Elizabeth Divov

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

^ Stroev, Aleksandr (2010). L'image de l'étranger (in French). Institut d'études slaves. ISBN 978-2-7204-0458-0.
^ ^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.
^ Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth; Haroche-Bouzinac, Geneviève (2008). Souvenirs, 1755-1842 (in French). H. Champion. ISBN 978-2-7453-1695-0.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Шенкман, Григорий (2004). Бутурлины: жизнь между Россией и Италией (in Russian). Алетейя. ISBN 978-5-89329-723-2.
^ Шлобах, Йохен (2000). Русские и немцы в XVIII веке: встреча культур (in Russian). Наука. ISBN 978-5-02-011592-7.
^ ^a ^b Молева, Нина (1980). Дмитрий Григорьевич Левицкий (in Russian). Искусство.
^ Россия (in Russian). О.Г.И. 1999. ISBN 978-5-900241-39-5.
^ 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.

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[1] Stroev, Aleksandr (2010). L'image de l'étranger (in French). Institut d'études slaves. ISBN 978-2-7204-0458-0.

[:0-2] 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.

[:1-5] 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.

[:2-7] 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.

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