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Countess Alexandra Branitskaya (née von Engelhardt, Russian: Александра Васильевна Браницкая, Polish: Aleksandra Branicka [Braɲit͡ska]; 1754 – 15 September 1838), also known as Sanecka and Countess Branicka, was a leading Russian courtier.
Arms of the von Engelhardt family. The House of Engelhardt (German: Engelhardt; Russian: Энгельгардт) is a Baltic-German noble and baronial family of the former Russian Empire. The family name is sometimes given as von Engelhardt.
In 1781 already aged 51, Branicki contracted a strategic marriage with one of the leading members of the imperial court, Alexandra von Engelhardt, almost 25 years younger, the niece of Potemkin and, according to court gossips, his lover and even the illegitimate daughter of Catherine the Great.
Biography. Aleksandra Katarzyna was the wife of Franciszek Ksawery Branicki and the daughter of Wasyl von Engelhardt and Maria Potemkina. Henryk Mościcki claimed that she was the first-born, illegitimate daughter of the Grand Duchess, the future Empress Catherine, and Count Sergei Saltykov.
- Female
- September 15, 1838
- Franciszek Ksawery Branicki
Aleksandra Katarzyna de soltera Engelhardt Branicka (nacido 1754, re. 15 de agosto 1838) - esposa Franciszek Ksawery Branicki, oficialmente considerada la hija de Vasyl von Engelhardt y Maria Potemkin. Henryk Mościcki afirmó que era la primogénita hija ilegítima del gran sacerdote, la futura emperatriz Catalina y el conde Sergei Saltykov.
House of Engelhardt; 18th-century women of Poland; Ladies-in-waiting from the Russian Empire
Countess Alexandra Branitskaya née von Engelhardt ([Braɲit͡ska], 1754 – 15 September 1838), also known as Sanecka and Countess Branicka, was a leading Russian courtier. She was the niece, confidante, and possibly lover, of Grigory Potemkin, and Catherine the Great's lady-in-waiting.
