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Countess Maria von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven (1786-1849), was a courtier of Russian Imperial Court.
Maria was born as the eldest daughter of Count Dmitry Guryev (1758-1825) and Countess Praskovya Nikolaevna Saltykova (1764-1830). [1]
She served as lady in waiting to empress Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden). She was married to German Count Karl von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven. She was a leading socialite in St Petersburg society and court life, hosted an influential salon, had high positions within philanthropy, and was described as politically active through her spouse.[ citation needed ]
Karl Robert Reichsgraf von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven, also known as Charles de Nesselrode, was a Russian diplomat of German descent. For 40 years (1816–1856), Nesselrode guided Russian policy as foreign minister. He was also a leading European conservative statesman of the Holy Alliance.
Princess Katharina Alexandra Dorothea von Lieven, née Freiin von Benckendorff, 17 December 1785 – 27 January 1857), was a Baltic German noblewoman and the wife of Prince Christoph Heinrich von Lieven, who served as the Russian ambassador to London between 1812 and 1834. She became an influential figure among many of the diplomatic, political, and social circles of 19th-century Europe.
The House of Nesselrode is a noble family originating in the Duchy of Berg. Over the centuries, the family expanded their possessions through marriage with the most powerful families of the region. As a former ruling family they belonged to the small circle of Uradel.
Ehreshoven Castle is a moated castle in Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the village of Ehreshoven, about 32 kilometres (20 mi) by road east of Cologne. Several kilometres to the northwest is Georghausen Castle.
Marie Walpurgis, Gräfin von Lerchenfeld, also known as Countess of Lerchenfeld or Madame de Lerchenfeld, (1713–1769) served Empress Maria Theresia in Vienna as the governess of several of her children. Marie Antoinette, future queen of France, was among her charges.
Countess Palatine Maria Francisca of Sulzbach, was a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld by marriage to Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.
Countess Amalie Maximilianovna Adlerberg was an illegitimate daughter of Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, fathered by Bavarian diplomat Maximilian-Emmanuel Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg (1772–1809). Duchess Therese had had an affair with the Bavarian diplomat while her husband Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis was in Paris for several years at the invitation of Napoleon Bonaparte. Amalie's mother was an aunt of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicholas I.
Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, was an Electress of Bavaria as the second spouse of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria.
Konstantin Leopold Ludwig Adalbert Georg Thadeus Josef Petrus Johannes Antonius Franz von Assisi Assumption et omnes sancti Prinz von Bayern was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach, journalist, author and a German politician.
Maria Kalergis von Nesselrode-Ereshoven was a Polish noblewoman, pianist, salon hostess and patron of the arts.
Countess Marie Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard, known as Charlotte, was the governess of Maria Theresa of Austria.
Hrabina Cosel is a 1968 Polish film directed by Jerzy Antczak. The film is based on Józef Ignacy Kraszewski’s novel Hrabina Cosel, a historical romance set in the court of Augustus the Strong, the first of the two Saxon kings of Poland, at the turn of the 17th to 18th century.
Count Philip Joseph Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau was High chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia during the reign of Queen Maria Theresa.
Countess Maria Aurora von Königsmarck was a Swedish and German noblewoman of Brandenburg extraction and mistress of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.
Princess Maria Elimovna Meshcherskaya, was a Russian lady in waiting. She is known for her love affair with the future Alexander III of Russia, who attempted to renounce his place as heir to the throne in order to marry her, a plan he was forced to abandon. She married Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato in 1866.
Ambrosius Franz Friedrich Christian Adalbert von Virmont was a German nobleman and Imperial Count of Virmont and Bretzenheim.
Countess Maria Amalia Mniszech (1736–1772), née Countess von Brühl, was a Polish-Saxon noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was active as a political Polish agent in the court of Empress Maria Theresa in Vienna, where she was sent to influence the empress in favour of Poland.
Sophie Gräfin von Hatzfeldt, born Gräfin von Hatzfeldt-Schönstein zu Trachenberg was active in the German working-class movement and partner and confidante of Ferdinand Lassalle.
Count Dmitry Alexandrovich Guryev was a Russian statesman, Court Master of the Court, Senator, Manager of the Imperial Cabinet, Minister of Appanages, member of the State Council, third Minister of Finance of Russia. Father of Alexander Guryev and Nikolai Guryev, father-in-law of Karl Nesselrode. Actual Privy Councillor.
Wenzel Norbert Octavian, Count of Kinsky was a Czech noble and Bohemian High Chancellor.
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