Leonid Gurevich Kulikovsky, 72, was a direct descendant of the penultimate tsar and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth II.
He died while walking his dog on 27 September in the town of Katherine, in Australia's Northern Territory.
His pet was sitting dutifully next to him when his body was found under a tree, according to Australia's NT News.
Mr Kulikovsky's body had been kept in a hospital morgue while authorities researched his identity and looked for relatives.
They found a sister in Denmark, his birth place, and a statement from his family said they had lost contact with him when he moved to Australia in 1967.
They had reportedly been trying to track him down just days before finding out about his death.
Mr Kulikovsky settled in Katherine - 220 miles (350km) south of Darwin - five years ago while driving around Australia in his retirement.
He apparently decided to stay in the town after having problems with his vehicle, said Russian consul Simon Andropov.
"Old Nick they called him, so he didn't even use his proper name," he said.
"He lived completely incognito; didn't tell anyone of his heritage or anything.
"But it seems he was a well-liked fellow, always cheerful."
Many Russian royals were murdered by the Bolsheviks after the country's 1917 revolution, but dozens of others - including Mr Kulikovsky's descendants - were able to escape abroad.
He previously worked at Sydney's water company and never married or had children, according to Mr Andropov.
Among the 50 people at his Darwin funeral were officials from the Danish, Russian and Northern Territory governments.
A wealthy family from the city has offered to pay for his burial because his estate did not have enough money to cover the cost.
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