Volkonsky (noble family)

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The Wolkonski family ( Russian Волконский ; scientific transliteration Volkonskij ) is a Russian princely family .

history

According to tradition, the family descends from the founder of the Russian Empire, Ryurik , from the Grand Duke of Kiev , Svyatoslav II , who ruled from 1073 to 1076 , the grandson of St. Vladimir of Russia. Grand Duke Sviatoslav II was also the founder of the Chernigov branch of the Rurikids . Prince Ivan Juriewitsch inherited several estates from his father, Prince Juri Michailowitsch von Torussa, including the town of Wolkona, which then gave its name to this branch of the Rurikids. The first written mentions of the name Volkonsky appear with the princes Roman in 1482 and Michail in 1486. ​​Numerous decisions of the conducting senate in the period from 1799 to 1888 confirmed the family's prince dignity. Russian bestowal of the hereditary title Highness (Svietlost) took place on August 30th jul. / September 11,  1834 greg. .

Family table I.

Knes Michail Fedorowitsch Wolkonski ( Russian : Князь Михаил Фёдорович Волконский; * before 1590; † 1629)

Family table II.

Knes Fyodor Ivanovich Volkonsky (Князь Фёдор Иванович Волконский; * before 1580; † 1630), military leader

  • Ivan Chermny Fedorowitsch Volkonsky (* before 1600, † 1641), military leader
    • Wladimir Ivanovich Volkonsky (* after 1640; † 1697), court master
      • Dimitri Wladimirowitsch Volkonsky (* after 1660, † 1704)
        • Alexander Dimitriwitsch Volkonsky (1698–1743), naval officer
  • Simeon Fjodorowitsch Volkonsky (* before 1600; † 1644), military leader
  • Wassili Fjodorowitsch Volkonsky (* before 1600, † 1628)
  • Fyodor Fjodorowitsch Volkonsky (* before 1600, † 1665)

Family tree III.

Knes Michail Konstantinowitsch Volkonsky (Михаил Константинович (Хромой) князь Волконский; † 1610)

Family table IV.

Knes Sergei Fjodorowitsch Volkonsky (Князь Сергей Фёдорович Волконский; * 1715; † 1784 in Moscow), Russian major general, his father was Fedor-Mikhail Andreijewitsch Volkonsky (* around 1680; † 1747), see family tree

  • Mikhail Sergejewitsch Volkonsky (Князь Михаил Сергеевич Волконский; * 1745 in Moscow; † 1812)
    • Dmitri Michailowitsch Wolkonski (Князь Дмитрий Михайлович Волконский; * 1770 in Moscow; 1835 ibid.), Russian lieutenant general
      • Mikhail Dmitriwitsch Wolkonski (Князь Михаил Дмитриевич Волконский; * 1811 in Moscow; 1875 ibid.), Russian major general
  • Andrei Sergejewitsch Volkonsky (1746–18228)
  • Alexander Sergejewitsch Volkonsky (Князь Александр Сергеевич Волконский; 1750-1811)
    • Alexei Alexandrovich Volkonsky (Князь Алексей Александрович Волконский; 1784–1832)
      • Alexander Alexejewitsch Volkonsky (1818–1865)
        • Nikolai Alexandrovich Volkonsky (* 1856)
          • Yuri Nikolaijewitsch Volkonsky (1892–1954), Russian naval officer
    • Nile Alexandrovich Volkonsky (1787–1805)
    • Yuri Alexandrovich Volkonsky (* 1794)
    • Mikhail Alexandrovich Volkonsky (1798–1877)
    • Dmitri Alexandrowitsch Volkonsky (1790-1838), Russian major general
  • Nikolai Sergejewitsch Volkonsky (1753–1821), Russian infantry general ⚭ Katharina Dmitrinewa Princess Trubetskaya (1749–1821)
    • Maria Nikolainewna Volkonsky (1790–1830) ⚭ Nikolai Ilitsch Tolstoy (1794–1837)

Family table V.

Knes Timofei Michailowitsch Volkonsky († 1646)

  • Ivan Timofejewitsch Volkonsky (* 1687)
    • Grigory Ivanovich Volkonsky (1670-1718)
      • Mikhail Grigoryevich Volkonsky († 1737)
        • Pyotr Michailowitsch Volkonsky (* 1723)
        • Alexander Michailowitsch Volkonsky (1726–1802)
          • Pyotr Alexandrovich Volkonsky (1754–1809)
            • Alexander Petrovich Volkonsky (* 1784)
            • Vladimir Petrovich Volkonsky († 1786)
            • Nikolai Petrovich Volkonsky (born February 15, 1789)
            • Vasily Petrovich Volkonsky (1794–1831)
              • Sergei Wassiljewitsch Volkonsky (October 1, 1819 - August 24, 1884)
              • Viktor Wassiljewitsch Volkonsky (also Victor Vassiliévitch Volkonsky; * November 6, 1823, † April 4, 1884)

Family table VI.

Knes Semjon Romanowitsch Volkonsky († 1673)

  • Grigory Semjowitsch Volkonsky († August 15, 1721)
    • Nikolai Grigoryevich Volkonsky († 1747)
      • Ivan Nikolayevich Volkonsky (1732–1764)
        • Grigory Ivanovich Volkonsky (* 1759)
          • Boris Grigoryevich Volkonsky (born May 12, 1794 - April 20, 1861), Russian lieutenant captain
          • Nikolai Grigoryevich Volkonsku (* 1797 - † November 28, 1864)
          • Pyotr Grigoryevich Volkonsky (* 1803 - 14 January 1857), Russian major general
            • Nikolai Pyotrovich Volkonsky (1842 - October 28, 1896)
            • Mikhail Pyotrovich Volkonsky (born October 11, 1846)
  • Roman Semjonowitsch Volkonsky
  • Fyodor Semyonovich Volkonsky
  • Ivan Semyonovich Volkonsky
  • Strefan Semjonowitsch Volkonsky
  • Vasily Semjonowitsch Volkonsky († June 28, 1659 in Konotop )

Repnin-Volkonsky line

Knes Nikolai Grigoryevich Repnin-Volkonsky (Князь Николай Григорьевич Репнин-Волконский; * 1778 in Moscow; † 1845); Adopted son of Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Repnin (1734–1810), general

  • Vasily Nikolaijewitsch Repnin-Volkonsky (* 1805 in Moscow; † 1880), senior civil servant
    • Vadim Nikolaijewitsch Repnin-Volkonsky (* 1869, † 1912 in Batumi )
      • Igor Vadimowitsch Repnin-Volkonsky (* 1892 in Kiev , † 1970 in Clichy )

Baltic line

Prince Pyotr Michailowitsch Volkonsky (1776-1852) was accepted into the Livonian and Courland Knighthood in 1839 . His son Prince Gregori Petrovich (1808-1882) married in 1838, the Estonian Maria Countess Benckendorff (1820-1880), this was the heiress of the castle event , he was in the Estonian 1864 matrikel the Estonian knighthood entered. Schloss case with the associated Beigütern Merremois and Käsaldas which together a Majorat formed, remained until 1920 in family ownership.

Baltic family table

Pyotr Michailowitsch Prince Wolkonski (* 1776 in Saint Petersburg ; † 1852 ibid.), Field Marshal General in the Imperial Russian Army ⚭ Sophia Grigorijewna Wolkonski (1787–1868)

  • Grigori Petrowitsch Volkonsky (* 1808 in Saint Petersburg, † 1882 in Nice , real councilor of state , court master at the court of the tsars ⚭ 1st marriage to Maria Countess von Benckendorff (1820–1880), 2nd marriage to Lydia Waxel (1834–1897)
    • Elisabeth Fürstin Wolkonski (1838–1897) ⚭ Michail Sergejewitsch Wolkonski (1832–1909), Chief Chamberlain , State Secretary, Member of the Imperial Council, Senator
    • Peter Grigoriewitsch Prince Wolkowski (* 1843 in Saint Petersburg, † 1896 at Schloss Fall) stable master at the Tsar's court ⚭Vera Fürstin Lwow (1848–1924)
      • Grigori Petrovich Prince Wolkowski (* 1870 in Saint Petersburg, † 1940 in Tallinn ) Jägermeister at the court of the Tsars ⚭ Sophia Countess Schuwalow (1877-1917)
        • Peter Grigoryevich Prince Volkonsky (* 1897 in Moscow , † 1925 in Paris ) ⚭ Irina Rachmaninow (1905–1925)
        • Paul Grigoryevich Prince Wolkonski (* 1898 in Moscow, † 1962 in Chelles ) ⚭ Katharina Veber (* 1895; † 1976 in Tallinn)
        • Grigori Grigoryevich Prince Wolkonski (* 1900 on lap case; † 1971 in Stockholm ) ⚭ Tamara Baronesse von Rosen (1894–1966)
        • Andrei Grigoryevich Prince Volkonsky (* 1908 in Skoworodkino , Smolensk Governorate ; † 1986)
      • Alexander Petrovich Prince Wolkonski (* 1871 in Rome, † 1945 in St. Cloud), Russian Guard Lieutenant ⚭ Maria Luginin
        • Prince Peter Wolkowski (* 1901 in Saint Petersburg, † 1997 in Saint Cloud)
          • Alexsander Robert Guy Bernard Michel Prince Wolkowski (* 1929)
        • Georg Aleksandrovich Prince Wolkowski (* 1905)

Castle case

Castle case

Fall Castle ( Spanish : Keila-Joa ) is located about 30 kilometers from Tallinn, the former Reval . In 1555 the mill with the associated areas was lent to the Neukirch family by the master of the order Heinrich von Galen (1480–1557). After 1641 ownership changed to the Baade, Wrangell , Tiesenhausen , von Dehn , von Pohlmann and von Berg families . It was then bought in 1827 by Alexander von Benckendorff (1781–1844) who bequeathed it to his daughter. She was married to Prince Volkonsky, Grigory Petrovich, who kept the castle until 1920. Tsar Nicholas I and his family visited the castle several times. At the time of Estonia's independence it served as the official residence of the Foreign Minister and during the Soviet era it was a military shelter. “Today the castle is magnificently renovated and houses a museum on the history of Fall. The castle was the first historicist building in Estonia. It was built around 1833 by the architect Andrei Iwanowitsch Stackenschneider in the neo-Gothic Tudor style. The castle is surrounded by a beautiful park that also contains the famous Keila waterfall. The castle owes its German name to this waterfall. ”. The manors Merremois and Käsal were added to the Fall castle.

Russian generals in the Russian Empire from the Volkonsky princely family

coat of arms

Split; Right in blue on green ground the Archangel Michael clad in silver , in his right a flaming sword, in his left holding a golden shield, on the left a gold-crowned and armored black eagle with outstretched wings, in the left muzzle a long-stalked gold-framed cross tilted in front holding on; Prince's crown and prince's mantle .

See also

Web links

Commons : Volkonsky (noble family)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume Fü V, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg 1959, pp. 609-610.
  2. ↑ Knjas (князь) or Knez (кнез) is the Slavic name for a ruler in the Slavic-speaking area.
  3. ^ Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (Berab.): Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood , Volume 3, Görlitz 1930, pp. 281-281.
  4. ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch , III. Volume, 11th section, 1st part; The nobility of the Russian Baltic provinces: The knighthood , Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1898, pp. 25–26, Tfl. 5.
  5. ^ Case - Keila-Joa, Estonia
  6. ↑ Volkonsky. In: Stackelberg, Otto Magnus from: Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood, Bd .: 3, Görlitz, [1930] [1]
  7. ↑ Schloss Fall. Entry on: Lost-unlost-places in the Baltic States [2] , accessed June 27, 2019
  8. ↑ Generals of the Russian Empire [3]