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  1. Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia, circa 1813. Anna Pavlovna was born in 1795 at Gatchina Palace, the eighth child and sixth daughter of Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna (born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), [1] and thus was Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia. Her father became the emperor in 1796 ...

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  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Anna Matveyevna Pavlovna Pavlova was born on February 12, 1881 — a cold and snowy winter's day — in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her mother, Lyubov Feodorovna was a washerwoman and her stepfather ...

  4. 3 days ago · Anna Pavlova (born January 31 [February 12, New Style], 1881, St. Petersburg, Russia—died January 23, 1931, The Hague, Netherlands) 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 ...

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  5. Oct 13, 2022 · 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.

  6. 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. She had no political influence, but was active within charity.