Talk:Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia
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My understanding was that his memoirs were two volumes - "Once a Grand Duke," and "Always a Grand Duke". confirmation? john k 17:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
- I do not remember. Long time, since I read those. Shilkanni 20:43, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Swedish Grand Princes of Finland and Sweden?
The article states that the Swedish King, Gustav IV, should have been Grand Prince of Finland, the last Swedish one. This is however incorrect. Finland was never a judicially separate part of the Swedish Realm. There was no such thing as a finnish Grand Principality or Duchy prior to the russian anexsion. Therefor there could also never have been any "princes of Finland" or any any other specific heirs to this part om the Swedish Realm before that time. Alexander might well have been in the line to the Swedish throne, as this belonged to the senior bransch of the Holstein-Gottorp house. However I don't believe this was the actual situation. The first Swedish King of the Holstein-Gottorp house, was Adolf Fredrik, son of Christian August, a younger prince of the Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp. Adolf Fredrik was considered for the Swedish throne, mainly because of his mother being a descendant of the House of Wasa. As Adolf Fredrik became King of Sweden, the throne became in the hands of a Holstein-Gottorp junior line. That would not in my believe constitute any rights for the Holstein-Gottorp senior line, to which Grand Prince Alexande Mikhailovich belonged, to the Swedish throne. Thus, the Grand Prince would neither have been a Prince of Sweden, and certainly not a Prince of Finland. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.250.205.59 (talk) 10:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC).
