The otherwise neutral reporting in this article about the birth of the son of the Heir of the House of Romanoff contains a slight inaccuracy at the end. There is no cause for dispute about the titles of the Heads and members of the Russian Imperial House, since these titles are determined by Russia’s historical dynastic law, and not by anyone’s opinions and pretensions. As for the descendants of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder, that line of descent has, in any event, died out in 2016.
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21 October, 18:28 / 6:28 p.m.
The Birth of the Heir of the Imperial House Named in Honour of Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky
He is the first heir of the Imperial House of Russia to be born in Russia since the 1917 Revolution, according to the Director of the Chancellery of the House of Romanoff, Alexander Zakatov.
MOSCOW, 21 October /TASS/. Grand Duke George Romanoff and his wife, Princess Victoria Romanovna, became parents on Friday. The couple had a son, who became the first heir of the Imperial House of Russia to be born in Russia since the 1917 Revolution, according to the Director of the Chancellery of the House of Romanoff, Alexander Zakatov
“Today at 10:32 a.m., Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria Romanovna safely gave birth to a boy, the grandson of Grand Duchess Maria of Russia. It has been decided to name him Alexander, in honour of St. Alexander Nevsky,” said Zakatov.
According to Zakatov, Grand Duke George and his wife now live permanently in Russia. They were out of the country on business but returned to Russia just before the child was born. “They came back so the baby would be born in Russia, because of their commitment to their country and with full confidence in the medical system in Russia,” explained Zakatov.
The wedding of Grand Duke George of Russia and the Italian citizen Rebecca Bettarini (who took the name Victoria Romanovna after her conversion to Orthodoxy) was celebrated in October of last year in St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
George Mikhailovich Romanoff is the son and heir of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, Grand Duchess Maria of Russia—the only child of the marriage of her parents, Grand Duke Wladimir Kirillovich, the Head of the Russian Imperial House in exile (son of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, who proclaimed himself emperor-in-exile in 1924) and his wife, Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Mukhrani. Her right to use the title of Grand Duchess is a matter of some dispute among the other descendants of the Romanoffs, who belong to the Nikolaevichi branch of the family, which traces its line back to the grandson of Nicholas I, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Younger.
