Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia | |
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Grand Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
Tenure | 15 April 1883 – 10 April 1897 |
Born | Peterhof Palace, Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Empire of Russia | 28 July 1860
Died | 11 March 1922 Èze, French Third Republic | (aged 61)
Spouse | |
Issue | Alexandrine, Queen of Denmark Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Cecilie, German Crown Princess Alexis Louis de Wenden |
House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia |
Mother | Princess Cecilie of Baden |
Religion | Russian Orthodox |
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Анастасия Михайловна; 28 July 1860 – 11 March 1922) was the only daughter and second child of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and a granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.
Biography[]
She was raised in the Caucasus, where she lived between 1862 and 1878 with her family. In 1879 she married Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who in 1883 became the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The couple had three children, but her husband was plagued by ill health and they spent most of the year living abroad. The Grand Duchess never became used to her new country where she was unpopular. After the death of her husband in 1897, her visits to Schwerin were sparse.
A strong-willed, independent and unconventional woman, she caused a royal scandal when in 1902 she had a child fathered by her personal secretary. In her widowhood, she lived most of the year in the South of France. During World War I, she decided to settle in neutral Switzerland, living in Lausanne. She died following a stroke a few years later.
Issue[]
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna and her husband, Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, had three children:
- Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (24 December 1879 – 28 December 1952) she married King Christian X of Denmark on 26 April 1898. They had two sons.
- Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (9 April 1882 – 17 November 1945) he married Princess Alexandra of Hanover on 7 June 1904. They had five children.
- Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (20 September 1886 – 6 May 1954) she married Wilhelm, German Crown Prince on 6 June 1905. They have had six children.
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna also had an illegitimate son with Vladimir Alexandrovich Paltov (1874 – 1944):
- Count Alexis Louis de Wenden (23 December 1902 – 7 July 1976) he married Paulette Seux in 25 January 1929. They had two daughters:
- Xénia Anastasie Germaine Louis de Wenden (1930) she married Alain Brulé.
- Anastasie Alexandrine Paule Louis de Wenden (1935 – 1995)
Ancestry[]
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Bibliography[]
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