Prince Michael Feodorovich of Russia Prince Michael Feodorovich of Russia Prince Michael Feodorovich Romanoff (; 4 May 1924 – 22 September 2008) was a French filmmaker. A descendant of the Russian Emperors, he was a great nephew of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. Prince Michael Feodorovich was born in Paris the only son of Prince Feodor Alexandrovich of Russia and his wife Princess Irina Pavlovna Paley. He descended from the Romanovs through both his father and his mother. Through his father he was a grandson of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and his wife Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. His mother was
Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern Joseph. Frederick and Margarete Karola had seven children: In 1948, soon after the deposition of king Michael of Romania the line of succession was discussed during a meeting between Michael, his uncle Prince Nicholas of Romania, and Prince Frederick. Shortly after this meeting, the spokesman of King Carol II, in an interview with the French paper "Le Figaro", expressed his strong support for Prince Frederick, additionally asserting that Michael would never regain the throne. Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern () (30 August 1891 in Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg-Schwerin – 6 February 1965 in Krauchenwies, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) was the eldest