Ki randizott I. Pál orosz cár-szel?

I. Pál cár (oroszul: Па́вел I, teljes nevén Pavel Petrovics Romanov Па́вел Петро́вич Рома́нов; Szentpétervár, 1754. szeptember 20./október 1. – Szentpétervár, 1801. március 11./23.) orosz cár 1796. november 6-ától kezdve egészen élete végéig. III. Péter és II. Katalin gyermeke, aki csak anyja halála után kerülhetett az ország élére. Uralkodása alatt jöttek létre Oroszország első minisztériumai, és megjelent a rendőrállam fogalma.

Yekaterina Ivanovna Nelidova (Russian: Екатери́на Ива́новна Нели́дова; 1756–1839) was a Russian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was the royal mistress of Paul I of Russia.

Nelidova graduated from the Smolny Institute in 1776 and became a lady-in-waiting, first to Grand Duchess Natalya and then to Grand Duchess Maria alongside her friend and fellow graduate Natalya Borshchova. She had a relationship with Grand Duke Paul, the future monarch, and acted as a successful mediator between him and people he was in conflict with. Nelidova was also noted for her dramatic talents, which endeared her to the crown prince, who liked to stage operas with the participation of people he was close with.

She was an important courtier and her position also led to her relatives' acquiring positions at court. Paul's defense of Nelidova was even documented amid issues of social conformity at Catherine the Great's court. She left her position at court in 1798.

Sophia Stepanovna Razumovskaya (Russian: Софья Степановна Разумовская; née Ushakova (Ушакова); 11 September 1746 – 26 September 1803) was a Russian courtier. She served as maid of honour to empress Catherine the Great. She was married to Peter Kirillovich Razumovsky, and the mistress of Paul I of Russia prior to his marriage, with whom she had a son, Semyon Veliky (1772–1794).

Мавра Исидоровна Юрьева (1780 — 1828) — камер-фрау императрицы Марии Фёдоровны.