Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich | |
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Born | Peterhof Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia | 25 October 1832
Died | 18 December 1909 Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France | (aged 77)
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House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Nicholas I of Russia |
Mother | Charlotte of Prussia |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army |
Years of service | 1846–1909 |
Rank | Generalfeldmarschall |
Commands held | Caucasus Military District |
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (25 October 1832 – 18 December 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Emperor
Marriage and issue
On 16 August 1857, he married
Name | Birth | Death | Spouse (dates of birth & death) and children[1][2] | |
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia |
1859 |
26 April1919 |
28 JanuaryUnmarried. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution; no issue | |
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia | 1860 |
28 July1922 |
11 March Married 1879 (24 January), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851–1897);1 son, 2 daughters; 1 illegitimate son. | |
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia | 1861 |
16 October 1929 |
26 AprilMarried 1891 (26 February), Sophie of Merenberg (1868–1927);1 son, 2 daughters. | |
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia | 1863 |
23 August1919 |
28 JanuaryMarried 1900 (12 May), Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876–1940); 2 daughters. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution. | |
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia | 1866 |
13 April1933 |
26 FebruaryMarried 1894 (6 August), Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875–1960); 1 daughter, 6 sons. | |
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia | 1869 |
7 October1918 |
18 JulyUnmarried. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution; no issue | |
Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia | 1875 |
28 December1895 |
2 MarchUnmarried; no issue |
Career
He served 20 years (1862–1882) as the
In the course of his life, four members of his family ruled as Emperors of Russia: his father, Nicholas I; his brother,
He died in
Legacy
He was remembered by Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, granddaughter of his eldest brother, in her memoirs: "My great-uncle, Grand Duke Michael came from time to time to pay us visits. He was an old gentleman of great height and unforgettable elegance; he fascinated us by the perfection and harmony of his gestures, by his affability and his air of a grand seigneur of an epoch already vanished. He was the last of the Grand Dukes who, according to the custom of my grandfather's time, tutoi-ed the men, and in spite of his age he bowed with touching grace before the women as he kissed their hands."[3]
Honours
- National orders and decorations[4]
- 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[4]
- Prussia:
- Knight of the Black Eagle, 14 June 1838[5]
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 14 June 1838
- Pour le Mérite (military), 8 December 1871; with Oak Leaves, 28 November 1877[6]
- Württemberg:[7]
- Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1846
- Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order, 10 September 1878
- Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion, 1849
- Austria: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1851[8]
- Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 7 June 1852[9]
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 19 June 1852[10]
- Baden:[11]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1852
- Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1852
- Grand Cross of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order, 1864
- Knight of St. Hubert, 1852[12]
- Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown, 1852[14]
- Two Sicilies: Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand and Merit, 1852
- Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 26 July 1853[15]
- Sardinia: Knight of the Annunciation, 11 January 1857[16]
- Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau, 1860
- Persia: Order of the August Portrait, 1865
- France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, June 1876[17]
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Military Merit Cross, 2nd and 1st Classes, November 1877
- Denmark: Knight of the Elephant, 10 September 1881[18]
- Sweden-Norway: Knight of the Seraphim, 15 February 1892[19]
- Emirate of Bukhara: Order of the Sun of Alexander, 1898
Ancestors
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References
- ISBN 0-11-702247-0, p. 86
- ISBN 0-85021-232-4), pages 134–136
- ^ Pavlovna Romanova, Grand Duchess Maria (1930). The Education of a Princess, A Memoir. Blue Ribbon Books, New York.
- ^ a b Russian Imperial Army - Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich (In Russian)
- ^ Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm IV. ernannte Ritter" p. 20
- ^ Lehmann, Gustaf (1913). Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite 1812–1913 [The Knights of the Order of the Pour le Mérite] (in German). Vol. 2. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn. p. 532.
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" p. 27, 64
- ^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 10
- ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1855), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 11 Archived 2019-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1868), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 50, 54, 60
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1908), "Königliche Orden" p. 8
- ^ Almanacco di corte. 1858. p. 242.
- ^ Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1865/66. Heinrich. 1866. p. 4.
- ^ Staat Oldenburg (1854). Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: für ... 1854. Schulze. p. 27.
- ^ Cibrario, Luigi (1869). Notizia storica del nobilissimo ordine supremo della santissima Annunziata. Sunto degli statuti, catalogo dei cavalieri (in Italian). Eredi Botta. p. 115. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ISBN 978-2-35077-135-9.
- ^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1900) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1900 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1900] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish). 1905. p. 440. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org.