Alexey Lvov
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Prince Alexey Mikhaylovich Lvov (Russian Алексей Михайлович Львов, 158?-1653 or 1654) was a Russian court marshal for 20 years and one of the most influential members of Tsar Mikhail's government.
Alexey Lvov began his career as a deputy governor of Nizhny Novgorod
(1610), Rylsk
(1615), Astrakhan
(1618-20). In 1621 he was sent to Danish king Christian IV with a Tsar's proposition to marry one of his nieces, Schleswig-Holstein
ian princesses. The mission failed completely. In 1621 he was a deputy chief of Pomestny Prikaz.
In January of 1626 Lvov was appointed to serve as a majordomo of the Tsar's court, in 1627 was made an okolnichy
and official head of the Prikaz Bolshogo Dvortsa ('Prikaz of the Great Palace'), a government office dealing with the Tsar's palace economy and judging monasteries. Due to his energies this post was gradually turned into a place of great significance. After Ivan Cherkassky
's death in 1642 it was actually Lvov who might be called a Tsar's "Chancellor", not weak and despised nominal head of government Fedor Sheremetev
(Lvov's close friend). Since 1645 he shared power with Boris Morozov
, in 1647 has retired.
In 1634 Lvov was one of two heads of Russian delegation in Russo-Polish negotiations which resulted in signing the Treaty of Polyanovka. After this success he was sent to Poland in 1635 as a head of an embassy to witness king Wladyslaw
's oath of "eternal peace". In 1644 he once again went to Poland as an Ambassador Plenipotentiary.
In 1644 Alexey Lvov and Boris Morozov became main opponents of Mikhail's plan to marry his daughter Irina to Dutch prince Valdemar Christian (they feared this marriage would generate an independent center of power). Finally, in 1645 they have managed to ruin it after a lot of intrigue.
Alexey Lvov began his career as a deputy governor of Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
(1610), Rylsk
Rylsk
Rylsk is a town and the administrative center of Rylsky District of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Seym River southwest of Kursk. Population: 19,000 .-History:...
(1615), Astrakhan
Astrakhan
Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...
(1618-20). In 1621 he was sent to Danish king Christian IV with a Tsar's proposition to marry one of his nieces, Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
ian princesses. The mission failed completely. In 1621 he was a deputy chief of Pomestny Prikaz.
In January of 1626 Lvov was appointed to serve as a majordomo of the Tsar's court, in 1627 was made an okolnichy
Okolnichy
Okolnichy was an old rank and a position at the court of Moscow rulers from the Mongol invasion of Rus' until the government reform undertaken by Peter the Great...
and official head of the Prikaz Bolshogo Dvortsa ('Prikaz of the Great Palace'), a government office dealing with the Tsar's palace economy and judging monasteries. Due to his energies this post was gradually turned into a place of great significance. After Ivan Cherkassky
Ivan Cherkassky
Prince Ivan Borisovich Cherkassky was a Russian statesman, for 20 years head of government under Tsar Mikhail, his cousin....
's death in 1642 it was actually Lvov who might be called a Tsar's "Chancellor", not weak and despised nominal head of government Fedor Sheremetev
Fedor Sheremetev
Fedor Ivanovich Sheremetev was a Russian statesman in Tsar Mikhail's times, head of government in 1613-18 and 1642-46....
(Lvov's close friend). Since 1645 he shared power with Boris Morozov
Boris Morozov
Boris Ivanovich Morozov was a Muscovite statesman and boyar who led the Russian government during the early reign of Tsar Alexis, whose tutor and brother-in-law he was....
, in 1647 has retired.
In 1634 Lvov was one of two heads of Russian delegation in Russo-Polish negotiations which resulted in signing the Treaty of Polyanovka. After this success he was sent to Poland in 1635 as a head of an embassy to witness king Wladyslaw
Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa was a Polish and Swedish prince from the House of Vasa. He reigned as King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 8 November 1632 to his death in 1648....
's oath of "eternal peace". In 1644 he once again went to Poland as an Ambassador Plenipotentiary.
In 1644 Alexey Lvov and Boris Morozov became main opponents of Mikhail's plan to marry his daughter Irina to Dutch prince Valdemar Christian (they feared this marriage would generate an independent center of power). Finally, in 1645 they have managed to ruin it after a lot of intrigue.
Sources
- Андреев И. Алексей Михайлович. М., 2003