09/26/1776 AD married
Soon after arriving at St Petersburg, she converted to the Russian Orthodox Church, took the name "Maria Feodorovna," and was granted the title Grand Duchess of Russia, with the style Imperial Highness.
Whaen Paul had become a widower earlier that year, Frederick II of Prussia proposed his grandniece as the ideal candidate to be Paul's second wife. Russian Empress, Catherine II, was delighted with the idea: The Princess of Württemberg shared with her not only a similar education, but also the same original name and place of birth.
By early fall, Sophie had fallen in love with her future husband.
"I cannot go to bed, my dear and adored Prince, without telling you once again that I love and adore you madly," she wrote to Paul.
Lattitude: 59.9343° N
Longitude: 30.3351° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc
Modern Day Russia
Subjects Who or What married?
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Paul I of Russia ( Па́вел I Петро́вич) Emperor of All Rus...
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Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) Empress consort of...
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