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{{Family name hatnote|Vladimirovna|[[Dolgorukova]]|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
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{{Expand Russian|topic=bio|Долгорукова, Мария Владимировна|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox royalty
| consort      = yes
| name         = Maria Dolgorukova
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| succession   = [[List of Russian consorts|Tsaritsa of all Russia]]
| reign        = 19 September 1624 – 17 January 1625
| coronation   =
| spouse       = [[Michael of Russia]]
| issue        = Stillborn child
| full name    = Maria Vladimirovna Dolgorukova
| father       = Vladimir Dolgorukov
| mother       = Maria [[Shuysky|Barbashina-Shuyskaya]]
| house        = [[Dolgorukov]]
| birth_date   = 1608
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| death_date   = {{OldStyleDate|17 January|1625|6 January}}
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| burial_place = [[Ascension Convent]], [[Kolomenskoye]]<br />[[Archangel Cathedral]], [[Moscow Kremlin|Kremlin]] (1929)
| religion     = [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]]
|}}
'''Maria Vladimirovna Dolgorukova''' ({{langx|ru|Мария Владимировна Долгорукова}}; 1608 – {{OldStyleDate|17 January|1625|6 January}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Русский архив. Историко-литературный сборник. 1897. Выпуски 9-12 |url=https://runivers.ru/bookreader/book413576/#page/18/mode/1up |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=runivers.ru}}</ref>{{sfn|Martin|2012|p=186}} was the [[tsaritsa of all Russia]] as the first wife of [[Michael of Russia]]. She was the first tsaritsa of the [[House of Romanov|Romanov]] dynasty.

==Life==
Maria Dolgorukova was born in 1608 into the family of the ''[[boyar]]'' and ''[[knyaz]]'' Vladimir Timofeyevich [[Dolgorukov]] (1569–1633),{{sfn|Martin|2012|p=186}} and his wife, Maria Vasilievna [[Shuysky|Barbashina-Shuyskaya]] (1575–1633/4). Her family were a collateral branch of the [[Rurik dynasty]], and related to past Russian [[grand prince]]s.

She was selected for marriage to Michael by his mother, [[Xenia Shestova]], after several years of difficulty in finding a partner for the tsar. In 1616, Shestova refused to accept the tsar's choice of [[Maria Ivanovna Khlopova]], and Michael&nbsp;I had eventually been forced to give up his plans to marry her. In 1619, the tsar's father, [[Patriarch Philaret of Moscow]], suggested he marry the sister of [[John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein]], but eventually, these negotiations were discontinued. In 1623, Xenia Shestova selected Maria Dolgorukova as a marriage partner because of her family connections; her sister Marfa (c. 1600–1634) had been married to the prince Ivan [[Shuysky]] ("the Button") (c. 1566 – c. 1638), the brother of [[Vasili IV of Russia]], the last monarch of Russia from the Rurik dynasty.

The wedding took place on 19 September 1624.{{sfn|Martin|2012|p=186}} Not long after the wedding, Maria took ill. She finally died on {{OldStyleDate|17 January|1625|6 January}}, four months after the wedding. There were rumors at the time that she had been poisoned by a court conspiracy,{{sfn|Martin|2012|p=187}} determined to prevent any potential pro-Rurikid influence, or by the enemies of the [[Dolgorukov|Dolgorukov family]]. Chronicles called her death a divine punishment for the fate of the previous fiancée of the tsar, [[Maria Ivanovna Khlopova]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Николай |first=Костомаров |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgu1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT21 |title=Русская история в жизнеописаниях ее главнейших деятелей (в 2-х томах) Том II. Господство дома Романовых до вступления на престол Екатерины II |date=2014-06-05 |publisher=Aegitas |isbn=978-5-00064-429-4 |language=ru}}</ref>

On 7 January, six yards of [[damask]] was allotted for the presentation of the deceased. This most likely covered Maria's face and body. On 8 January, the funeral was held. Maria's coffin was upholstered with crimson English cloth. The funeral was ordered by Prince Bogdan Dolgorukov, her cousin, and the priest Vasily Semyonov.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Русский архив. Историко-литературный сборник. 1897. Выпуски 9-12 |url=https://runivers.ru/bookreader/book413576/#page/18/mode/1up |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=runivers.ru}}</ref> Maria Vladimirovna was buried in the tomb of the Russian tsaristas in the cathedral of the [[Ascension Convent]], behind the left pillar by the western doors. In 1929, the remains of all queens were transferred to the basement chamber of the [[Archangel Cathedral]].

The inscription on her sarcophagus reads:

{{Blockquote|
In the year 7133, on the sixth day of January, on the feast of the Epiphany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, at the ninth hour of the night towards the seventh day, the wife of the right-believing great sovereign, tsar and grand prince Mikhail Fyodorovich of all Russia, the autocrat, the right-believing and noble tsaritsa and grand princess Maria Vladimirovna, passed away, and was buried on the eighth day of January in commemoration of our venerable father George of Choziba and the venerable Domnica.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-06 |title=Некрополи Московского Кремля|url=http://www.russist.ru/nekropol/kreml1.htm |access-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306024133/http://www.russist.ru/nekropol/kreml1.htm |archive-date=6 March 2012 }}</ref>}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*Государство и общество в России XV-начала XX века. // Ред. А. П. Павлов. Стр. 254.
*{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Russell E. |title=A Bride for the Tsar: Bride-Shows and Marriage Politics in Early Modern Russia |date=15 June 2012 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-1-5017-5665-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vf7-DwAAQBAJ |language=en}}

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