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Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna was the first child and first daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna. She was born in Moscow on 9 March 1825. She died in Vienna on ...
Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mikhailovna was the second child and second daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna. She was born in the Moscow Kremlin on 26 May 1826 and na...
Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna was the third child and third daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna. She was born in St Petersburg on 28 August 1827. She marri...
Princess Friederike Charlotte Marie of Württemberg was born in Stuttgart in 1807. She received a brilliant education in Paris, studying at an exclusive school founded by Madame Campan, a former lady-...
When Peter the Great was sixteen, his mother married him to the nineteen-year-old daughter of Illarion Lopukhin on 27 January 1689. Although her name was actually Praskovia Illarionovna, Peter’s moth...
Tsarevich Vasily Mikhailovich was the tenth child and third son of Michael Romanov and Eudoxia Streshneva. He was born and died in Moscow on 25 March 1639. Buried in the Archangel Cathedral.
Tsarevna Sophia Mikhailovna II was the ninth child and seventh daughter of Michael Romanov and Eudoxia Streshneva. She was born in Moscow on 5 September 1634. Died in Moscow on 23 June 1636 and burie...
Tsarevna Tatyana Mikhailovna was the eighth child and sixth daughter of Michael Romanov and Eudoxia Streshneva. She was born in Moscow on 5 January 1636. Acted as godmother to Tsarevna Martha Alexeye...
Tsarevna Sophia Mikhailovna I was the seventh child and fifth daughter of Michael Romanov and Eudoxia Streshneva. She was born in Moscow on 5 September 1634. Died in Moscow on 23 June 1636 and buried...
Tsarevich Ivan Mikhailovich was the sixth child and second son of Michael Romanov and Eudoxia Streshneva. He was born in Moscow on 1 June 1633. Died in Moscow on 10 January 1639 and buried in the Arc...