Maria Vladimirovna of Staritsa^[1][2] (c. 1560 in Staritsa – 1612, 1614, or 1617) was a Russian princess. She was the daughter of Prince Vladimir of Staritsa and his wife, Princess Eudoxia Romanovna Odoevskaya, and, through her father, descended from Sophia Palaiologina.

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Maria Vladimirovna of Staritsa
Queen of Livonia
Born	c. 1560 Staritsa
Died	13 May 1610
Burial	Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
Spouse	Magnus, Duke of Holstein
Issue	Maria of Oldenburg Eudoxia of Oldenburg
House	Daniilovichi
Father	Vladimir Andreyevich of Staritsa
Mother	Eudoxia Romanovna Odoevskaya
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy

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On 12 April 1574, in Novgorod, she married Magnus of Livonia. They had two children:

1. Maria of Oldenburg (July 1580 – 1597).
2. Eudoxia of Oldenburg (January 1581 – 18 March 1589).

Upon her husband's death, Jerome Horsey escorted Maria from the Bishopric of Courland to the court of Boris Godunov. Although Horsey proposed to marry her, Godunov was anxious to get rid of a potential claimant to the throne. As a result, Maria was forced to take the veil and entered a convent adjacent to the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra.

In 1609, she entered into correspondence with her false cousin, False Dmitry II, who had proclaimed himself Tsar. Her subsequent fate is not documented.