Marya Yakovlevna Stroganova

Marya Yakovlevna Stroganova (1678–1734), was a Russian courtier.

[1] She was married to the courtier Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov.

[2] She was the godchild of Peter the Great and belonged to his circle of favorites.

She sometimes took part in his drinking parties.

She was a lady-in-waiting to Catherine I of Russia and then Anna of Russia from 1724 and was a well known figure at court.