Marya_Yakovlevna_Stroganova

Marya Yakovlevna Stroganova

Marya Yakovlevna Stroganova

Russian courtier


Marya Yakovlevna Stroganova (1678–1734), was a Russian courtier.[1]

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She was married to the courtier Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov.[2] She was the godchild of Peter the Great and belonged to his circle of favorites. She sometimes took part in his drinking parties.

She was a lady-in-waiting to Catherine I of Russia and then Anna of Russia from 1724 and was a well known figure at court.


References

  1. Строганова, Марья Яковлевна // Русский биографический словарь / под ред. А. А. Половцов — СПб.: 1909. — Т. 19. — С. 476—477.
  2. "STROGANOV". Great Russian Encyclopedia 2004–2017.

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