Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia

Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Великая Княжна Екатерина Михайловна) (28 August 1827 – 12 May 1894), was the third of five daughters of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (youngest son of Emperor Paul I) and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (known as Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna after marriage). She was also the wife of Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna
Duchess Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna, 1850, by Carl Timoleon von Neff
Born(1827-08-28)28 August 1827
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died12 May 1894(1894-05-12) (aged 66)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Spouse
(m. 1851; died 1876)
IssueDuke Nikolaus
Helene, Princess Albert of Saxe-Altenburg
Duke Georg Alexander
Duchess Maria-Frederica
Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
HouseHolstein-Gottorp-Romanov
FatherGrand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
MotherPrincess Charlotte of Württemberg
ReligionRussian Orthodox

She was a great philanthropist and many of the organisations she supported and helped to create still operate today.

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