Ekaterina Petrovna of Oldenburg

Duchess Catherine Frederica Paulina of Oldenburg (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.

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 his German wife, 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. 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.

Death She died on 11 June in Römerbad, a Spa in Styria, Austria, aged 19. Her body was transported back to Russia and she was buried in the Oldenburg family tomb in the St. Sergius Primorsky Hermitage in Strelna.

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