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Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (25 October 1832 – 18 December 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Emperor
He served 20 years (1862–1882) as the Governor General of Caucasia, being seated in
(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
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. He was the first owner of the New Michael Palace
The New Michael Palace (Ново-Михайловский дворец, ''Novo-Mikhailovsky Dvorets'') was the third Saint Petersburg palace designed by Andrei Stackenschneider for Nicholas I's children. It was built between 1857 and 1862 on th ...
on the Palace Quay in 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 (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:Career
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 pe ...
, 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 his ...
, 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, 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
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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