Vorontsov Family

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VORONTSOV, a famous noble and princely family from the early 16th century. Several of them were closely associated with St. Petersburg. Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov (1714-67) was a count (1744), statesman, diplomat, and active participant of the Palace Revolution of 1741 (brought the Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment over to Elizaveta Petrovna's side); from 1758, he was State Chancellor, a friend and patron of M.V. Lomonosov's, and owned the Vorontsov Palace. His brother was Roman Illarionovich Vorontsov (1707-83), count (1760), general en chef (1761), who was infamous for his corruption (known as "Roman Big-Pocket"). His daughters were E.R. Dashkova, and Elizaveta Romanovna Vorontsova (married name Polyanskaya), who was a favourite of Emperor Peter III's (1739-92). Their brothers included diplomats Alexander Romanovich Voronikhin (1741, St. Petersburg — 1805), count (1760), diplomat and statesman, state chancellor (1802-04), protector of A.N. Radishchev, a famous mason; and Semen Romanovich Vorontsov (1744-1832), count (1760), Infantry General (1797). One of the sons of the latter, Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov (1782-1856), was a Gracious Prince (1852), General field marshal (1856), Hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, and fought in the wars with France of 1813-14.

References: Архив князя Воронцова. М., 1870-1897. Кн. 1-40; Воронцовы — два века в истории России: К 250-летию Е. Р. Дашковой: Материалы конф. СПб., 1993; Алексеев В. Н. Графы Воронцовы и Воронцовы-Дашковы в истории России. М., 2002. M.O. Meltsin. Dashkova Ekaterina Romanovna, Duchess
Elizaveta Petrovna, Empress
Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilievich
Peter III, Emperor
Radishchev Alexander Nikolaevich
the Vorontsovs
Vorontsov Alexander Romanovich, Count
Vorontsov Mikhail Illarionovich, Count
Vorontsov Mikhail Semenovich, Gracious Prince
Vorontsov Roman Illarionovich, Count
Vorontsov Semen Romanovich, Count
Vorontsova E.A., Duchess
Архив князя Воронцова. М., 1870 - 1897
Алексеев В.Н. Графы Воронцовы и Воронцовы-Дашковы в истории России. М., 2002
Воронцовы - два века в истории России: К 250-летию Е. Р. Дашковой: Материалы конф. СПб., 1993 Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment
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