Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
| Anastasia Mikhailovna | |
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| Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
| Tenure | 15 April 1883 – 10 April 1897 |
| Born |
28 July 1860 Peterhof Palace, Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 11 March 1922 (aged 61) Èze, France |
| Spouse | Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Issue |
Alexandrine, Queen of Denmark and Iceland Frederick Francis IV Cecilie, German Crown Princess |
| House | Romanov |
| Father | Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia |
| Mother | Olga Feodorovna (Princess Cäcilie of Baden) |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox |
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Анастасия Михайловна; 28 July 1860 – 11 March 1922) was a daughter of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and a granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.
She was raised in the Caucasus, where she lived between 1862 and 1878 with her family. In 1879 she married Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who in 1883 became the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The couple had three children, but her husband was plagued by ill health and they spent most of the year living abroad. The Grand Duchess never became used to her new country where she was unpopular. After the death of her husband in 1897, her visits to Schwerin were sparse.
A strong-willed, independent and unconventional woman, she caused a royal scandal when in 1902 she had a child fathered by her personal secretary. In her widowhood, she lived most of the year in the South of France. During World War I, she decided to settle in neutral Switzerland, living in Lausanne. She died after a stroke a few years later.
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna was born at the Peterhof Palace on 28 July [O.S. 12 July] 1860, the second of the seven children of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and his wife, Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (born Princess Cecilie of Baden). She was only two years-old when her father was appointed Viceroy of the Caucasus in December 1862 and the family moved to Georgia. Anastasia Mikhailovna grew up in her father's palace in Tiflis amidst the wild and austere atmosphere of the Caucasus. The family lived in a huge palace and also owned a rural estate near Borjomi, a summer residence, the , near Saint Petersburg, and a residence on the Black Sea.
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