Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia

Russian noble

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1860

Place of Birth: Petergof, Russia

Date of Death: 11-Mar-1922

Profession: aristocrat

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: ????????? ??????????; 28 July 1860 – 11 March 1922) was the only daughter and second child 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.