Maria of Russia

Maria of Russia may refer to:

  • Maria of Borovsk (1418-1484), wife of Vasily II of Moscow and mother of Ivan III of Russia
  • Maria of Tver (1442-1467), first wife of Ivan III of Russia and mother of Ivan the Young
  • Maria Vladimirovna of Staritsa (1560-1610), cousin of Ivan IV of Russia; wife of Magnus, King of Livonia, and was the last known descendant of Zoe Palaiologina

Empress Maria of Russia:

  • Maria Temryukovna (1544–1569), second wife of Ivan IV of Russia
  • Maria Dolgorukaya (died 1580), seventh wife of Ivan IV of Russia
  • Maria Nagaya (died 1608), eighth wife of Ivan IV of Russia
  • Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya (died 1605), wife of Boris Godunov
  • Maria Buynosova-Rostovskaya (d. 1626), second wife of Vasili IV of Russia
  • Maria Dolgorukova (1601–1625), first wife of Michael I of Russia
  • Maria Miloslavskaya (1625–1669), first wife of Alexis I of Russia
  • Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) (1759–1828), wife of Paul I of Russia
  • Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) (1824–1880), wife of Alexander II of Russia
  • Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) (1759–1828), wife of Alexander III of Russia

Grand Duchess Maria of Russia:

  • Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786–1859), daughter of Paul I of Russia
  • Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1799–1800), daughter of Alexander I of Russia
  • Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819–1876), daughter of Nicholas I of Russia
  • Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia (1825–1846), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
  • Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853–1920), daughter of Alexander II of Russia
  • Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854–1920), wife of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia as Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, called "the Elder"
  • Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876–1940), wife of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia as Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia
  • Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890–1958), daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, called "the Younger"
  • Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899–1918), daughter of Nicholas II of Russia
  • Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (1907–1951), daughter of Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich of Russia
  • Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (born 1953), great-granddaughter of Alexander II of Russia, pretender to the title Empress of Russia

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