Natalia Feodorovna Lopukhina

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Natalia Feodorovna Lopukhina

Natalja Fjodorovna Lopuchina ( Russian Наталья Фёдоровна Лопухина ; * November 11, 1699 - May 11, 1763 ) was a daughter of Fyodor Christianowitsch Balk, a German-Baltic governor. Her mother's siblings Matrjona Balk (née Mons) were Anna Mons and Willem Mons . Her affairs and contacts made her influential at the Russian tsarist court. She fell out of favor there in 1742 after a diplomatic intrigue.

It turned out that the Marquis Botta d'Adorno , dear Ivan VI , also frequented her house . seen on the throne. Her tongue was torn out as a punishment. It was named after Siberia into exile sent and was allowed to return until the 1,762th

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of N. Lopuchina on biographia.ru
  2. ^ Robert Nisbet Bain : Botta-Lopukhina Conspiracy . In: The Cambridge Modern History, Volume VI, Chapter 10, page 315 ( online ( Memento of May 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ))