Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (25 October 1832 – 18 December 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Emperor

Nicholas I of Russia , house = Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp , father = Paul I of Russia , mother = Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) , birth_date = , birth_place = Gatchina Palace, Gatchina, Russian Empire , death_date = ...

and

Charlotte of Prussia Alexandra Feodorovna ( rus, Алекса́ндра Фёдоровна, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandrə ˈfjɵdərəvnə), born Princess Charlotte of Prussia (13 July 1798 – 1 November 1860), was empress consort of Russia, Empress of Russia as the wife of Em ...

. He was the first owner of the New Michael Palace on the

Palace Quay The Palace Embankment or Palace Quay (Russian: Дворцовая набережная, Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya) is a street along the Neva River in Central Saint Petersburg which contains the complex of the Hermitage Museum buildings (includin ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Marriage and issue

On 16 August 1857, he married

Princess Cecilie of Baden Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia (russian: Ольга Фёдоровна; 20 September 1839 – 12 April 1891), born Princess Cäcilie of Baden, was the youngest daughter of Grand Duke Leopold of Baden and Sophie Wilhelmine of Sweden ...

(1839–1891), daughter of

Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden Leopold (29 August 1790 – 24 April 1852) succeeded in 1830 as the Grand Duke of Baden, reigning until his death in 1852. Although a younger child, Leopold was the first son of Margrave Karl Friederich of Baden by his second, morganatic wife, ...

and

Sophie of Sweden Princess Sophie of Sweden (Sofia Vilhelmina Katarina Maria Lovisa Charlotta Anna; 21 May 1801 – 6 July 1865) was, by marriage, Grand Duchess of Baden as the wife of sovereign Grand Duke of Baden, Leopold. Biography Early life Sophie was born ...

. Cecily adopted the name Olga Fedorovna, and had the following children with him:

Career

Grand Duke Michael Nicolaevich of Russia photo

He served 20 years (1862–1882) as the Governor General of Caucasia, being seated in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

, the town which most of his children remembered as the home of their childhood. In the

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histor ...

, he was nominal Commander-in-Chief of the Russian troops in the Caucasus and was appointed Field Marshal General in April 1878. 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 Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The ci ...

, on 18 December 1909. He was the last surviving legitimate grandchild of Paul I of Russia.

Honours

;National orders and decorationsRussian Imperial Army - Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich
(In Russian) * 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

Ancestors

References

1832 births 1909 deaths 19th-century people from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian people People from Petergof People from Petergofsky Uyezd Russian grand dukes House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov Field marshals of Russia Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Russian military personnel of the Caucasian War Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917) 1870s in Georgia (country) Russian people of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France 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 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 Pour le Mérite (military class) Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur People of the Caucasian War Children of Nicholas I of Russia Sons of emperors Circassian genocide perpetrators Burials at Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg {{Russia-noble-stub