Kurakin (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Kurakin princes

The Russian princely family Kurakin (Kourakine), originally a Lithuanian lord family, descends from the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas , who ruled the then independent Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1315 to 1341 as a sovereign Lithuanian ruler . His son Narimunt, who died in 1347, was Prince von Pinsk , his son Patrikei was Prince of Zvenigorod (the principality was on the Dniester ), and later Prince of Great Novgorod. Prince Andrej Ivanovich Bulgakow (documented in 1530) descends from his son Georg, who took the surname Kuraka , from which the name Kurakin was derived.

Boris Kurakin (1676–1727) was envoy of Peter the Great in London, Hanover, The Hague, during the negotiations on the peace of Utrecht and in Paris. His son Alexander was also ambassador to Paris, as was his grandson, who was also called Alexander.

Between 1789 and 1867, the gender was recognized by several resolutions of the Conducting Senate as having the title of prince . On September 9, 1779, the Imperial Russian Chief Procurator and later Russian Interior Minister Alexei Kurakin was enrolled in the Estonian Knighthood , in 1797 his admission and that of his brothers Alexander, Imperial Russian Real Privy Councilor, and Stepan, Imperial Russian Privy Councilor, also with the Livonian Knighthood. All members of the Princely House bear the title of Prince or Princess Kurakin with the predicate Sijatelstwo , which means “ illustrious” in German .

coat of arms

Quartered and covered with a red heart shield, inside on a galloping red-bridled white horse a silver-armored knight with drawn sword and golden oval shield (family coat of arms). 1 and 4 in red a silver eagle (Poland), 2 in silver on a gold parquet a gold-decorated and edged purple throne chair, behind it a gold candelabra with three burning candles, in front of it a long gold cross and a gold scepter crossed, the whole of two facing upright black bears held (Novgorod), 4 in blue a formed golden crescent with the horns turned downwards, on it a golden paw-foot cross over a silver star; Princely hat and cloak; Motto: Devoted to the fatherland and honor.

Significant namesake

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon, Volume VII, Page 94, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg 1989