Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia

Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna
Duchess George Augustus of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna, 1850, by Timofei Neff
Born	(1827-08-28)28 August 1827 St. Petersburg
Died	12 May 1894(1894-05-12) (aged 66) St. Petersburg
Spouse	Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Issue	Duke Nikolaus Helene, Princess Albert of Saxe-Altenburg Duke Georg Alexander Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg
House	House of Mecklenburg House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
Mother	Princess Charlotte of Württemberg

Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (Ekaterina Mikhailovna Romanova), (Russian: Екатерина Михайловна) (28 August 1827 – 12 May 1894), was the third of five daughters of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, youngest son of Tsar Paul I, and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg.

Biography

She was born in St. Petersburg. She had two elder sisters, Grand Duchess Maria and Grand Duchess Yelizaveta, called "Lili". Two more sisters were born after her, Alexandra and Anna, who both died young.

Marriage and issue

On 16 February 1851 in St. Petersburg, Catherine married Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824–76), second son of Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779–1860) and Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1796–1880). They had four children:

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Duke Nikolaus	11 July 1854	11 July 1854
Duchess Helene	16 January 1857	28 August 1936	married Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg; no issue
Duke Georg Alexander	6 June 1859	5 December 1909	married (morganatically) Natalia Vanljarskaya. Father of Duke Georg of Mecklenburg, Count of Carlow and great-grandfather of Duke Georg Borwin of Mecklenburg, current head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Duke Karl Michael	17 June 1863	6 December 1934	renounced his succession rights in 1918

She died in St. Petersburg, aged 66.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia

16. Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

8. Peter III of Russia

17. Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia

4. Paul I of Russia

18. Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

9. Catherine II of Russia

19. Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp

2. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia

20. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

10. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

21. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis

5. Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg)

22. Friedrich Wilhelm, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

11. Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt

23. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia

1. Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia

24. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (=10)

12. Frederick I of Württemberg

25. Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (=11)

6. Prince Paul of Württemberg

26. Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick

13. Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

27. Princess Augusta of Great Britain

3. Princess Charlotte of Württemberg

28. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

14. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

29. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar

7. Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen

30. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

15. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

31. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

External links

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Grand Duchesses of Russia

1st generation	Anna Petrovna, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp Elizabeth Grand Duchess Maria Petrovna Grand Duchess Margarita Petrovna Grand Duchess Natalia Petrovna Anna

2nd generation	Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeevna

3rd generation	Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna

4th generation	Alexandra Pavlovna, Archduchess Joseph of Austria Elena Pavlovna, Hereditary Grand Duchess 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 Maria Alexandrovna Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexandrovna Maria Nikolaevna, Duchess of Leuchtenberg Olga Nikolaevna, Queen of Württemberg Alexandra Nikolaevna, Princess Frederick William of Hesse-Cassel Grand Duchess Elizabeth Nikolaevna Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna Elizabeth Mikhailovna, Duchess of Nassau Catherine Mikhailovna, Duchess George Augustus of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Grand Duchess Alexandra Mikhailovna Grand Duchess Anna Mikhailovna

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 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

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