Olga Feodorovna of Baden

For other people of the same name, see Grand Duchess Olga of Russia.

Princess Cecilie
Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia
Spouse	Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich
Issue
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Anastasia Mikhailovna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich
House	House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov House of Zähringen
Father	Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden
Mother	Sophie of Sweden
Born	30 September 1839(1839-09-30) Karlsruhe
Died	12 April 1891(1891-04-12) (aged 51) Kharkov, Russia
Religion	Lutheran upon marriage Eastern Orthodox

Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia (Karlsruhe, 20 September 1839 – Kharkov, Russian Empire 12 April 1891), was the wife of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaievich of Russia, the youngest son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. She was born as Cecilie Auguste, Princess and Margravine of Baden (German: Cäcilie Olga Prinzessin von Baden), the youngest daughter of Grand Duke Leopold of Baden and Sophie Wilhelmine of Sweden. Cecilie took the name Olga Feodorovna following her conversion to the Orthodox faith.^[1]

Biography

Marriage and issue

She married Mikhail in 28 August 1857 at the Chapel of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.^[1] Together they had 7 children:

1. Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859 – 1919)^[1]
2. Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860 – 1922)^[1]
3. Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861 – 1929)^[1]
4. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863 – 1919)^[1]
5. Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) (1866 – 1933)^[1]
6. Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (1869 – 1918)^[1]
7. Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia (1875 – 1895)^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 320.

Ancestry

Persondata
Name	Olga Feodorovna Of Baden
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	30 September 1839
Place of birth	Karlsruhe
Date of death	12 April 1891
Place of death	Kharkov, Russia