Volkonsky
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The House of Volkonsky, also spelled Volkonski or Wolkonsky and later times Wlodkowski is an ancient Russian princely family, part of the Russian nobility.
History
[edit]The family claims descent from the Rurik dynasty, in particular from the Princes of Chernigov.[1] It was named after the Volkona river, south of Moscow.[2] Members of the family held the title of Prince in the Russian Empire.[3][4]
Notable members
[edit]- Alexander Volkonsky (1866–1934), Russian diplomat
- Alexey Volkonsky (born 1978), Russian canoer
- Andrei Volkonsky (1933–2008), Russian composer
- Grigory Konstantinovich Volkonsky (cca. 1560 — 1634), prince, okolnichy and voivode, who repelled the Polish attack on Moscow in 1618.
- Grigory Ivanovich Volkonsky (1670-1715 or 1718), Russian statesman, chief commandant of Tula and Yaroslavl, one of the first 9 senators.
- Grigory Semyonovich Volkonsky (1721) (cca. 1673 — 1721), Russian military leader, major general, participant in the Northern War.
- Grigory Grigoryevich Volkonsky (1691-1758), prince, colonel, Simbirsk governor.
- Grigory Semyonovich Volkonsky (1742-1824), Russian military leader, cavalry general.
- Grigory Petrovich Volkonsky (1808-1882) knyaz, Russian diplomat, actual state councilor, chamberlain
- Maria Mikhailovich Volkonskaya (1863–1943), Russian aristocrat
- Maria Volkonsky (1805–1863), Russian aristocrat
- Nikita Volkonsky (1781–1844), Russian general
- Peeter Volkonski (born 1954), Estonian musician
- Peter Volkonsky (1861–1948), Russian aristocrat
- Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky (1776–1852), Russian general
- Serge Wolkonsky (1860–1937), Russian theatre director
- Sergei Volkonsky (1788–1865), Russian general
- Zinaida Volkonskaya (1792–1862), Russian writer
References
[edit]- ↑ "Princes of the Russian Empire".
- ↑ Ziegler, Dominic. Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River at the Borderlands of Empires. New York: Penguin Press. 2015. p. 139.
- ↑ "Princes of the Russian Empire".
- ↑ "Princes of the Russian Empire". 21 March 2018.
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