Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia

Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna
Duchess Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna, 1850, by Carl Timoleon von Neff
Born	(1827-08-28)28 August 1827 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	12 May 1894(1894-05-12) (aged 66) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Spouse	Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ​ ​ (m. 1851; died 1876)​
Issue	Duke Nikolaus Helene, Princess Albert of Saxe-Altenburg Duke Georg Alexander Duchess Maria-Frederica Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
House	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
Mother	Princess Charlotte of Württemberg
Religion	Russian Orthodox

Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Великая Княжна Екатерина Михайловна) (28 August 1827 – 12 May 1894), was the third of five daughters of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (youngest son of Emperor Paul I) and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (known as Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna after marriage). She was also the wife of Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

She was a great philanthropist and many of the organisations she supported and helped to create still operate today.^[1]