Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina

Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina, Serene Princess of Italy, Countess Suvorov-Rymniksky (1785 – December 15 (3), 1855), was a Russian noblewoman, maid of honor and member of an ancient Naryshkin family.[1][2][3]

Portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1799

Family

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She was a daughter of chancellor A L Naryshkin, granddaughter of admiral Alexei Senyavin, sister of Lev Alexandrovitch Narychkine and K A Narychkine, daughter-in-law of Alexander Suvorov (via her first marriage, to his son Arkadi Suvorov) and cousin of Count Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov.[4]

On July 13, 1800, she married Arkadi Suvorov-Rymniksky.[5]

The famous portrait of her, painted by Vladimir Borovikovsky, was completed in 1799 when she was 14 years old.[3]

Children

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References

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  1. ^ Наше наследие (in Russian). Iskusstvo. 2007.
  2. ^ Вяземский, Петр (2022-05-15). Переписка князя П.А.Вяземского с А.И.Тургеневым. 1824-1836 (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-04-066087-2.
  3. ^ a b Kvadri, Vladimir Viktorovich (1902). Императорская главная квартира: Исторія государевой свиты. Восемнадцатый вѣк (in Russian). Tip. N.P. Sobko.
  4. ^ Russia), Gosudarstvennyĭ russkiĭ muzeĭ (Saint Petersburg (1997). Живопись: каталог (in Russian). Palace edition. ISBN 978-3-930775-49-1.
  5. ^ Матеріалы для полной родословной росписи князей Голицыных (in Russian). Тип. Е. Я. Федорова. 1880.