Olga Feodorovna of Baden

Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia (20 September 1839 – 12 April 1891), born Princess Cäcilie of Baden, was the youngest daughter of Grand Duke Leopold of Baden and Sophie Wilhelmine of Sweden.

She received a strict education at the court of Baden in Karlsruhe, becoming a cultured woman. On 28 August 1857, she married Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich of Russia, the youngest son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. Upon her marriage, she converted to the Russian Orthodox faith and took the name Olga Feodorovna with the title of Grand Duchess of Russia. Unusually among the Romanovs of her generation, her marriage was a long and happy union. The couple remained devoted to each other. She raised their seven children with an iron hand. Between 1862 and 1882, she lived with her husband and their children in the Caucasus in a palace in Tiflis. She was a strong supporter of her husband's governmental activities as a viceroy of the region and she took an interest in charities, particularly in the field of female education. In 1882, the family moved back to the Imperial court in St Petersburg to a large palace on the bank of the Neva river. With a strong personality and a sharp tongue, Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna was not a popular member of the Romanov family. She spent the last years of her life traveling frequently, trying to find relief for her failing health. She died of a heart attack while traveling by train to Crimea.

Issue

 * 1) Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (26 April 1859 -28 January 1919) never married.
 * 2) Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (28 July 1860 - 	11 March 1922) married Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and had issue.
 * 3) Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (16 October 1861	26 April 1929) married Countess Sophie of Merenberg and had issue.
 * 4) Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (23 August 1863 – 28 January 1919) married Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark and had issue.
 * 5) Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (7 October 1869 – 18 July 1918) never married.
 * 6) Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia (28 December 1875 – 2 March 1895) never married.

Titles and styles

 * 20 September 1839 28 August 1857 Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Cäcilie of Baden.
 * 28 August 1857 - 12 April 1891 Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia.

Honours

 * Dame of the [[Order of Saint Catherine.