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Maria Feodorovna

1759 - 1828

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Maria Feodorovna (Russian: Мария Фёдоровна; née Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg; 25 October 1759 – 5 November 1828 [OS 24 October]) became Empress of Russia as the second wife of Emperor Paul I. She founded the Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria. Daughter of Duke Frederick Eugene of Württemberg and Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Sophie Dorothea belonged to a junior branch of the House of Württemberg and grew up in Montbéliard, receiving an excellent education for her time. After Grand Duke Paul (the future Paul I of Russia) became a widower in 1776, King Frederick II of Prussia (Sophie Dorothea's maternal great-uncle) and Empress Catherine II of Russia chose Sophie Dorothea as the ideal candidate to become Paul's second wife. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Feodorovna has received more than 26,404 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Feodorovna is the 123rd most popular companion (down from 86th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Poland (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Companion.

Maria Feodorovna was the first wife of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the mother of Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia.

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  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among companions, Maria Feodorovna ranks 123 out of 784. Before her are Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Sophia of Nassau, Julie Clary, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Carlota of Mexico. After her are Marie of Anjou, Berengaria of Navarre, Mordred, Mumtaz Mahal, Emma of Normandy, and Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Maria Feodorovna ranks 5. Before her are Friedrich Schiller, Georges Danton, Joseph Fouché, and Mary Wollstonecraft. After her are Robert Burns, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, William Pitt the Younger, William Wilberforce, Clotilde of France, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, and Maria Theresia von Paradis. Among people deceased in 1828, Maria Feodorovna ranks 4. Before her are Franz Schubert, Francisco Goya, and Shaka. After her are Victor of Aveyron, Alexander Ypsilantis, Franz Joseph Gall, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Kobayashi Issa, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Karl Mack von Leiberich, and Carl Peter Thunberg.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Maria Feodorovna ranks 105 out of 1,694. Before her are Dziga Vertov (1896), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Ulrich Beck (1944), Pola Negri (1897), Jan Matejko (1838), and Mieszko I of Poland (940). After her are Leopold Kronecker (1823), Hanna Reitsch (1912), Zdzisław Beksiński (1929), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), and Fred Zinnemann (1907).

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Among COMPANIONS In Poland

Among companions born in Poland, Maria Feodorovna ranks 2. Before her are Marie Leszczyńska (1703). After her are Catherine Opalińska (1680), Sophie of Pomerania (1498), Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702), and Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1464).

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