Anna Lopukhina — Gagarina, as painted by Jean Louis Voille. Countess Anna Petrovna Lopukhina (Russian: Анна Петровна Лопухина) (8 November 1777 – 25 April 1805) was a (perhaps platonic) mistress of Emperor Paul of Russia. She was the daughter of Pyotr Va … Wikipedia
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Ernst Johann von Biron — Duke of Courland and Semigallia Reign 1737 1772 Born … Wikipedia
Alexey Razumovsky — Count A. G. Razumovsky Count Alexei Grigorievich Razumovsky (Russian: Алексей Григорьевич Разумовский, Ukrainian: Олексій Григорович Розумовський, Olexii Hryhorovych Rozumovskyi; 1709 – 1771), was a Ukrainian Cossack who rose to become lover and … Wikipedia
Maria Rumyantseva — Portrait by Aleksey Antropov, 1764 Countess Maria Andreyevna Rumyantseva née Matveyeva (1699–1788) was a Russian lady in waiting and alleged royal mistress of Tsar Peter the Great. She was the daughter of privy councilor of Count Andrey Matveyev… … Wikipedia
Orlov — For other uses, see Orlov (disambiguation). Count Grigory Orlov, by Fyodor Rokotov Orlov (Russian: Орлóв) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained… … Wikipedia
Mathilde Kschessinska — Mathilde Kschessinskaya costumed for the title role in Petipa s La Camargo. St. Petersburg, circa 1902. Born 31 August 1872(1872 08 … Wikipedia
Willem Mons — This monument in Catherinehof is said to have been erected by Catherine I to commemorate her executed lover, Willem Mons. Willem Mons (1688 in Russia 1724) was the brother of Peter the Great s long time mistress Anna Mons, who later served as… … Wikipedia
Maria Cantemir — Portrait by Ivan Nikitin Maria Cantemir (1700 1754) was a Romanian noble, a lady in waiting and salonist and the royal mistress of Peter the Great. Maria was born in Istanbul as the daughter of prince Dimitrie Cantemir. She was very well educated … Wikipedia
Maria Naryshkina — Maria Antonovna Naryshkina (Russian: Мария Антоновна Нарышкина, 1779–1854), born Princess Maria Antonovna Svyatopolk Chetvertinskaya was a Polish noble, for thirteen years the mistress of Tsar Alexander I of Russia. Daughter of the Polish prince… … Wikipedia
