Born: 25 October 1759, Poland
Died: 5 November 1828
Country most active: Russia
Also known as: Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
Maria Feodorovna was Empress consort of Russia as the second wife of Tsar Paul I, and the founder of the Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria, an imperial government charitable agency. The institutions, many of which the Empress founded, managed orphanages, care for invalids, the blind and the deaf, education for women and children, poor houses and hospitals. She also gave political counsel to her children, who respected her greatly.