Olga Feodorovna of Baden

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Olga Feodorovna painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The original portrait might have been destroyed during World War II.
Olga Feodorovna painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The original portrait might have been destroyed during World War II.

Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia (Karlsruhe, 20 September 1839 - Kharkiv, Ukraine 12 April 1891), was the wife of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaievich of Russia, the youngest son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. She was born as Cecilie Auguste, Princess and Margravine of Baden, the youngest daughter of Grand Duke Leopold of Baden and Sophie Wilhelmine of Sweden. Cecilie took the name Olga Feodorovna following her conversion to the Orthodox faith.

She married Mikhail in 28 August 1857 at the Chapel of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Together they had 7 children:

  1. Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859-1919)
  2. Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860-1922)
  3. Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861-1929)
  4. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863-1919)
  5. Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) (1866-1933)
  6. Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (1869-1918)
  7. Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia (1875-1895)