Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia

For the German businessman, see Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia (born 1943).

Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich
Portrait by George Dawe
Born	(1798-02-08)8 February 1798 St. Petersburg
Died	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 nobleman, 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

Family 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