Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
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Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich | |
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Born | Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | 25 October 1832
Died | 18 December 1909 Cannes | (aged 77)
Spouse | |
Issue | Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Anastasia Mikhailovna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich |
House | Romanov |
Father | Nicholas I of Russia |
Mother | Charlotte of Prussia |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army |
Years of service | 1846–1909 |
Rank | Generalfeldmarschall |
Commands held | Caucasus Military District |
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (25 October 1832 – 18 December 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. He was the first owner of the New Michael Palace on the Palace Quay in Saint Petersburg.
Marriage and issue
On 16 August 1857, he married Princess Cecilie of Baden (1839–1891), daughter of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden and Sophie of Sweden. Cecily adopted the name Olga Fedorovna, and had the following children with him:
Name | Birth | Death | Spouse (dates of birth & death) and children[1][2] | |
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, |
1859 |
26 April1919 |
28 JanuaryUnmarried. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution; no issue | |
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia | 1860 |
28 July1922 |
11 March Married 1879 (24 January), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851–1897); 1 son, 2 daughters. | |
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia | 1861 |
16 October 1929 |
26 AprilMarried 1891 (26 February), Sophie of Merenberg (1868–1927); 1 son, 2 daughters. | |
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia | 1863 |
23 August1919 |
28 JanuaryMarried 1900 (12 May), Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876–1940); 2 daughters. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution | |
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia | 1866 |
13 April1933 |
26 FebruaryMarried 1894 (6 August), Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875–1960); 1 daughter, 6 sons. | |
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia | 1869 |
7 October1918 |
18 JulyUnmarried. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution; no issue | |
Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia | 1875 |
28 December1895 |
2 MarchUnmarried; no issue |
He served 20 years (1862–1882) as the Governor General of Caucasia, being seated in Tbilisi, the town which most of his children remembered as the home of their childhood. In the course of his life, four members of his family ruled as Emperors of Russia: his father, Nicholas I; his brother, Alexander II; his nephew, Alexander III; as well as his grand-nephew, Nicholas II, whose second daughter, Grand Duchess Tatiana, the Grand Duke was godfather to. He died in Cannes, France, on 18 December 1909. He was the last surviving legitimate grandchild of Paul I of Russia.
Honours
- National orders and decorations[3]
- Knight of St. Andrew, 1832
- Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1832
- Knight of the White Eagle, 1832
- Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class, 1832
- Knight of St. George, 4th Class, July 1854; 2nd Class, February 1864; 1st Class, September 1877
- Knight of St. Vladimir, 1st Class, January 1863
- Golden Saber "For Bravery", 1863; Golden Sword "For the conquest of the Caucasus", in Diamonds and Emeralds, February 1864
- Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class, November 1865
- Foreign orders and decorations[3]
- Kingdom of Prussia:
- Knight of the Black Eagle, 14 June 1838[4]
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 14 June 1838
- Württemberg:[5]
- Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1846
- Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order, 10 September 1878
- Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion, 1849
- Austrian Empire: Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1851[6]
- Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 7 June 1852[7]
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 19 June 1852[8]
- Baden:[9]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1852
- Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1852
- Grand Cross of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order, 1864
- Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1852[10]
- Duchy of Parma: Senator Grand Cross of the Constantinian Order of St. George, 1852[11]
- Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown, 1852[12]
- Two Sicilies: Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand and Merit, 1852
- Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 26 July 1853[13]
- Kingdom of Sardinia: Knight of the Annunciation, 11 January 1857[14]
- Nassau: Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau, 1860
- Persian Empire: Order of the August Portrait, 1865
- France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, June 1876[15]
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Military Merit Cross, 2nd and 1st Classes, November 1877
- Denmark: Knight of the Elephant, 10 September 1881[16]
- Sweden-Norway: Knight of the Seraphim, 15 February 1892[17]
- Emirate of Bukhara: Order of the Sun of Alexander, 1898
Ancestors
References
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack (1900) Facsimile Reprint 1998, London: Stationery Office, ISBN 0-11-702247-0, p. 86
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1993, Concise Edition, (ISBN 0-85021-232-4), pages 134–136
- ^ a b Russian Imperial Army - Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich (In Russian)
- ^ Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm IV. ernannte Ritter" p. 20
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" p. 27, 64
- ^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 10
- ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1855), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 11
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1868), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 50, 54, 60
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1908), "Königliche Orden" p. 8
- ^ Almanacco di corte. 1858. p. 242.
- ^ Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1865/66. Heinrich. 1866. p. 4.
- ^ Staat Oldenburg (1854). Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: für ... 1854. Schulze. p. 27.
- ^ Cibrario, Luigi (1869). Notizia storica del nobilissimo ordine supremo della santissima Annunziata. Sunto degli statuti, catalogo dei cavalieri (in Italian). Eredi Botta. p. 115. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ M. Wattel, B. Wattel. (2009). Les Grand'Croix de la Légion d'honneur de 1805 à nos jours. Titulaires français et étrangers. Paris: Archives & Culture. p. 516. ISBN 978-2-35077-135-9.
- ^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1900) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1900 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1900] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish). 1905. p. 440. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org.
- 1832 births
- 1909 deaths
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- People from Petergofsky Uyezd
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- 1870s in Georgia (country)
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- Imperial Russian emigrants to France
- Recipients of the Order of St. Andrew
- Recipients of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
- Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of St. George of the First Degree
- Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Second Degree
- Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree
- Recipients of the Order of the Black Eagle
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Red Eagle
- Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
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- Grand Crosses of the Military Merit Order (Württemberg)
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Knights of the Order of Saint Hubert
- Recipients of the Order of the Rue Crown
- Knights Grand Cross of the Ludwigsorden
- Recipients of the House Order of Fidelity
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
- Grand crosses of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order
- Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
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