Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia

Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich
Born	(1832-10-25)25 October 1832 Peterhof
Died	Cannes
Spouse	Cecily 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	House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Nicholas I
Mother	Charlotte of Prussia

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:

• Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859–1919).
• Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860–1922).
• Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861–1929).
• Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863–1919).
• Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) (1866–1933).
• Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (1869–1918).
• Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia (1875–1895).

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.

Ancestors

16. Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

8. Peter III of Russia

17. Anna Petrovna of Russia

4. Paul I of Russia

18. Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

9. Catherine II of Russia

19. Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp

2. Nicholas I of Russia

20. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

10. Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg

21. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis

5. Sophie Dorothea of Württemburg

22. Friedrich Wilhelm, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

11. Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt

23. Sophie Dorothea Marie, Princess of Prussia

1. Grand Duke Michael Nicolaevich of Russia

24. Prince Augustus William of Prussia

12. Frederick William II of Prussia

25. Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

6. Frederick William III of Prussia

26. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

13. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

27. Karoline of Zweibrücken

3. Charlotte of Prussia

28. Charles Louis Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow

14. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

29. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

7. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

30. Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt

15. Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt

31. Maria of Leiningen-Dagsburg