Maria Dolgorukova
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Maria Vladimirovna Dolgorukova was the tsaritsa of all Russia as the first wife of Michael of Russia. She was the first tsaritsa of the Romanov dynasty.
Coat of Arms of Dolgoruky family
Michael of Russia
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Michael I was Tsar of all Russia from 1613 after being elected by the Zemsky Sobor of 1613 until his death in 1645. He was the first tsar of the House of Romanov, which succeeded the House of Rurik fo
Maria Dolgorukova
…Dolgorukova (Russian: Мария Владимировна Долгорукова; 1608 – 17 January [O.S. 6 January] 1625) was the tsaritsa of all Russia as the first wife of Michael of Russia. She was the first tsaritsa of the Romanov dynasty. Maria Dolgorukova was born in 1608 into the family of the boyar and knyaz Vladimir Timofeyevich…
Johann Heinrich Wedekind's copy of a portrait, 1636
Michael at a young age
Sixteen-year-old Michael being offered the crown at the Ipatiev Monastery in 1613, painting by Grigory Ugryumov
Michael offered Monomakh's Cap and scepter by Kuzma Minin, protected by Dmitry Pozharsky