Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia

Maria Mikhailovna

Maria Mikhailovna of Russia by K.F. Sohn, completed a year after her death

Born| (1825-03-09)9 March 1825
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died| 19 November 1846(1846-11-19) (aged 21)
Vienna, Austria
House| Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father| Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
Mother| Princess Charlotte of Württemberg

Russian grand duchess (1825-1846)

Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Мария Михайловна) (9 March 1825 – 19 November 1846) was the firstborn child and first daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, the youngest son of Emperor Paul I of Russia, and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, the eldest daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg, who took the name Elena Pavlovna upon converting to Russian Orthodoxy. Maria died, unmarried and without issue, at the age of 21 in Vienna.

## Biography

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Maria with her younger sister, Ekaterina

She was the first child of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg. Her upbringing and education received increased attention and influence from her mother. Grand Duke Michael very much wanted a son, from which he could raise a soldier. But in his only surviving children were girls, whose upbringing he left up to his wife. However, Michael Pavlovich could not deny himself the pleasure of introducing one of his military items into their program, arguing that each of his daughters was (like his mother) the chief of any cavalry regiment. Michael introduced his daughters to the cavalry and infantry signals on the bugle and drum.

Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna in the 1840s

In 1835 a children's magazine was published under the title Children's Library, dedicated to Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna (publisher AN Ochkin).

## Death

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Maria was known for her fragile health. The first signs of disease appeared on the eve of her twentieth birthday. The Grand Duchess died suddenly at the age of 21 on 19 November 1846 in Vienna in her father's arms. She is buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral.

In memory of her and her sister, Elizaveta Mikhailovna, who died during childbirth in January 1845, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna organized the shelters of Elizabeth and Maria in St. Petersburg and Pavlovsk.

## Honours

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* Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Saint Catherine (1783)

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia

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| 4\. Paul I of Russia|

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| 9\. Catherine II of Russia

| 2\. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia|

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| 10\. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

| 5\. Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg|

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| 11\. Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt

| 1\. Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia|
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| 12\. Frederick I of Württemberg

| 6\. Prince Paul of Württemberg|

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| 13\. Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

| 3\. Princess Charlotte of Württemberg|

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| 14\. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

| 7\. Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen|

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| 15\. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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## References

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* Maria Mikhaylovna and her portrait
* Portrait in the. book. Maria Mikhailovna

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Grand Duchesses of Russia

1st generation|

* Anna Petrovna, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp
* Empress Elizabeth
* Grand Duchess Natalia Petrovna
* Empress Anna

2nd generation|

* Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeevna

4th generation|

* Archduchess Alexandra Pavlovna, Palatina of Hungary
* Elena Pavlovna, Hereditary Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
* Catherine Pavlovna, Queen of Württemberg
* Grand Duchess Olga Pavlovna
* Anna Pavlovna, Queen of the Netherlands

5th generation|

* Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexandrovna
* Maria Nikolaevna, Duchess of Leuchtenberg
* Olga Nikolaevna, Queen of Württemberg
* Alexandra Nikolaevna, Princess Frederick William of Hesse-Cassel
* Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna
* Elizabeth Mikhailovna, Duchess of Nassau
* Catherine Mikhailovna, Duchess George Augustus of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

6th generation|

* Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna
* Maria Alexandrovna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Olga Konstantinovna, Queen of the Hellenes
* Vera Konstantinovna, Duchess Eugen of Württemberg
* Anastasia Mikhailovna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

7th generation|

* Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna
* Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, Mrs. Nikolai Kulikovsky
* Elena Vladimirovna, Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
* Maria Pavlovna, Princess Sergei Mikhailovich Putiatin

8th generation|

* Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna
* Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna
* Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna
* Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna
* Maria Kirillovna, Princess of Leiningen*
* Kira Kirillovna, Princess of Prussia*

9th generation|

* Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna**

* * title granted by Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich
* ** title granted by Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovich

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Poland

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