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Anna Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: Анна Павловна [ˈanːə ˈpavləvnə]; Dutch: Anna Paulowna [ˈɑnaː pəˈloːnaː] ⓘ; 18 January [O.S. 7 January] 1795 – 1 March 1865) was Queen of the Netherlands by marriage to King William II of the Netherlands.
Anna Pavlovna Pavlova was the most famous ballerina of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Best known for her creation of the role of The Dying Swan, she was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet, became the first ballerina to tour around the world and helped inspire a new generation of dancers, choreographers and ballet lovers.
Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova; 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1881 – 23 January 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina.
Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia ( Russian: Анна Павловна; St. Petersburg, 18 January 1795 - The Hague, 1 March 1865) was Queen of the Netherlands. She was the mother of William III of the Netherlands. She was the grandmother of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
Jun 3, 2024 · Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballerina, the most-celebrated dancer of her time. Pavlova studied at the Imperial School of Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre from 1891, joined the Imperial Ballet in 1899, and became a prima ballerina in 1906. In 1909 she went to Paris on the historic tour of the Ballets.
Jan 18, 2014 · Born on January 18, 1795, at the sumptuous Gatchina Palace just south of St. Petersburg, Russia, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna was the eighth of the ten children and youngest daughter of Paul I, Emperor of All Russia and his second wife, Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.
'Home in two cultures': a shared heritage project in Russia and The Netherlands about Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna, Queen of the Netherlands.
Anna Pavlovna of Russia was Queen of the Netherlands by marriage to King William II of the Netherlands. She was a Russian patriot who upheld a strict royal etiquette in the Netherlands, where she never felt at home, and identified more as an Imperial Russian grand duchess than a Dutch queen.
Born on January 18, 1795, in St. Petersburg, Russia; died on March 1, 1865, at The Hague, Netherlands; daughter of Sophia Dorothea of Wurttemberg (1759–1828) and Paul I (1754–1801), tsar of Russia (r. 1796–1801); sister of Marie Pavlovna (1786–1859) and Nicholas I, tsar of Russia; grandmother of Wilhelmina (1880–1962), queen of the ...
Anna Pavlovna was the daughter of the Russian tsar Paul I. When her father was murdered, her oldest brother Alexander I became the new tsar. Alexander was friends with the Dutch crown prince Willem, and it was he who ensured that his sister Anna married Willem.
