Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg

Born Sophie Dorothea Auguste Louise Duchess of Württemberg, assumed the name  Maria Fyodorovna upon her marriage

Daughter of Friedrich Eugen Duke of Württemberg (1732-1797) and Friederike Dorothea Princess of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736-1798)

Born: Stettin, Pomerania (now Szczecin, Poland) 25. Oct 1759

Married: Saint Petersburg 7. Oct 1776 Pavel Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (later Emperor Pavel I) (1754-1801, murdered), son of Pyotr III Fyodorovich, Emperor of All the Russians (1728-1762, murdered) and Sophia Auguste Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst (Yekatarina II Alekseyevna, Empress of All the Russians) (1729-1796)

Issue:

Died: Pavlovsk Palace 11. Mar 1801

Buried: St Peter and St Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg

Detlev Schwennicke “Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge” Vol II; Vittorio Klostermann, 2005; www.ru.wikipedia.org