Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg Archives

Catherine the Great – Ruling an Empire (Part four)

July 21, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part three here. Catherine enforced her success by rewarding those who helped to put her on the throne, including the church and the army. She also cancelled the unpopular alliance with Prussia but assured them she had no wish for a new war. She also called on Russia’s two most experienced statesmen. She settled [read more]

Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg – Mother of Tsars

April 8, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, or Maria Feodorovna as she would be known as Grand Duchess and later Empress of Russia, was born on 25 October 1759 as the fourth of twelve children of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Princess Frederica of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Her elder brother would later become the first King of Württemberg. [read more]