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In 1948, Vladimir married Princess Leonida Bagration-Mukhransky in Lausanne. The Bagrations are the former ruling family of Georgia, a republic in the Caucasus. In 1969, Vladimir issued a proclamation which declared that the marriages of other Romanov dynasts were not "equal" according to the rules of the House. They had married members of non-ruling noble families.<ref name="Massie">Massie, Robert K., ''The Romanovs: The Final Chapter'', 1995, p. 282.</ref>

In 1948, Vladimir married Princess Leonida Bagration-Mukhransky in Lausanne. The Bagrations are the former ruling family of Georgia, a republic in the Caucasus. In 1969, Vladimir issued a proclamation which declared that the marriages of other Romanov dynasts were not "equal" according to the rules of the House. They had married members of non-ruling noble families.<ref name="Massie">Massie, Robert K., ''The Romanovs: The Final Chapter'', 1995, p. 282.</ref>

Infighting came to a boil in 1976 at the wedding of Maria Vladimirovna, Vladimir's daughter, and  Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, a Hohenzollern prince. The slighted Romanovs formed the Romanov Family Association in 1979. The association included almost all the surviving Romanovs aside from Vladimir and Maria. As the Bagrations had been incorporated into the Russian nobility, Vladimir's own marriage was unequal, the association argued. Maria was thus not eligible to succeed. The association argued that the dynasty's rules on this subject should be revised.

Infighting came to a boil in 1976 at the wedding of Maria Vladimirovna, Vladimir's daughter, and  Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, a Hohenzollern prince. The slighted Romanovs formed the Romanov Family Association in 1979. The association included almost all the surviving Romanovs aside from Vladimir and Maria. As the Bagrations had been incorporated into the Russian nobility, Vladimir's own marriage was unequal, the association argued. Maria was thus not eligible to succeed. The association called for the dynasty's rules on equal and unequal marriages to be revised.<ref name="Massie"/>

When Vladimir died in Florida in 1992, Maria claimed the right to succeed as the only child of the last male Romanov dynast.<ref name="Massie"/> ''Almanach de Gotha'' describes Vladimir as, "the last Head of the Imperial House of Russia." That is to say, it does not recognize the claims of either Romanov faction.<ref>James, John. ''Almanach de Gotha,'' (2016)</ref>

When Vladimir died in Florida in 1992, Maria claimed the right to succeed as the only child of the last male Romanov dynast. ''Almanach de Gotha'' has refused to recognize this claim even though no other candidate is genealogically plausible.<ref>''Gotha'' describes Vladimir as, "the last Head of the Imperial House of Russia." (James, John. ''Almanach de Gotha,'' 2016)</ref>

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