Dmitri Mikhailovich Golitsyn

Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn ( Russian Дмитрий Михайлович Голицын even (Prince of) Gallitzin, Galitzine, Golicyn, Golitsyn or Galizyn , first name and Demetrius , * May 4. ^{. Jul} / 15. May 1721 ^greg. In Åbo , † 19th September 1793 in Vienna ) was a Russian diplomat, military and art patron.

Dmitri Golitsyn, portrait by Adam Braun, 1791

Dmitri Golitsyn, portrait by Fyodor Rokotov

Life

He was the tenth of 17 children of the Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1675-1730) from the Russian princely family Galitzin and Princess Tatyana Borisovna Kurakina (1696-1758). In 1751 he married the Moldovan princess Katharina Smaragda Cantemir (1720–1761) in Saint Petersburg . Golitsyn was chamberlain and envoy to Paris in 1760/61 , where he employed the poet Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolay as private secretary. From May 1762 envoy in Vienna, he played a major role in improving relations between Russia and the Habsburg Empire . He successfully negotiated the First Partition of Poland with Austria , which brought his country the most land gain. Tsarina Catherine the Great awarded him the Order of St. Andrew and the Order of Vladimir . In 1784 he was appointed ambassador of the Russian court to Emperor Joseph II .

Golitsyn was known to be a generous patron of the arts. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart often visited his city palace at Krugerstraße 10 and played concerts there. In 1780, the prince acquired large estates, parts of the forest and pastures from the community of Ottakring in the west of Vienna at the Predigtstuhl, which was soon after him and later officially called Gallitzinberg . In 1785 he had a little summer palace built there on the spot where Wilhelminenberg Castle is today. The castle housed his extensive art collection. The associated park was adorned with three ponds, fountains, a hunting lodge, an artificial Roman ruin and a round temple, the latter two of which are still preserved.

In 1792, Golitsyn asked for his resignation for health reasons, was appointed lieutenant general , but stayed in Vienna, where he died in 1793. According to his wish, his body was buried without an "unnecessary ceremony" on his estate at the preaching chair. After nine years, however, he was brought to Moscow at the request of the tsar . His will obliged his heir, Prince Nikolai Rumyantsev , to donate 850,000 rubles to the Golitsyn Hospital in Moscow, which he founded .

In 1883, Gallitzinstrasse in Vienna- Ottakring (16th district) was named after him.

Individual evidence

↑ Family tree
^ ^A ^b Jean-Henri Schnitzler: Secret History of the Court and Government of Russia Under the Emperors Alexander and Nicholas. Bentley Publisher, Oxford 1847, p. 453.
↑ Christine Klusacek, Kurt tuner: Ottakring. From the Brunnenmarkt to the Liebhartstal. Verlag Mohl, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-900272-37-9 , p. 121.
^ Albert Elmer: Demetrius Michailowitsch Prince of Galitzin. In: Association for History of the City of Vienna (ed.): Wiener Geschichtsblätter. Vienna 1978, No. 33, p. 77ff; here: p. 80.

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personal data
SURNAME	Golitsyn, Dmitri Mikhailovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Голицын, Дмитрий Михайлович (Cyrillic); Demetrius Gallitzin; Galitzin; Golicyn; Golitsyn; Galizyn (alternative transcriptions)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1721
PLACE OF BIRTH	Subscription
DATE OF DEATH	September 19, 1793
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Family tree

[Schnitzler-2] A ^b Jean-Henri Schnitzler: Secret History of the Court and Government of Russia Under the Emperors Alexander and Nicholas. Bentley Publisher, Oxford 1847, p. 453.

[3] Christine Klusacek, Kurt tuner: Ottakring. From the Brunnenmarkt to the Liebhartstal. Verlag Mohl, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-900272-37-9 , p. 121.

[4] Albert Elmer: Demetrius Michailowitsch Prince of Galitzin. In: Association for History of the City of Vienna (ed.): Wiener Geschichtsblätter. Vienna 1978, No. 33, p. 77ff; here: p. 80.