Alexander Potemkin
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Alexander Potyomkin was a Russia
n nobleman
. He was the father of Grigory Potyomkin.
In 1723, he married Daria Skuratowa. They had six children:
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n nobleman
Nobility
Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...
. He was the father of Grigory Potyomkin.
Family
About 1708, he married an unknown woman, whom he divorced in 1724.In 1723, he married Daria Skuratowa. They had six children:
- Marfa Yelena (1724–1775) – married Wasilij von Engelhardt and had six daughters, the famous Potemkin Nieces,
- Marya – married Nikołaj Samojłow,
- Piełagieja – married Peter Wysocki,
- Daria – married Alexander Lichaczow,
- Nadzieżda (1738–1757) – unmarried,
- Grigory Alexandrovich Potyomkin (1739–1791).