Russian Aristocrats

Prince Felix Yussupov

Born in St Petersburg (1887) in the family of Count Felix Sumarokov-Elston and Princess Zinaida Yussupova. First cousin of Count Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston. Married Princess Irina Alexandrovna (1914), ...

Olga Zherebtsova

Olga Zherebtsova was the sister of Prince Platon Zubov, the last favourite of Catherine the Great. After the empress died and was succeeded by her son Paul I (1796), Zubov and his brothers hatched a c...

Princess Elizaveta Saltykova

Granddaughter of Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov, sister of Count Alexander Pavlovich Stroganov. Born in Moscow in the family of Count Pavel Stroganov and Princess Sofia Golitsyna (1802). Marrie...

Count Alexander Pavlovich Stroganov

Grandson of Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov, brother of Princess Elizaveta Saltykova. Born in Moscow in the family of Count Pavel Stroganov and Princess Sofia Golitsyna (1794). Accompanied his ...

Princess Sofia Golitsyna

Mother of Count Alexander Pavlovich Stroganov. Born in Moscow in the family of Prince Vladimir Golitsyn and Countess Natalia Chernysheva (1775). Brought up abroad. Married Count Pavel Stroganov (1793...

Count Pavel Stroganov

Father of Count Alexander Pavlovich Stroganov. Born in Paris in the family of Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov and Princess Ekaterina Troubetzkaya (1774). Witness of the French Revolution (1789)...

Baroness Maria Stroganova

Born in the family of Yakov Novosiltsev (1678). Second wife of Baron Grigory Stroganov (from 1697). Mother of Alexander Stroganov (1698–1754), Nikolai Stroganov (1700–1758) and Sergei Stroganov (1707...

Prince Nikita Dondukov-Korsakov

Guardsman, collector. Born in the family of Prince Ivan Ivanovich Korsakov (retired guards lieutenant) and Agatha Grigorievna Konovitsyna (1775). Served in the Preobrazhensky Regiment and the Horse G...

Count Felix Sumarokov-Elston

Father of Prince Felix Yussupov, uncle of Count Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston. Born in St Petersburg (1856) in the family of Lieutenant General Felix Elston (1820–1877) and Countess Elena Sumarokova (1829...

Princess Zinaida Yussupova

Mother of Prince Felix Yussupov. Born in St Petersburg (1861) in the family of Prince Nikolai Yussupov (1827–1891) and Countess Tatyana de Ribeaupierre (1828–1879). Married Count Felix Sumarokov-Elst...

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