Share this postMarya Fyodorovnafootnotesandtangents.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherMarginaliaMarya FyodorovnaDowager EmpressSimon HaisellDec 23, 202313Share this postMarya Fyodorovnafootnotesandtangents.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOther5SharePortrait of Maria Feodorovna by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. Source.(1759 – 1828)Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. Mother to Tsar Alexander I and wife of the late Paul I of Russia.
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It’s so great that you’re including paintings! The one of (the inspiration for) Abbé Moro really helped me get a sense of his character.
The Russian royal family was full of very pretty people, n’est-ce pas?
I’m so glad I read this. I thought she was the WIFE of the tsar