Maria Nesselrode
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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]
Early life
[edit]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]
Court life
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ Soroka, Marina; Ruud, Charles A. (2016-03-09). Becoming a Romanov. Grand Duchess Elena of Russia and her World (1807–1873). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-17587-2.
- ^ a b Bakhmetyeva, Tatyana V. (2017-01-03). Mother of the Church: Sofia Svechina, the Salon, and the Politics of Catholicism in Nineteenth-Century Russia and France. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-5729-7.
- ^ "Family tree of Maria Gurjewa".
- ^ a b Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna (1997). My Half Century: Selected Prose. Northwestern University Press. ISBN 978-0-8101-1485-2.
- Таньшина Н. Русский кисель на немецкой закваске. Неофициальный портрет Карла Нессельроде // Родина : журнал. — Москва, 2009. — № 5. — С. 75-79.
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