Ana Gruzinskaya Golitsyna (original) (raw)

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Princess Ana Gruzinskaya Golitsyna
Portrait by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Born 17 August 1763
Died 11 October 1842 (aged 79)Saint Petersburg
Burial Coastal Monastery of St. Sergius
Spouse Boris Andreevich Golitsyn
Dynasty Bagrationi dynasty
Father Prince Alexander of Kartli
Mother Daria Alexandrovna née Menshikova
Religion Georgian Orthodox Church

Princess Ana Gruzinskaya Golitsyna (Russian: Анна Грузинская-Голицына, 17 August 1763 — 11 October 1842) was a Russian aristocrat of Georgian royal origin.[1]

She was the daughter of Prince Alexander of Kartli, grandchild of Prince Bakar of Kartli and great-grandchild of King Vakhtang VI of Kartli. She had one brother, Prince Georgy Bagration-Gruzinsky. Her mother, Princess Daria Alexandrovna Menshikova, was the granddaughter of Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, who was the de facto ruler of Russia from 1725 to 1727.

Her first marriage was to Alexander Alexandrovitch Litsyn, who died in 1789.[1] The next year, in In 1790, Ana married her third cousin once removed Prince Boris Andreevich Golitsyn, member of the House of Golitsyn, who was a close friend of Georgian general Prince Peter Bagration-Mukhansky (who was also her nephew).[2] Her husband died of a stroke in 1822.

She was known for hosting salons.[1]

Ana died on 11 October 1842 in Saint Petersburg, and is buried in Coastal Monastery of St. Sergius.

  1. ^ a b c Baillio, Joseph; Baetjer, Katharine; Lang, Paul (2016-02-15). Vigée Le Brun. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-581-8.
  2. ^ Guseva, Natalia Iurievna (2015). "Четыре интерьера и один диван. Романтическое эссе". Труды исторического факультета СПбГУ (20): 310–324. ISSN 2221-9978.