Episode 5 of 5

Birth of Alexander and Grant of Pavlovsk

When
December 1777
Where
Russia
Part of
Marriage of Paul of Russia and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg

Their first child, the future Alexander I, was born in 1777, and Catherine gave Paul the estate of Pavlovsk on this occasion.

Within a year of the wedding, their first child, Alexander, was born in 1777; Maria Feodorovna gave birth to the first of her ten children, the future Tsar Alexander I, in December 1777. On this occasion the Empress gave Paul an estate, Pavlovsk.

Sources

  1. Paul I of Russia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16
  2. Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26

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