Anna Pavlovna was born in 1795 at Gatchina Palace, the eighth child and sixth daughter of Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna (born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), and thus was Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia.Her father became emperor in 1796, and was deposed and killed in 1801, when she was six years old. Anna Pavlovna's …

Early life. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Romanova of Russia was born on 16 February 1786 in Saint Petersburg as the fifth child and third daughter of Tsesarevich Paul Petrovich of Russia and his second wife, Tsesarevna Maria Feodorovna (1754–1801), born Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759–1828). She was named after her mother. Maria Pavlovna spent her …

Famiglia d'origine. Anna Pavlovna era l'ottava figlia dello zar Paolo I (1754–1801) e della zarina Marija Fëdorovna nata Sofia Dorotea di Württemberg (1759–1828).Era nipote dell'imperatrice Caterina II la grande ed era sorella dei futuri zar Alessandro I e Nicola I di Russia. Matrimonio. In un momento di pace tra Russia e Francia, Napoleone Bonaparte, perduta la possibilità di …