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Catherine Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery (born Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova; Russian: Екатерина Семёновна Воронцова; 24 October 1783 – 27 March 1856), was a Russian noblewoman who married the 11th Earl of Pembroke.
Following her mother's death in 1750, the 11-year-old Elizaveta was attached to the Oranienbaum court of Grand Duke Peter's wife, Grand Duchess Catherine Alekseyevna (at this time, Peter was the heir to the Russian Imperial throne).
Catherine Herbert, condesa de Pembroke (de soltera Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova; ruso: Екатерина Семёновна Воронцова; 24 de octubre de 1784-27 de marzo de 1856), era una mujer noble rusa que más tarde se casó con el conde de Pembroke.
- Early Life and Education
- Life at Court and Marriage
- Catherine's Coup D'état
- Foreign Travels
- Career
- Exile and Death
- Works and Legacy
- Sources
- Further Reading
Born into an old House of Vorontsov, Countess Yekaterina Romanovna was the daughter of Count Roman Vorontsov (1717–1783), a member of the Senate, and his wife, Marfa Ivanovna Surmina (1718–1745), divorced Princess Dolgorukova. Her uncle Mikhail Illarionovich and older brother Alexander both served as Imperial Chancellor. Her younger brother Semyon ...
Just like her older sisters, Yekaterina went to live at the Russian court when she became a teenager and, by favour of her godmother Empress Elizabeth I, appointed as one of her maids-of-honour. There, she became acquainted with the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alexeyevna, 14 years older than her, and the pair bonded over their love of literature, parti...
The couple was close friends with Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alexeyevna and disliked the Grand Duke Peter, fearing for the future of Russia under the rule of the pro-Prussia future tsar. In December 1761, Empress Elizabeth became severely ill and died January 5, 1762. Her nephew ascended the throne, began undoing her policies and kept a submissive pos...
When Prince Dashkov died in 1764, Yekaterina decided to ask to leave court and was granted permission, starting in 1768 a 14-year-long journey through Europe, where she was welcomed in several courts with respect and admiration.
At the end of 1782, Yekaterina returned to Russia and was welcomed by the Empress. Her son Pavel had become an adjutant of Grigory Potyomkinand married a lower-class woman, Anna Alferova, in January 1788, later leaving her for his mistress. Her daughter Anastasia was forced into an arranged marriage, ending in debt and involved in many scandals. In...
When the Empress died in 1796 and her son Emperor Paul I succeeded her, Yekaterina was sent into exile by the new tsar "to meditate on the events of 1762". Eventually, the exile was ended after a petition of her friends and she was allowed to spend the last years of her life on her rural estate in Troitskoye[ru], west of Moscow. In 1803, Catherine ...
Besides her work on the 6-volume dictionary of the Russian Languages, Yekaterina edited a monthly magazine, and wrote at least two novels: The Marriage of Fabian and a comedy entitled Toissiokoff. The University of Edinburgh opened in 2010 the Princess Dashkova Russian Centrein her honor. Her memoirs were published in French in 1804 (Mon Histoire),...
The princess & the patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin, and the Age of Enlightenment, Volume 96, Part 1, Editor Sue Ann Prince, American Philosophical Society, 2006, ISBN 978-0-87169-961-9Woronzoff-Dashkoff, A. Dashkova: A Life of Influence and Exile.American Philosophical Society: Philadelphia, 2008.The memoirs of Princess Dashkova, Editors Jehanne M. Gheith, Alexander Woronzoff-Dashkoff, Translator Kyril FitzLyon, Duke University Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-8223-1621-3"Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova Dashkova", Great Women Travel Writers: From 1750 to the Present, Editors Alba Amoia, Bettina Knapp, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006, ISBN 978...Barker, Georgina (2019). The Enlightened Virago: Princess Dashkova through the Eyes of Others / Princess Dashkova, the Woman Who Shook the World: A historical verbatim play in three acts (PDF). Edi...
Princesa Catherine Dachkov (en ruso : Екатерина Романовна Дашкова, Ekaterina Romanovna Dachkova), nacida condesa Vorontsov el 17 (28) Marzo 1743 en San Petersburgo y murió el 4 (16) Enero 1810 en Moscú, es un aristócrata ruso alfabetizado, fundador de la Academia Imperial Rusa, confidente de Catalina la Grande ...
Fue el hijo menor de George Herbert (undécimo Earl de Pembroke) y de la condesa rusa Catherine Vorontsov, hija de Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov, embajador ruso ante la Corte de St. James. [2] [3] La calle donde residían en St John's Wood, Londres, pasó a llamarse Woronzow Road en homenaje a la familia. [2]
15 de ago. de 2021 · The Vorontsovs were an old noble family of middle rank who significantly influenced the history of Russia in the 18 th century. The Dashkovs were an equally ancient family, and though of higher, even princely, rank, rarely made much of an impact on the national stage.
