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Countess Maria von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven, also Maria Nesselrode (1786-1849), was a noblewoman and courtier of the Russian Imperial Court. [1] [2]
Maria was born as the eldest daughter of Count Dmitry Guryev (1758-1825), who served as Imperial Chamberlain and Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire, and his wife, Countess Praskovya Nikolaevna Saltykova (1764-1830). [3]
She served as lady in waiting to Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna of Russia. She was married to German nobleman in the service of Catherine the Great, Count Karl von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven, who was Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs for many years and hence politically powerful. [2] She was a leading socialite in Saint Petersburg society and court life, hosted an influential salon, [4] had high positions within philanthropy, and was described as politically active through her spouse. She was also noted for her enmity towards Pushkin. [4]
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Dorothea "Dolly" de Ficquelmont, born Countess Dorothea von Tiesenhausen, was a Russian writer and salonist. A granddaughter of the Russian war hero General Prince Kutuzov, she was a Russian aristocrat of German Baltic origin, and later a member of the Austrian nobility as the wife of Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont.
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