Olga Feodorovna of Baden
Princess Cecilia Auguste of Baden ( born September 20, 1839 in Karlsruhe, .. † 31 Märzjul / April 12 1891greg in Kharkov, Ukraine) was as Olga Feodorovna Grand Duchess of Russia
Life
Cecilia was a daughter of Grand Duke Leopold I of Baden and his wife Sophie Wilhelmine von Holstein -Gottorp, Princess of Sweden. Although her father was very liberal, the ducal family had to leave the country during the revolution of 1848. These experiences shaped the early years of the young princess. After the return of Grand Duke clemency was exercised against the rebels, a train of his daughter had a substantial impact.
In St. Petersburg she married on 16 Augustjul. / August 28 1857greg. the Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich Romanov, son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Princess Charlotte of Prussia. A day before the wedding came to Princess Cecilia Russian Orthodox beliefs about and was baptized with the name Olga Feodorovna. From the happy marriage seven children were born, who received all a strict upbringing.
- Nikolai Mikhailovich Romanov (1859-1919), Grand Duke of Russia
- Anastasia Mikhailovna Romanova (1860-1922), Grand Duchess of Russia
- Mikhail Mikhailovich Romanov (1861-1929), Grand Duke of Russia
- Georgi Mikhailovich Romanov (1863-1919), Grand Duke of Russia
- Alexander Mikhailovich Romanov (1866-1933), Grand Duke of Russia
- Sergei Mikhailovich Romanov (1869-1918), Grand Duke of Russia
- Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1875-1895), Grand Duke of Russia
Your husband Michael Nikolaevich sent the Tsar Alexander II as governor of Tsardom in the Caucasus. End of 1862 was followed by Michael and Olga appeal to the Caucasus and went to Tbilisi.
The Grand Duchess Olga took effect on her husband in the implementation of liberal reforms of the Tsar. Olga took the ceremonial of the governor, which was similar to the Tsar, an important position. On they go much charities back, so she founded, among others, the first girls high schools and managed educational institutions for women.
With the death of Tsar Alexander II ended the governorship in the Caucasus. The new Tsar Michael Nikolaevich served as chairman of the Imperial Council. The family moved again to St. Petersburg.
The fate of her son Michael Mikhailovich Romanov met the tradition-conscious and believing Olga deep. Her son had pulled a socially unacceptable marriage the wrath of the royal family to be. He was banned for life from Russia and lived in London.
In March 1891, the Grand Duchess intention to seek urgent advice of their doctors recreation in the Crimea. Your health had deteriorated further since the scandal about her son Michael. Olga Feodorovna died in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov on 12 April 1891 at the age of 51 years before they could reach the Crimea for recreation.