There was steady interactions between Württemberg and Russia as demonstrated by this Russian Grand Princess who became Queen of Württemberg. King Wilhelm of Württemberg divorced his wife to marry Ekaterina; both were in love. She died after scarcely three years of marriage due to a streptococcal skin infection, readily curable today with antibiotics. Her Wikipedia article is here.
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1556 Catherine de Medici possibly by Agnolo Bronzino
1815 Lady Anne Hamilton by James Lonsdale (Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK)
1819 Catharine Württemberg by Franz Seraph Stirnbrand (private collection)
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