1759 - 1828
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 23,905 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Maria Feodorovna is the 86th most popular companion (up from 88th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Poland 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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Among companions, Maria Feodorovna ranks 86 out of 673. Before her are Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Mordred, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, and Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal. After her are Brigitte Macron, Isabella of Austria, Malhun Hatun, Katharina von Bora, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Isabeau of Bavaria.
1584 - 1611
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 80
1783 - 1837
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 81
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 82
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 83
1807 - 1876
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 84
1507 - 1578
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 85
1759 - 1828
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 86
1953 - Present
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 87
1501 - 1526
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 88
1350 - 1324
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 89
1498 - 1552
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 90
1776 - 1810
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 91
1370 - 1435
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 92
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 Wilberforce, William Pitt the Younger, Clotilde of France, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, and Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony. 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, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Franz Joseph Gall, Carl Peter Thunberg, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Kobayashi Issa, and Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
1759 - 1805
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 1
1759 - 1794
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 2
1759 - 1820
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 3
1759 - 1797
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 4
1759 - 1828
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 5
1759 - 1796
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 6
1759 - 1824
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 7
1759 - 1833
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 8
1759 - 1806
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 9
1759 - 1802
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 10
1759 - 1818
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 11
1759 - 1838
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 12
1797 - 1828
HPI: 85.86
Rank: 1
1746 - 1828
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 2
1787 - 1828
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 3
1759 - 1828
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 4
1793 - 1828
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 5
1792 - 1828
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 6
1741 - 1828
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 7
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 8
1743 - 1828
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 9
1752 - 1828
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 10
1763 - 1828
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 11
1757 - 1828
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 12
Among people born in Poland, Maria Feodorovna ranks 73 out of 1,454. Before her are Werner von Blomberg (1878), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Emanuel Lasker (1868), Gustav Fechner (1801), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), and Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427). After her are Norbert Elias (1897), Walther Nernst (1864), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Pola Negri (1897), Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895), and Anna Jagiellon (1523).
1878 - 1946
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 67
1906 - 1945
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 68
1868 - 1941
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 69
1801 - 1887
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 70
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 71
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 72
1759 - 1828
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 73
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 74
1864 - 1941
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 75
1609 - 1672
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 76
1897 - 1987
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 77
1895 - 1945
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 78
1523 - 1596
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 79
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).
1703 - 1768
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 1
1759 - 1828
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 2
1680 - 1747
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 3
1498 - 1568
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 4
1702 - 1735
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 5
1464 - 1512
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6