Gorchakov
The Gorchakovs ( Russian Горчаковы ) are a Russian princely family of Rurikid descent. The common ancestor of the Gorchakovs is Prince Roman Ivanovich, a great-great-grandson of Grand Duke Michael von Tschernigow (1179–1246). The family name Gortschakow comes from Iwan Fjodorowitsch Gortschak, governor in Przemyśl .
The Baltic line of the Gorchakov princes
On December 11, 1865, Prince Alexander Michailowitsch Gortschakow was accepted as an honorary member of the Estonian nobility register and the indigenous group was extended to his descendants. The sex was also enrolled in the Livonian and Öselsche knighthood .
ancestors
Prince Iwan Fjodorowitsch Gortschack, 1538 governor, 1536–1564 voivode in Ryashsk
- Prince Peter Ivanovich (* around 1570; † 1611 in Polish captivity), landowner, 2nd voivode in Smolensk
- Prince Vasali Dimitrijewitsch, landowner in the Moscow district , Vojewode ⚭ Afimja Uvarow
- Prince Fjedor Wassiljewitsch (1646–1699), landowner in the Moscow district ⚭ Nastassia Fedorovna Baskakow († 1736)
- Prince Iwan Fjedorowitsch (1694–1750), lieutenant colonel , landowner in the Moscow district, voivode ⚭ Tatiana Princess Mortkin
- Prince Alexei Ivanovich (1737–1805) large landowner , college assessor ⚭ Anna Peschtschurow
- Prince Michael Alexejewitsch (1768–1831), Baltic line
- Prince Alexei Ivanovich (1737–1805) large landowner , college assessor ⚭ Anna Peschtschurow
- Prince Iwan Fjedorowitsch (1694–1750), lieutenant colonel , landowner in the Moscow district, voivode ⚭ Tatiana Princess Mortkin
- Prince Fjedor Wassiljewitsch (1646–1699), landowner in the Moscow district ⚭ Nastassia Fedorovna Baskakow († 1736)
- Prince Vasali Dimitrijewitsch, landowner in the Moscow district , Vojewode ⚭ Afimja Uvarow
Baltic lineage
Michael Alexejewitsch Prince Gorchakov (born October 29, 1768; † December 30, 1831), Russian major general ⚭ Helene Dorothea von Fersen (1766–1822) from Livonia
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Alexander Michailowitsch Gortschakow (born June 15, 1798 in Hapsal ; † March 11, 1883 in Baden-Baden ), Russian envoy, statesman ⚭ Marina Fürstin Urussow († 1853 in Baden-Baden)
- Michael Alexandrovich Prince Gorchakov (born August 24, 1839 in Moscow, † July 12, 1897 in Saint Petersburg ), privy councilor , envoy in Madrid
- Konstantin Alexandrowitsch Prince Gorchakov (* December 5, 1841 in Saint Petersburg; † 1916 ibid), stable master ⚭ Maria Princess Sturdza (* 1849)
- Alexander Konstantinowitsch Prince Gorchakov (born September 17, 1875 in Vevey ; † March 18, 1916 in Saint Petersburg) Chamberlain , District Marshal of Perejaslav ⚭ Darja Bibikow (* 1883)
- Michael Alexandrovich Prince Gorchakov (January 30, 1905 in Saint Petersburg) ⚭ Countess Olga Orlow-Dawydow
- Konstantin Alexandrowitsch Prince Gorchakov (born April 25, 1906 in Berlin)
- Boris Konstantinowitsch Fürs Gortschakow (born June 1, 1879 in Freiburg iB)
- Michael Konstantinowitsch Prince Gorchakov (born August 24, 1880 in Baden-Baden; March 7, 1961 in Herblay-sur-Seine ), Chamberlain ⚭ Natalie Charitonenko
- Alexander Konstantinowitsch Prince Gorchakov (born September 17, 1875 in Vevey ; † March 18, 1916 in Saint Petersburg) Chamberlain , District Marshal of Perejaslav ⚭ Darja Bibikow (* 1883)
Personalities
The most famous members of the family include:
- Prince Alexei Ivanovich Gorchakov (1769-1817; General of the Infantry ) was a nephew of Suvorov and served under this in the Russo-Turkish War 1787-1792 and then in the Russo-Polish War 1792 , in the Second Coalition War 1799-1802 in Switzerland and Italy and in the Fourth Coalition War 1806/07 in Poland. He was Russian Minister of War from 1812 to 1815.
- Prince Andrei Iwanowitsch Gorchakov (1779–1855; General of the Infantry), brother of Alexei Iwanowitsch, served in the Second Coalition War 1799–1802 in Switzerland and Italy, in the Fourth Coalition War in Poland in 1806/07 and in the war against Napoleon from 1812 to 1814.
- Prince Pyotr Dmitrijewitsch Gorchakov (1790-1868; General of the Infantry) served under Kamensky and Kutusow in the Russo-Turkish War 1806-12 and in the war against France 1812-14, under Sayn-Wittgenstein in the Russo-Turkish War 1828/29 and was from 1839 to 1851 governor of Eastern Siberia. From 1853 to 1855 he commanded army corps in the Crimean War .
- Prince Mikhail Dmitrijewitsch Gorchakov (1792–1861; General of the Artillery ), brother of Pyotr Dmitrijewitsch, served in the Russo-Persian War 1804-1813 , the war against France 1812-1814, the Russo-Turkish War 1828/29 and the November Uprising in Poland. He then served as Chief of the Army Staff and Governor of Warsaw and took part in the suppression of the revolution in Hungary in 1848/49 . In the Crimean War 1853-1856 he commanded the Russian attack on Wallachia and Moldovia as commander in chief and in 1855 became commander in chief of the Russian forces in the Crimea. From 1856 he was Governor General of Poland.
- Prince Alexander Michailowitsch Gortschakow (1798-1883) was a Russian diplomat and statesman, ambassador to the German Confederation and Austria-Hungary, 1856-1882 Russian Foreign Minister and from 1863 State Chancellor.
Mikhail Dmitrijewitsch Gorchakov (1792–1861), Governor General of Poland
Alexander Michailowitsch Gortschakow (1798-1883), Russian Foreign Minister and State Chancellor
Web links
- Description on rulex.ru (Russian)
- Entry in the Slavic Encyclopedia (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Nicolai von Essen (edit.): Genealogical Handbook of the Oeselschen Ritterschaft , reprint of the edition Tartu 1935, Hannover-Döhren 1971, p. 497.
- ↑ Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood , Volume 3, Görlitz [1930], p. 308.
- ↑ Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood , Volume 3, Görlitz [1930], p. 309.