Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (October 4, 1861 - April 26, 1929) was the third child of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and his wige Olga Fedorovna (born Princess Cecilie of Baden). He attracted the displeasure of the Tsar by marrying beneath. October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia (October 13, 1832 - December 18, 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. ...

On February 26, 1891 he married, morganatically, Countess Sophia of Merenberg. She was created Countess de Torby and they had the following children: A morganatic marriage is a type of marriage which can be contracted in certain countries, usually between persons of unequal social rank (unebenbürtig in German), which prevents the passage of the husbands titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage. ...

1. [[Anastasia de Torby| Anastasia de TorbyCountess Anastasia de Torby (Lady Zia) (1892-1977) (married Sir Harold Augustus Wernher)
2. Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby (1896-1963) (married George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
3. Michael Count de Torby

Because of his morganatic marriage he was banished by Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, and he and his family lived in England. Thus he was neither in Russia nor serving with its armed forces in 1917, thereby surviving the Russian Revolution. Excerpts of Michael's French correspondence with the Emperor during his exile have been published. Countess Anastasia de Torby (September 9, 1892 - December 7, 1977) was the elder daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Romanov and his morganatic wife Countess Sophia von Merenberg, later created Countess de Torby in Luxembourg, herself related to the Luxembourg grand ducal house and descended from the Russian poet Alexander... Maj. ... The title of Marquess of Milford Haven was created in 1917 for Prince Louis of Battenberg, the former First Sea Lord, and a relation to the British Royal family, who became Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven. ... A morganatic marriage is a type of marriage which can be contracted in certain countries, usually between persons of unequal social rank (unebenbürtig in German), which prevents the passage of the husbands titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage. ... Nicholas II of Russia (May 18, 1868—July 17, 1918)[1] (Russian: , Nikolay II) was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland,[2] and Grand Duke of Finland. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the system of autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal Provisional Government (Duma), resulting in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ...