Catherine of Oldenburg

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| name = Catherine of Oldenburg

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| image = File:Princess Katharina of Oldenburg (1846-1866).jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1846|9|9}}

| birth_place = Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1866|6|11|1846|9|9|df=y}}

| death_place = Styria, Austrian Empire

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| father = Duke Peter of Oldenburg

| mother = Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg

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| house = Holstein-Gottorp

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Duchess Catherine Frederica Paulina ; (9 September 1846 - 11 June 1866) was the daughter of Duke Peter of Oldenburg and Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg, and a great-granddaughter of Paul I of Russia.E. Annenkova. Princesses of Oldenburg. - Moscow: Publishing House TONCHU, 2014, p. 784.

Biography

Catherine Frederica Paulina was born in St. Petersburg on 9 September 1846 as the 5th child and 3rd daughter of Duke Peter of Oldenburg and Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg. Through her father she was a granddaughter of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia and a great-granddaughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia. Through her mother she was a first cousin of Elisabeth of Wied, the first Queen of Romania.

Empress Maria Alexandrovna wanted to marry her oldest son Nicholas Alexandrovich to a second cousin. The marriage negotiations lasted for a long time and the Empress wanted to move Catherine into her palace, however the plans were stopped by her mother who couldn't stand the Empress.

According to the memoirs of Count Sergei Dmitrievich Sheremetev, a friend of hers, the relationship between Catherine and her mother was not distinguished by tender feelings or sincerity.Memoirs of Count S. D. Sheremetev: T. 1. - 2004. - 736 p. — ISBN 5-85759-131-7I. B. Chizhova. Long-silenced words. — 2006. — ISBN 5-699-15795-6 . ("Beloved image, inseparable from the soul")

In 1866 she developed consumption as a result of a cold after suffering from the measles. The doctors prescribed a mild climate for her and was therefore taken to Venice by her father, however it did nothing to restore her health. She died on 11 June in Römerbad, a Spa in Styria, Austria. Her body was transported back to Russia and she was buried in the Oldenburg family tomb in the St. Sergius Primorsky Hermitage in Strelna.