Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia

Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich
Portrait by George Dawe
Born	(1798-02-08)8 February 1798 St. Petersburg
Died	9 September 1849(1849-09-09) (aged 51) Warsaw
Spouse	Elena Pavlovna of Württemberg
Issue	Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna Grand Duchess Elizabeta Mikhailovna Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna Grand Duchess Alexandra Mikhailovna Grand Duchess Anna Mikhailovna
House	House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Paul I
Mother	Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
Religion	Russian Orthodox

Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (Russian: Михаи́л Па́влович; Mikhail Pavlovich) (8 February 1798 – 9 September 1849) was a Russian prince, the tenth child and fourth son of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. He was born in St. Petersburg.

Marriage and issue

In St. Petersburg on 19 February 1824, Michael married his first cousin once removed Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (1807–1873), the daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Charlotte took the name Elena Pavlovna upon converting to Orthodoxy. They had five children:

Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia (9 March 1825 Moscow – 19 November 1846 Vienna); died unmarried.
Grand Duchess Elizabeta Mikhailovna of Russia (26 May 1826 Moscow – 28 January 1845 Wiesbaden); married Adolf, Duke of Nassau and died in childbirth.
Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna of Russia (28 August 1827 – 12 May 1894), married Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grand Duchess Alexandra Mikhailovna of Russia (28 January 1831 Moscow – 27 March 1832 Moscow)
Grand Duchess Anna Mikhailovna of Russia (27 October 1834 Moscow – 22 March 1836 Saint Petersburg)

Mikhailovsky Palace was built by Carlo Rossi for Grand Duke Michael between 1819–1825. The Palace now holds the Russian Museum.

Michael died in Warsaw, aged 51.

Michael's great-great-great-grandson Duke Georg Borwin of Mecklenburg is the current head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia

16. Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

8. Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

17. Hedwig Sophia of Sweden

4. Peter III of Russia

18. Peter I of Russia

9. Anna Petrovna of Russia

19. Catherine I of Russia

2. Paul I of Russia

20. John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg

10. Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

21. Christine Eleonore von Zeustch

5. Catherine II of Russia

22. Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin

11. Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp

23. Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach

1. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia

24. Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental

12. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

25. Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach

6. Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg

26. Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis

13. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis

27. Princess Maria Ludovika of Lobkowicz

3. Sophie Dorothea of Württemburg

28. Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

14. Friedrich Wilhelm, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

29. Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau

7. Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt

30. Frederick William I of Prussia

15. Sophie Dorothea Marie, Princess of Prussia

31. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

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Grand Dukes of Russia

The generations are numbered from Peter I of Russia

1st generation	Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich Alexander Petrovich Paul Petrovich Pyotr Petrovich

2nd generation	Peter II Peter III

3rd generation	Paul I

4th generation	Alexander I Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich Nicholas I Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich

5th generation	Alexander II Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich

6th generation	Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich Alexander III Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich Grand Duke Constantine Konstantinovich Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich Grand Duke Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich

7th generation	Nicholas II Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich Grand Duke George Alexandrovich Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich Grand Duke Alexander Vladimirovich Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich Grand Duke Andrew Vladimirovich Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Grand Duke John Konstantinovich ¹

8th generation	Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich ²

9th generation	Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich ³

10th generation	Grand Duke George Mikhailovich ³

¹ born a Grand Duke, but stripped of his title by Alexander III's ukase of 1886, limiting the style to sons and male-line grandsons of a tsar ² title of pretence granted by Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich as claimant to the Russian throne ³ title of pretence granted by Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich as claimant to the Russian throne

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