Sergei Vasilyevich Saltykov
Sergei Wassiljewitsch Saltykow ( Russian Сергей Васильевич Салтыков , scientific transliteration Sergej Vasil'evič Saltykov ; * 1726 ; † 1765 ) was a Russian diplomat and nobleman from the house of Saltykow . He is best known as one of the lovers of the future Tsarina Catherine II of Russia and possibly the father of Tsar Paul I.
His father was Vasily Fyodorowitsch Saltykow (1675-1751). By marrying a lady-in-waiting, he came to the imperial court in Saint Petersburg at the age of 26 . The Grand Duchess Catherine, married to the heir to the throne Peter Fyodorowitsch , got involved in an affair with the good-looking chamberlain, Count Sergei Saltykov.
On October 1, 1754, Katharina gave birth to her son Paul. The tsarina recognized the child as legitimate, but had Saltykov removed from the court. She sent him as a special envoy to the King of Sweden to announce the birth of the future heir to the throne. He later served as the Russian envoy in Hamburg , Paris and Dresden .
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- ↑ Volkmar Billig: Change of images: Saxon-Russian cultural transfer in the Age of Enlightenment , Böhlau, Cologne 2009, p. 281, ISBN 3-412-204-358
- ↑ Erik Amburger : "The permanent diplomatic representatives abroad". History of the Russian authorities organization: from Peter the Great to 1917 , EJ Brill, Leiden 1966
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Michajlowitsch Golitsyn |
Russian envoy to the Hanseatic cities from 1754 to 1760 |
Alexei Semyonovich Mussin-Pushkin |
| Peter Grigorievich Chernikov |
Russian ambassador to France 1762 to 1763 |
Dmitri Alexeyevich Golitsyn |
| Heinrich Gottfried Gross |
Russian envoy to Saxony from 1764 to 1765 |
Andrei Belosselsky-Belozersky |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saltykov, Sergei Wassiljewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Сергей Васильевич Салтыков (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian diplomat and nobleman from the Saltykov family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1726 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1765 |