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Count Michael Mikhailovich de Torby (8 October 1898 in Wiesbaden – 25 April 1959 in London) was the son of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861–1929) and his morganatic wife Countess Sophie of Merenberg (1868–1927). The great-grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and Alexander Pushkin. Biography
The grand duke's son, Michael, Count de Torby (known familially as Boy Torby), lost his employment and came to live with them, but the relationship was difficult, not least because Boy suffered a recurring form of depression.
23. Jan. 2022 · 1891 February 26, Michael Mikhailovich and Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg married morganatically, to the extreme disapproval of his family in Russia. [1] 1891 , Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg was created Countess Torby by her uncle, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
Count Michael Mikhailovich de Torby (1898 – 1959) Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich (right) with his children (from left to right), Nadejda, Michael, and Anastasia These Romanov morganatic wives and children from morganatic marriages managed to escape:
KÜNSTLER: Count Michael Mikhailovich de Torby TITEL: Ältere Frauenporträt TECHNIK: Aquarell und Akryl JAHR: 1923 DARSTELLUNG: Halbfigur, Bildnis einer älter
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich (1861-1929) ∞ Countess Sophie of Merenberg (1868-1927) cr Countess de Torby Countess Anastasia de Torby (1892-1977) ∞ Sir Harold Augustus Wernher (1893-1973) Countess Nadejda de Torby (1896-1963) ∞ George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1892-1938)
Description. Portrait of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and his wife Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby at the Devonshire House Ball; the pair standing in full-length and frontal view; at left, the Grand Duke dressed in a Renaissance costume with slashes and a ruff, holding a feather-trimmed hat in his right hand; at right, the ...
