Marya Yakovlevna Stroganova
BornМа́рья Я́ковлевна Новоси́льцева
20 July 1677
Died9 November 1734
BuriedChurch of St. Nicholas in Kotelniki
Noble familyNovosiltseva
Spouse(s)Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov
IssueNikolai Grigorievich
Alexander Grigorievich
Sergei Grigorievich
Ivan Grigorievich
Maria Grigorievna
FatherYakov Zakharyevich Novosiltsov

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

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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