28 August] 1849) was a Russian grand duke, the tenth child and fourth son of Paul I of Russia and his second wife, Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, who took the name Maria Feodorovna.

He was the youngest child and son of Tsar Paul I of Russia and his wife, Maria Feodorovna (born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg).

His godparents were his older brother, Alexander, and his sister, Alexandra, who stood in for their grandmother Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt.

[2](Who died a month later) Mikhail and his youngest siblings were brought up in a strict environment, which corporal punishment played a big part.

Regardless of his personal opinion, he obeyed his mother's wishes and married Charlotte, who took the name Elena Pavlovna,[6] in St. Petersburg, on 19 February 1824.

Mikhail's inattention to his wife, whom he avoided at all costs, shocked even Konstantin, who wrote "The position (of Elena Pavlovna) is insulting to female pride and to the delicacy that is generally characteristic of women.

She wished Mikhail would play a more serious role in state affairs given his position and strong relationships with both Nicholas and Konstantin, but he remained devoted to the army.

Since his birth, the Grand Duke's father Paul I had been setting aside money to fund a palace fit for a son born to a reigning tsar.

Nicholas I wrote: "The imminent arrival of Mikhail Pavlovich, instead of joy, is rather in grief for us, for he returns without finishing his treatment, which he will have to start again, if, as it should be believed, he does not change his way of life and bad habits here."

The following year, his eldest daughter, Maria, died, aged 21, in his arms whilst in Vienna after suffering from ill health her entire life.

Despite his declining health, the Grand Duke insisted on travelling to Warsaw in July 1849 to attend to his guards and grenadier corps.

The body of the Grand Duke was taken by steamer from Stettin to St. Petersburg for his burial at the Peter and Paul Cathedral on 16 September.