- Prozorovsky
Princes Prozorovsky (Russian: "Прозоровскиe") were a
Russia n noble family ofRurikid stock descending from medieval rulers ofYaroslavl andMologa . Their name is derived from the village of Prozorovo nearMologa , which used to be their onlyvotchina in the 15th century.During the
Muscovite period of Russian history, the most eminent member of the family was Prince Ivan Semyonovich Prozorovsky, aboyar 's son and boyar himself, who happened to governAstrakhan at the time ofStenka Razin 's uprising. When the rebels took the city, they had him defenestrated from akremlin tower. His little son was hung upside down on the city wall (1670). Ivan's inglorious death only added to the family standing, and six of his nephews became boyars during the early reign of Peter the Great.Prince Ivan Andreyevich Prozorovsky, an Elizabethan general-in-chief, helped launch the military career of his son-in-law,
Alexander Suvorov . The latter's life with Princess Daria Prozorovskaya was never peaceful. They separated early, and theGeneralissimo never recognized her son Arkady Suvorov as his own.Prince Alexander Alexandrovich Prozorovsky (1732-1809) was the only
Field Marshal from the family. He gained distinction in theSeven Years' War and the conquest of Crimea. In 1790 he returned to the active service as the Governor General ofMoscow . When the Russian army resumed its hostilities against Turkey in 1808, Prozorovsky became its Commander-in-Chief.In 1870, the Prozorovsky family became extinct in a male line. 16 years earlier,
Emperor Nicholas I had authorized Prince Alexander FyodorovichGalitzine (1810-98) to take the name and arms of his maternal grandfather, Field-Marshal Alexander Prozorovsky. Galitzine's line became extinct in 1914, with the death of his only son, Prince Alexander Galitzine-Prozorovsky (1853-1914).External links
* [http://www.genealogia.ru/users/rurik/Rospisi/Prozor.htm Prozorovskys Genealogy]
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