Category:Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
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English: Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (ru:Анастасия Михайловна); July 8 1860 – March 11 1922) was a daughter of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia; she married Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A strong-willed, independent and unconventional woman, her life was no stranger to scandals. She was buried beside her husband in Ludwigslust. Among her direct descendants are Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, head of the house of Hohenzollern. The male line of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin died out in 2001.
[edit] Children
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna and her husband Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin had three children:
- Alexandrine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879–1952) married King Christian X of Denmark and had two sons.
- Friedrich Franz IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882–1945) married Princess Alexandra of Hanover and had five children.
- Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886–1954) married William, German Crown Prince and had six children.
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna also had an illegitimate son with Vladimir Alexandrovich Paltov (1874–1944):
- Alexis Louis-Wenden (1902–76) who married Paulette Seux (1908–75) in 1929 and had 2 daughters.
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