Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia

Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich
Born	(1832-10-25)25 October 1832 Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	18 December 1909(1909-12-18) (aged 77) Cannes
Spouse	Princess Cecile of Baden
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/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1846–1909
Rank	General Field-Marshal
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 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.

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