Princess Cäcilie of Baden
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| Princess Cäcilie of Baden | |
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| Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia | |
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| Born | 20 September 1839 Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden |
| Died | 12 April 1891 (aged 51) Kharkov, Russian Empire |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | |
| Full name | |
| Cäcilie Auguste | |
| House | House of Zähringen |
| Father | Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden |
| Mother | Princess Sophie of Sweden |
| Burial | Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox, prev. Lutheran |
Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia (Russian: Ольга Фёдоровна; 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.
Issue[edit]
- Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia 26 April 1859 – 28 January 1919) never married.
- Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (28 July 1860 – 11 March 1922) married Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and had issue.
- [[Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (16 October 1861 – 26 April 1929) married Countess Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg and had issue.
- Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (23 August 1863 – 28 January 1919) married Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark and had issue.
- Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (13 April 1866 – 26 February 1933) married Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia and had issue.
- Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (7 October 1869 – 18 July 1918) never married.
- Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia (28 December 1875 – 2 March 1895) never married.
Titles and styles[edit]
- 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[edit]
Russian Empire Dame of the Order of Saint Catherine.
Categories:
- Articles containing Russian-language text
- 1839 births
- 1891 deaths
- People from Karlsruhe
- People from the Grand Duchy of Baden
- Princesses of Baden
- Grand Duchesses of Russia by marriage
- House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
- House of Zähringen
- Burials at Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
- Dames of the Order of Saint Catherine