Chapter 15
Volume II

Essentials

Born: at Oranienbaum, near Peterhof, Russia on June 17th,1863 n.st.
Religion: Lutheran.
Christened:
Godparents:
Name day:
Nickname: Esi
Parents: Duke Georg of Mecklenburg and Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia.
Marriage: Unmarried.
Died: At Remplin, Mecklenburg, Germany on December 16th, 1934.
Buried: ?
Relationship with Author: Second Cousin of Grandfather.
Principal residence in Russia: Fontanka 34
Memoirs ?
Diaries ?
Biography ?
Present Episodic Biography: 13961 words, including a summary of the Guards attack in the Stokhod river area and with 16 illustrations and maps:
n°1 - Duke and brother George at the time of the 1896 Coronation.
n°2 - Duke and brother with Tsar and group of grand dukes.
n°3 - Duke. 1903 Costume Ball.
n°4 - General Brussilov.
n°5 - Duke, Wartime, raincoat on shoulders.
n°6 - Duke. Wartime as AdC General in group.
n°7 - General Bezobrazov.
n°8 - Brussilov June 1916 offensive - Map n°1.
n°9 - General von Lissingen.
n°10 - Brussilov July 1916 offensive - Map n°2.
n°11 - River Stokhod and riverbanks with reeds.
n°12 - Guards Army on Stokhod - Map n°3.
n°13 - Guards Army on Stokhod - Map n°4.
n°14 - The Duke, bowler hat and cane.
n°15 - The Duke Bowler hat and cane. Signed.
n°16 - The Duke sitting, homburg hat and cane.

Immediate Ancestors of Mikhail Georgievich:
1 Mikhail Georgievich
1st Generation.
2 Duke Georg of Mecklenburg (1824-1876)
3 Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (1827-1894)
2nd Generation.
4 Duke Georg of Mecklenburg (1779-1860)
5 Princess Marie of Hessen (1796-1880)
6 Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia
7 Grand Duchess Helen Pavlovna of Russia (Princess Charlotte of Württemberg
(1807-1873)
3rd Generation.
8 Grand Duke Karl II of Mecklenburg, Prince of Wenden.... (1741-1816)
9 Landgravine Friederike of Hessen (1752-1782)
10 Landgrave Friedrich of Hessen-Kassel (1747-1837)
11 Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen (1762-1823)
12 Emperor Paul I Petrovich of Russia (1754 - 1801)
13 Empress Marie Feodorovna ( Princess Sophie-Dorothée of Württemberg )
(1759 - 1828)
14 Prince Paul of Württemberg (1785-1852)
15 Princess Charlotte of Sachsen-Altenburg (1787-1847)
4th Generation.
16 Duke Karl of Mecklenburg (1708-1752)
17 Princess Albertine of Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1713-1761)
18 Landgrave Georg-Wilhelm of Hessen-Darmstadt (1723-1782)
19 Countess Louise of Leiningen-Dachsburg, heiress of Broich (1729-1818)
20 Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Kassel (1720-1785)
21 Princess Marie of Great Britain (1723-1772)
22 Prince Karl-Wilhelm of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1735-1803)
23 Countess Caroline-Felizitas of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg (1734-
1810)
24 Emperor Peter III of Russia (1728 - 1762)
25 Empress Catherine II 'The Great' of Russia ( Princess Sophie of Anhalt-
Zerbst ) (1729 - 1796)
26 Duke Friedrich-Eugen of Württemberg (1732-1797)
27 Markgravine Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736-1798)
28 Elector and Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, later King Friedrich of
Württemberg (1754-1816)
29 Duchess Auguste of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1764-1788)
30 Duke Friedrich of Sachsen-Altenburg (1763-1834)
31 Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg (1769-1818)

Close relatives of suitable age (+/- 5 years ).
Brother:
Duke Georg-Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz +4
First Cousins in Russia and Abroad:
None
Second Cousins in Russia:
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich +5
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich + 4
Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich +3
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich +3
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna +3
Countess Marie Grigorievna Stroganov +2
Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich +2
Grand Duke Wyacheslav Constantinovich +1
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich =
Grand Duke Peter Nicolaevich -2
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich -3
Second Cousins abroad.
Princess Elizabeth of Hessen +2
Prince Alexander-Friedrich of Hessen =
Landgrave Friedrich-Karl of Hessen -5

Despite his German origin, Duke Mikhail Georgievich had mostly Russian second cousins and only a handful of German second cousins.

1
Early Years

After Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna, died in 1846 in Vienna, her sister Catherine, the only surviving child of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich and of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna became their nineteen year old daughter Catherine.
Grand Duke Mikhail did not live to see his daughter marry Duke George of Mecklenburg and died at Warsaw on September 9th, 1848 n.st.
When Grand Duchess Catherine became engaged to marry a Duke of Mecklenburg, it was decided that also these descendants of Emperor Paul should be brought up as thoroughly Russian princes, and with the Leuchtenbergs already firmly established in Russia, form a kind of princely halo to the main Romanov line.
The marriage of Grand Duchess Catherine, not yet 24, with Duke Georg of Mecklenburg. who was 27 at the time, was celebrated in St.Petersburg on February 16th, 1851 n.st.
For a minor German princeling, to serve in the Russian armed forces was a golden opportunity for a military career which could promise quick advancement, which George of Mecklenburg seized immediately. After the the death of Emperor Nicholas I and the end of the Crimean war his first child, Helen was born at St.Petersburg on January 16th, 1857 n.st. Two years later on June 6th, 1859 n.st., was born at Remplin, Germany, Duke Georg-Alexander, followed by Duchess Marie-Friederike who was born and died in her infancy in 1861.
1863
Duke Mikhail Georgievich, the subject of this Episodic Biography was born on June 17th, 1863 at Oranienbaum, the splendid out of town palace beyond Peterhof. ( HP )
Eight days after his birth .....................................................................

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The Bibliography and Iconography will be found at the end of the Episodic Biography

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