George Mikhailovich, Count Brasov
George Mikhailovich, Count Brasov was a Russian noble and a descendant of the House of Romanov through a morganatic line.
George Mikhailovich, Count Brasov
George with his parents.
George's father, Grand Duke Michael
George's mother, Natalia Brasova, in a World War I postcard
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spouse, or any children born of the marriage. The concept is most prevalent in German-speaking territories and countries most influenced by the customs of the German-speaking realms.
Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua (top), with his morganatic wife, the Anglo-Irish commoner Penelope Smyth (left), and their daughter, Vittoria (right).
Tsar Alexander II
Princess Catherine Dolgorukova