There have been two Empresses of Russia who took the name Marie Feodorovna:
- Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg, consort of Emperor Paul
- Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), consort of Emperor Alexander III
Famous quotes containing the words empress, marie and/or russia:
“The Empress is Legitimist, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)
“If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.”
—Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)
“A fool may be a dangerous customer, but the fact of his having such a vulnerable top-end turns danger into a first-rate sport; and whatever defects the old administration in Russia had, it must be conceded that it possessed one outstanding virtue—a lack of brains.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)