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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.
Countess Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg, Countess de Torby (1 June 1868 – 14 September 1927), was the elder daughter of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau and his morganatic wife, Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina (who had been granted the title of Countess of Merenberg).
23 gen 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.
As his wife could not be granted the title of Grand Duchess, her uncle, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, made her Countess de Torby, with a special remainder to her children and grandchildren in the male line.
Count Michael Mikhailovich de Torby (Q4156250) From Wikidata. Jump to navigation Jump to search. British painter (1898-1959) Mikhail Mikhailovich de Torbay, Count de ...
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 Countess ...
