Saturday 9 June 2018

36) Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (1826 – 1845). Second child and daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg who took the name Elena Pavlovna upon her conversion to the Orthodox faith. Through her father, Elizabeth was a granddaughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia, and a niece of both Russian emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I.

- "Elisabeth's outer appearance was described as very healthy, with a round face and a small mouth, dark red hair but blond eyelashes." http://www.luxarazzi.com/2013/08/luxarazzi-101-russian-orthodox-church.html

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