Prince Esper Aleksandrovich Beloselsky-Belozersky ( December 27, 1802 - June 15, 1846 ) is a Russian general known for initiating the construction of the Beloselsky-Belozersky palace on Nevsky Prospect . Grandson of Catherine’s State Secretary G.V. Kozitsky ; Princess Z. A. Volkonskaya’s brother.
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| Date of Birth | December 27, 1802 | ||||
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg | ||||
| Date of death | June 15, 1846 (43 years old) | ||||
| A place of death | Moscow | ||||
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| Occupation | major general | ||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 family
- 3 notes
- 4 Sources
Biography
The only son of Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Beloselsky-Belozersky (1752-1809) from his second marriage with Anna Grigoryevna Kozitskaya (1773-1846), the heiress of the Butcher’s millions.
In 1820 he graduated from the Moscow School of Column-Drivers (under serial number 61, in the list of graduates - under No. 1), from where he entered the Hussar Regiment in the Life Guards . In 1823, at the request of Princess Anna Grigoryevna Beloselskaya, a special decree of Emperor Alexander I allowed Prince Esper with offspring to bear the double surname Beloselsky-Belozersky.
He was involved in the case of the Decembrists , but was acquitted, since he was not a member of secret societies, although he knew about their existence. Member of the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829) and military operations against the Highlanders in the North Caucasus (1833-1843). Since 1834, Colonel; since 1835, the adjutant wing ; Major General (06/15/1843). He was a fellow of the Life Guards of the Hussars Regiment, M. Yu. Lermontov , is depicted by the poet (on the right) in the watercolor “Two Adjutant Outbuildings ”. Since 1844 he was under the Minister of Railways.
He died of typhus, having become infected during the revision of the infirmaries of the Nikolaev railway. He was buried in the Lyalove estate near Moscow.
Family
He was married (from October 9, 1831) to one of the first secular beauties, maid of honor Elena Pavlovna Bibikova (1812–1888), the stepdaughter of Count A. Kh. Benkendorf . Family life was not happy, according to contemporaries, “Princess Beloselskaya despised poor Esper,” about whom the wit Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich said that “ he has a head like a wiped raccoon coat ” [1] . Prince Esper dutifully endured the betrayal of his windy wife and did not question his paternity for children:
- Elizaveta Esperovna (11/08/1832 - 03/30/1907), maid of honor, unofficial agent of Russian diplomacy in Paris; wife of Prince P.N. Trubetskoy .
- Nikolai Esperovich (05.01.183? —08.06.1836), was buried in the Lyalove estate near Moscow.
- Olga Esperovna (02.17.1838 - 09.12.1869), since 1855 she was married to the diplomat Count P. A. Shuvalov (1830-1908).
- Alexander Esperovich (07/17/1842 - 08/25/18843), died in Le Havre , and was buried in the Lyalove estate near Moscow.
- Konstantin Esperovich (06/16/1843 - 05/20/1920), Lieutenant General, Adjutant General, Member of the Council of the Main Directorate of the State. horse breeding.
- Pavel Esperovich (02/01/1847 - 03/03/18849), was buried in the Lyalove estate near Moscow.
Princess Elena Pavlovna occupied a prominent position at court: the maid of honor, the state lady of the court of Empress Maria Fedorovna , and the Ober-Hofmeisterin. After the death of Prince Esper, in 1847 she married the archaeologist and numismatist of Prince V.V. Kochubey (1811-1850), the son of a diplomat V.P. Kochubey , for the second time.
Elena Pavlovna
Olga Esperovna
Elizaveta Esperovna
Notes
- ↑ Smirnova-Rosset A.O. Diary. Memoirs. - M., 1989. S.194.
Sources
- Volkov S.V., “Generality of the Russian Empire. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Generals and Admirals from Peter I to Nicholas II. " M .: Tsentrpoligraf, 2009.
- Millionth inheritance and sharks of the Winter Palace : [Theft of the inheritance of E. A. Beloselsky-Belozersky: Preface. ed.]. - Geneve: M. Elpidine, 1882 ([typ. A. Trusova]). - 23 p.
- Pchelov E.V., “Rurikovich. The history of the dynasty "M.: Olma-press, 2001.
- The Decembrists Museum website ( http://www.decemb.hobby.ru/index.shtml?alphavit/alf_b )