Nicholas akaberekerwa paGatchina Palace muGatchina kuMukuru Duke Paul, uye Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna weRussia (née Sophie Dorothea weWürttemberg). Mwedzi mishanu mushure mekuberekwa kwake, ambuya vake, Catherine Mukuru, vakafa uye vabereki vake vakava mambo uye mambokadzi weRussia. Aive munin'ina waMambo Alexander I weRussia, uyo akagara pachigaro muna 1801, uye weMukuru Duke Constantine Pavlovich weRussia. Riasanovsky anoti aive, "murume akanaka kwazvo muEurope, asiwo munhu anofarira kufambidzana nevakadzi uye aiwanzoita zvakanaka nevarume".
Gatchina Palace muGatchina