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Portrait of Elizabeth P. Divova; by Anton Graff

Elizabeth Divov (also Elizaveta Petrovna Divova) (Russian: Елизавета Петровна Дивова; 1762-1813), [1] née Boutourlina (also Buturlina) was a Russian Empire courtier. [2] [3] [4] Her father was Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Boutourlin, and her mother was Maria Romanovna Vorontsova. [5] [6] Princess Dashkova was Elizaveta's maternal aunt. [7]

She served as lady-in-waiting to empress Catherine the Great, and was married in 1784 to Adrian Divov. [2] [5] In 1784 she was suspected to be behind a controversial political satire. [7]

In 1792, Divov visited Sweden with her husband, and became known for her involvement in political plots during her stay. [8] Her house in St. Petersburg, called Little Koblenz, was known as a haven for French émigrés. [9]

References

  1. ^ Stroev, Aleksandr (2010). L'image de l'étranger (in French). Institut d'études slaves. ISBN  978-2-7204-0458-0.
  2. ^ a b Mézin, Anne; Rjéoutski, Vladislav (2011). Les Français en Russie au siècle des Lumières: dictionnaire des Français, Suisses, Wallons et autres francophones en Russie de Pierre le Grand à Paul Ier (in French). Centre international d'étude du XVIIIe siècle. ISBN  978-2-84559-045-8.
  3. ^ Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth; Haroche-Bouzinac, Geneviève (2008). Souvenirs, 1755-1842 (in French). H. Champion. ISBN  978-2-7453-1695-0.
  4. ^ Les Français en Russie au siècle des Lumières: dictionnaire des Français, Suisses, Wallons et autres francophones en Russie de Pierre le Grand à Paul Ier (in French). Centre international d'étude du XVIIIe siècle. 2011. ISBN  978-2-84559-046-5.
  5. ^ a b Шенкман, Григорий (2004). Бутурлины: жизнь между Россией и Италией (in Russian). Алетейя. ISBN  978-5-89329-723-2.
  6. ^ Шлобах, Йохен (2000). Русские и немцы в XVIII веке: встреча культур (in Russian). Наука. ISBN  978-5-02-011592-7.
  7. ^ a b Молева, Нина (1980). Дмитрий Григорьевич Левицкий (in Russian). Искусство.
  8. ^ Россия (in Russian). О.Г.И. 1999. ISBN  978-5-900241-39-5.
  9. ^ Иванов, Анатолий Андреевич (1997). Дома и люди: из истории петербургских особняков (in Russian). Лениздат. ISBN  978-5-289-01902-8.
  • Русские портреты XVIII—XIX столетий. Изд. Вел. Кн. Николая Михайловича. СПб. 1906. Т. II вып III. No. 62.