Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia (russian: Михаи́л Па́влович; ''Mikhail Pavlovich'') (8 February 1798 S 28 January– 9 September 1849 S 28 August was a Russian grand duke, the tenth child and fourth son of Paul I of Russia and his second wife,

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, who took the name Maria Feodorovna. He was the younger brother of two Tsars,

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and Nicholas I, and the disputed Tsar Konstantin I.

Life

Mikhail was the only one of his siblings to be '

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', that is born whilst his father was Tsar. As a child he was tutored by General I. M. Lamzdorf, but was primarily taught by his mother. Maria Feodorovna who taught her sons science in an attempt to persuade them from building military careers. Ultimately, this would be of no use, as at the age of sixteen, Michael took part in the campaign against

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. In 1825, he took part in repressing the

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.Between 1826 and 1828, he fought in the

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as Commander of the Guards Corps and in the November Uprising. As a result of his assult on

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, he was awarded the rank of

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. Mikhail never played a serious role in state affairs much to the chargrin of his wife Elena.

Marriage and issue

In St. Petersburg on 19 February 1824, Michael married his

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(1807–1873), the daughter of

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and

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, thus was his first-cousin-once-removed as the daughter of his mother's cousin. Charlotte took the name Elena Pavlovna upon converting to Orthodoxy. They had five daughters, four of whom predeceased them: * Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia (9 March 1825,

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– 19 November 1846,

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); died unmarried. * Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mikhailovna of Russia (26 May 1826, Moscow – 28 January, 1845

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); married Adolf, Duke of Nassau and died in childbirth. * Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna of Russia (28 August 1827 – 12 May 1894), married

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. * Grand Duchess Alexandra Mikhailovna of Russia (28 January 1831, Moscow – 27 March 1832, Moscow), died in infancy. * Grand Duchess Anna Mikhailovna of Russia (27 October 1834, Moscow – 22 March 1836,

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), died in infancy. Mikhail had a child with a mistress, named Nadezhda Mikhailovna Yunina (1 December 1843 - 9 July 1908TsGIA SPb. f. 19. op.127. file 2194. Metric books of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Narva.) who was adopted by

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and his wife. Nadezhda married

Alexander Polovtsov Alexander Alexandrovich Polovtsov (russian: Александр Александрович Половцов; 1832–1909) was a Russian Imperial statesman, historian and ''maecenas''; he was also known as the founder of the Russian Imperial Hist ...

and had issue. The marriage was not known to be a happy one. Mikhail's devotion to the army often resulted in the neglect of his wife. Mikhail's treatment towards his wife may have been influenced by his older brother Konstatin's anti-german views following his own disastrous marriage with

Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Coburg, 23 September 1781 – Elfenau, near Bern, Switzerland, 12 August 1860), also known as Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia (russian: Анна Фёдоровна), was a German princess of the d ...

Mikhailovsky Palace The Mikhailovsky Palace (russian: Михайловский дворец, tr=Mikhailovskiy dvorets) is a grand ducal palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located on Arts Square and is an example of Empire style neoclassicism. The palace cu ...

was built by Carlo Rossi for Grand Duke Michael between 1819–1825, where the family lived. The Palace now holds the

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. Upon the death of Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, the

Pavlovsk Palace Pavlovsk Palace (russian: Павловский дворец) is an 18th-century Russian Imperial residence built by the order of Catherine the Great for her son Grand Duke Paul, in Pavlovsk, within Saint Petersburg. After his death, ...

was bequeathed to Mikhail. He and his wife visited the palace often. Mikhail died in

, aged 51. Through his daughter Ekaterina, Mikhail the great-great-great-grandfather of Duke Georg Borwin of Mecklenburg who is the current head of the

House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz The House of Mecklenburg, also known as Nikloting, is a North German dynasty of Slavic origin that ruled until 1918 in the Mecklenburg region, being among the longest-ruling families of Europe. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909–2004), fo ...

Ancestry

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