Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia was the fourth son and seventh child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. He was the first owner of the New Michael Palace on the Palace Quay in Saint Petersburg.
Marriage and issue
On 16 August 1857, he married Princess Cecilie of Baden, daughter of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden and Sophie of Sweden. Cecily adopted the name Olga Fedorovna, and had the following children with him:| Name | Birth | Death | Spouse and children | |
| Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, | 26 April 1859 | 28 January 1919 | Unmarried. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution; no issue | |
| Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia | 28 July 1860 | 11 March 1922 | Married 1879, Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ; 1 son, 2 daughters. | |
| Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia | 16 October 1861 | 26 April 1929 | Married 1891, Sophie of Merenberg ; 1 son, 2 daughters. | |
| Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia | 23 August 1863 | 28 January 1919 | Married 1900, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark ; 2 daughters. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution | |
| Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia | 13 April 1866 | 26 February 1933 | Married 1894, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia ; 1 daughter, 6 sons. | |
| Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia | 7 October 1869 | 18 July 1918 | Unmarried. He was killed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution; no issue | |
| Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia | 28 December 1875 | 2 March 1895 | Unmarried; no issue |
He served 20 years as the Governor General of Caucasia, being seated in Tbilisi, the town which most of his children remembered as the home of their childhood. In the course of his life, four members of his family ruled as Emperors of Russia: his father, Nicholas I; his brother, Alexander II; his nephew, Alexander III; as well as his grand-nephew, Nicholas II, whose second daughter, Grand Duchess Tatiana, the Grand Duke was godfather to. He died in Cannes, France, on 18 December 1909. He was the last surviving legitimate grandchild of Paul I of Russia.
Honours
;National orders and decorations- 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