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Ekaterina Assier (1778–1816) |
Ekaterina Assier
Maternal grandmother of the composer (b. 8/19 October 1778 in Saint Petersburg; d. 5/17 September 1816), born Ekaterina Mikhailovna Popova (Екатерина Михайловна Попова, Ekaterina Mihajlovna Popova, Yekaterina Mikhaylovna Popova); known after her marriage as Ekaterina Mikhailovna Assier (Екатерина Михайловна Ассиер, Ekaterina Mihajlovna Assier, Yekaterina Mikhaylovna Assier).
Ekaterina was the second daughter of Mikhail Popov (1751–1792) and his wife Anna (b. Rykovskaia, ca.1752–ca.1783).
In 1800 she was married to Andrei Assier (1778–1835), and they had five children — Mikhail (b. 1802); Ekaterina (1805–1882); Nikolai (b. 1809); Andrei (b. 1811); and Aleksandra (1812–1854), mother of the composer.
Ekaterina Assier died in 1816, and was buried at Smolenskoe Cemetery in Saint Petersburg.
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