alexander was offered and accepted the Russian throne, though no further reports confirmed this.

Death Alexander died in exile on 26 September 1942 in Salies-de-Béarn, France. Knight of St. Andrew, 1881 Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky, 18 November 1901 Knight of the White Eagle 18 November 1901 Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class, 18 November 1901 Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class 18 November 1901 Knight of St. Vladimir, 4th Class with Sword and Bow, 9 January 1915 St. George Sword, 15 November 1915

Foreign Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, 1912 Knight of the Annunciation, 12 July 1913 Grand Cross of the Order of Danilo I

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