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Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia

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Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich
Born(1832-10-25)25 October 1832
Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died18 December 1909(1909-12-18) (aged 77)
Cannes
SpousePrincess Cecile of Baden
IssueGrand 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
HouseRomanov
FatherNicholas I of Russia
MotherCharlotte of Prussia
Military career
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Years of service1846–1909
RankGeneral Field-Marshal
Commands heldCaucasus 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 Cecily Auguste 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:

Issue

  Name Birth Death Spouse (dates of birth & death) and children[1][2]
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia,
184026 April
1859		 191928 January
1919		 Unmarried. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution;
no issue
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia 186028 July
1860		 192211 March
1922		 Married 1879 (24 January),
Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851–1897);
1 son, 2 daughters.
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia 186116 October
1861		 192926 April
1929		 Married 1891 (26 February),
Sophie of Merenberg (1868–1927);
1 son, 2 daughters.
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia 186323 August
1863		 191928 January
1919		 Married 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 186613 April
1866		 193326 February
1933		 Married 1894 (6 August),
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875–1960);
1 daughter, 6 sons.
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia 18697 October
1869		 191818 July
1918		 Unmarried. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution;
no issue
Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia 187528 December
1875		 18952 March
1895		 Unmarried;
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.

Ancestors

References

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack (1900) Facsimile Reprint 1998, London: Stationery Office, ISBN 0-11-702247-0, p. 86
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1993, Concise Edition, (ISBN 0-85021-232-4), pages 134–136


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