Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (Russian: Михаил Павлович, scientific transliteration Mikhail Pavlovich ); (* 28 Januarjul / February 8 1798greg in Saint Petersburg, .. .. † 28 Augustjul / September 9 1849greg in Warsaw ) was a member of the House of Romanov -Holstein -Gottorp.
Life
Michael was the youngest of ten children of the Russian Tsar Paul I and his second wife Princess Sophie Dorothee of Württemberg.
On February 19, 1824 he married his cousin in St Petersburg ( second degree ) Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, called Helena Pavlovna, eldest daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Charlotte of Saxe- Hildburghausen. However, Michael was interested in more for the army when, so that the marriage was not happy for his wife. The couple still had five daughters:
- Maria Mikhailovna ( March 9, 1825, Moscow - November 19, 1846, Vienna), unmarried
- Elizabeth Mikhailovna (May 26, 1826 Moscow - January 28, 1845, Wiesbaden)
- Catherine Mikhailovna (August 28, 1827 St. Petersburg - May 12 1894 ibid )
- Alexandra Mikhailovna ( January 28, 1831, Moscow - March 27, 1832, ibid )
- Anna Mikhailovna ( October 27, 1834, Moscow - March 22, 1836, St. Petersburg)
Others
The built in 1819-1825, designed by Carlo Rossi Mikhailovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg was built for the Grand Duke. Today it houses the Russian Museum.
His only surviving child it was Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna. Through her marriage to Georg of Mecklenburg, the youngest son of Grand Duke George of Mecklenburg -Strelitz their descendants were claimants to the throne of the grand duchies of Mecklenburg -Strelitz and Mecklenburg -Schwerin.