Naryshkin family
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The Naryshkin family was a Moscow boyar
family. It became allied to the ruling house in 1671 when the great beauty Natalia Naryshkina
(daughter of Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin
) married Alexis of Russia, later becoming the mother of Peter the Great. The Naryshkin family was persecuted under the regency of Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia but were then highly favoured by Peter and his descendants and played a major part in Russian life.
Boyar
A boyar, or bolyar , was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Moscovian, Kievan Rus'ian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian aristocracies, second only to the ruling princes , from the 10th century through the 17th century....
family. It became allied to the ruling house in 1671 when the great beauty Natalia Naryshkina
Natalia Naryshkina
Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina was the Tsaritsa of Russia from 1671 to 1676 as the second spouse of tsar Alexei I of Russia.-Biography:Coming from a petty noble family, daughter of Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin and wife Anna Leontyevna Leontyeva Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina was the Tsaritsa of...
(daughter of Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin
Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin
Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin was the maternal grandfather of Peter the Great.Naryshkin's father was an obscure nobleman, Poluekt Ivanovich Naryshkin from Tarusa...
) married Alexis of Russia, later becoming the mother of Peter the Great. The Naryshkin family was persecuted under the regency of Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia but were then highly favoured by Peter and his descendants and played a major part in Russian life.
Other notable members
- Kirill Alexeïevitch Narychkine (1670–1723), Commandant of PskovPskovPskov is an ancient city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in the northwest of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: -Early history:...
and of Dorpat 1704 - 1710, commandant of Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
1710 - 1716, governor of Moscow 1716-1719 - Maria NaryshkinaMaria NaryshkinaMaria Antonovna Naryshkina , born Princess Maria Antonovna Svyatopolk-Chetvertinskaya was a Polish noble, for thirteen years the mistress of Tsar Alexander I of Russia....
(1779–1854), née princesse Sviatopolsk-Tchetvertinsky, mistress of Alexander I of RussiaAlexander I of RussiaAlexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania.... - Lev Kirillovitch Narychkine
- Alexandre Lvovitch Narychkine, died in Paris in 1826, friend of Paul I of RussiaPaul I of RussiaPaul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
, who called him his 'uncle' - he served simultaneously as grand chamberlain, chancellor and grand marshal of the nobility. He also served for a long time as head of the theatres and attracted the top artists of Europe and particularly France to Russia. - Alexis Vassilievitch Narychkine (1742–1800), chamberlain from 1773, diplomat, scholar, friend of Denis DiderotDenis DiderotDenis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie....
, offering him lodging in Alexis's own house during Diderot's stay in Saint Petersburg, at place Saint-Isaac, n° 8. - Lev Alexandrovitch NarychkineLev Alexandrovitch NarychkineLev Alexandrovitch Narychkine was a Russian aristocrat who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.-Life:...
(1785–1846), Russian lieutenant-general, fought in the Napoleonic Wars - Kirill Alexandrovitch Narychkine, member of the Council of State (1834)
- Alexandre Alexeïevitch Narychkine (1839–1916), member of the Council of State (1906).