Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia

Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Екатерина Михайловна) (28 August 1827 – 12 May 1894), was the third of five daughters of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (youngest son of Emperor Paul I and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (eldest child of Prince Paul of Württemberg and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen).

Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna
Duchess Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna, 1850, by Carl Timoleon von Neff
Born(1827-08-28)28 August 1827
Saint Petersburg, Empire of Russia
Died12 May 1894(1894-05-12) (aged 66)
Saint Petersburg, Empire of Russia
SpouseDuke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
(m. 1851 - 1876; his death)
IssueDuke Nikolaus
Helene, Princess Albert of Saxe-Altenburg
Duke Georg Alexander
Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
HouseRomanov
FatherGrand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
MotherPrincess Charlotte of Württemberg
ReligionRussian Orthodox Christian

Biography

She was born in St. Petersburg. She had two elder sisters, Grand Duchess Maria and Grand Duchess Yelizaveta, called "Lili". Two more sisters were born after her, Alexandra and Anna, who both died young.

Marriage and issue

On 16 February 1851 in St. Petersburg, Catherine married Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824–76), second son of Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779–1860) and Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1796–1880). They had four children:

NameBirthDeathNotes
Duke Nikolaus11 July 185411 July 1854
Duchess Helene16 January 185728 August 1936married Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg; no issue
Duke Georg Alexander6 June 18595 December 1909married (morganatically) Natalia Vanljarskaya, Russian noblewoman whose family was of German descent von Lahr. Father of Duke Georg of Mecklenburg, Count of Carlow and great-grandfather of Duke Georg Borwin of Mecklenburg, current head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Duke Karl Michael17 June 18636 December 1934renounced his succession rights in 1918

She died in St. Petersburg, aged 66.

Ancestry
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