Coat of arms of the Lopukhins. Family heraldry in the Russian noble assembly. Using conditional hatching for
OGDR IV-6. Coat of arms of the family of Prince Lopukhin.
The shield is divided horizontally into two parts, of which in the upper part in a golden field there is a black double-headed crowned eagle, on the chest of which the name of the Sovereign Emperor PAULO the First is depicted. In the lower part, in a silver field, there is a red Vulture facing to the right. On the shield are placed three helmets, crowned with noble crowns, and on the middle one are visible seven peacock feathers. The mantle on the shield is blue, lined with silver. The shield is held on the right side by the Goddess holding the Scales of Justice in her hand, and on the left by the Warrior holding a crimson Banner in her hands. Under the shield is the motto: GRACE. The entire shield is covered with the Mantle and Cap belonging to the Princely dignity.
Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin, as shown in Russian History and in the certificates of the Rozryadny and the Collegium of Foreign Affairs Archives, comes from an ancient noble family. The Grand Duke of Tmutarakan Mstislav, the son of the Russian Grand Duke Vladimir Svyatoslavich, who baptized the Russian land, in 6530/1022, having defeated the Kasog Prince Rededya or Redega, took all his estate and imposed tribute on Kasogi. The children of this Prince Redega, named after baptism Yuri and Roman, were in the service of the Grand Duke. The great-grandson of Roman Redegich, Mikhailo Yurievich Sorokoum, had a son, Gleb, from whom came the Glebovs, Koltovskys, Lupandins and Ushakovs. The great-grandson of Gleb Mikhailovich, Bartholomew Grigorievich, nicknamed Lapot, had a son, Vasily Lopukha, whose descendants Lopukhin, many of the Russian Throne, served in various noble ranks in both ancient and modern times and were awarded by the Sovereigns with estates and signs Royal favors. Descended from the same family of Boyar Feodor Avramovich Lopukhin, the daughter Evdokia Feodorovna was in a blessed marriage and eternal glory worthy of the memory of the Sovereign Emperor PETER the Great. - On the 19th day of January 1799, the aforementioned Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin, by Decree of the Sovereign Emperor PAVLO the First, was most mercifully granted the Prince of the All-Russian Empire with all the offspring descended from him, male and female, and on February 22 of the same year he was granted to Prince Lopukhin and his entire family the title and advantage of the Most Serene Prince, and for this dignity on the 28th day of March a Diploma, a copy of which is kept in the Heraldry.
NB! TEXT REQUIRES CORRECTION.
OGDR III-8. Coat of arms of the Lopukhin family.
The shield, which has a silver field, depicts a red Vulture facing the right side. The shield is crowned with an ordinary Noble helmet with a Noble Crown on it, on the surface of which seven Peacock feathers are visible. The marking on the shield is blue and red, lined with silver. The shield is held by two armed Warriors each holding one Spear.
The Grand Duke of Tmutarakan Mstislav, the son of the Russian Grand Duke Vladimir Svyatoslavich, who baptized the Russian land, as shown in Russian history in 6530/1022, having defeated the Kasog Prince Rededya or Redega, took all his estate, and imposed tribute on Kasogi. The children of this Prince Redega, named after baptism Yuri and Roman, were in the service of the Grand Duke. The great-grandson of Roman Redegich, Mikhail Yurievich Sorokoum, had a son, Gleb, from whom came the Koltovskys, Lupandins and Ushakovs. The great-grandson of Gleb Mikhailovich Bartholomew Grigorievich, nicknamed Lapot, had a son, Vasily Lopukha, whose descendants, many Lopukhins, served the Russian Throne, served in both ancient and modern times, various Noble services in the most noble ranks, and were granted estates and other honors and signs of the Monarchs by the Sovereigns favors. Descended from the same family of Boyar Feodor Avraamovich Lopukhin, the daughter Evdokia Feodorovna was married to the Great Sovereign Emperor Peter the Great. All this is proven in addition to Russian History by references from the Archive of the Collegium of Foreign Affairs, the Rank Archive and the genealogy of the Lopukhins.
NB! TEXT REQUIRES CORRECTION.
Some Lopukhins are an untitled Russian noble family, from the Kasog prince Rededi and his descendant Vasily Lopukha, the coat of arms of the family is in part 3 of the “General armorial of the noble families of the Russian Empire”. The Lopukhin family is included in the 6th part of the noble genealogical books of the Vladimir, Kyiv, Moscow, Novgorod, Oryol, Pskov, Tver and Tula provinces.
Additional Information. Some nobles of the late 19th century with this surname. At the end of the line - the province and district to which they are assigned.
Lopukhin, Bor. Aldr., zemstvo beginning Orlovsk. u., Orel. Oryol province. Maloarkhangelsk district. Gg. nobles with voting rights.
Lopukhin, Vikt. Iv., ks. Oryol province. Karachevsky district. Gg. nobles who have the right to vote directly and have a vote in all positions of the Governor. Meetings.
Lopukhin, Nikl. Iv., Golovkovo village. Smolensk province. Sychevsky district.
Lopukhina, Maria. Vladimir province. Gorokhovetsky district.
Lopukhina, Nat. Os., Golovkovo village. Smolensk province. Sychevsky district.
The following people are buried in section 1 of the Donskoy Monastery cemetery in Moscow:
LOPUKHIN ALEXEY ALEXANDROVICH 1813-1873 (see), friend of M.Yu. Lermontov
LOPUKHIN ALEXANDER?-1787, ensign
LOPUKHINA VARVARA ALEXANDROVNA 1819-1873
LOPUKHINA EKATERINA ANDREEVNA, baby
LOPUKHINA EKATERINA 1835-1841
The following people are buried in section 6 of the Donskoy Monastery cemetery in Moscow:
LOPUKHINA LIDIA ALEKSEEVNA 1842-1895
LOPUKHINA MARIA ALEXANDROVNA 1802-1877, friend of M.Yu. Lermontov, sister No. 1
LOPUKHINA MARIA ALEKSEEVNA 1840-1886
In addition, in the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery there is the tomb of the Lopukhins.
Scratch a Russian boyar and you will find a foreigner! Sheremetevs, Morozovs, Velyaminovs...
Velyaminovs
The family traces its origins to Shimon (Simon), the son of the Varangian prince African. In 1027 he arrived in the army of Yaroslav the Great and converted to Orthodoxy. Shimon Afrikanovich is famous for the fact that he participated in the battle with the Polovtsians on Alta and contributed the most to the construction of the Pechersk temple in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary: a precious belt and the legacy of his father - a golden crown.
But the Vilyaminovs were known not only for their courage and generosity: a descendant of the family, Ivan Vilyaminov, fled to the Horde in 1375, but was later captured and executed on Kuchkovo Field. Despite the betrayal of Ivan Velyaminov, his family did not lose its significance: the last son of Dmitry Donskoy was baptized by Maria, the widow of Vasily Velyaminov, the Moscow thousand.
The following clans emerged from the Velyaminov family: Aksakovs, Vorontsovs, Vorontsov-Velyaminovs.
Detail: The name of the street “Vorontsovo Field” still reminds Muscovites of the most distinguished Moscow family, the Vorontsov-Velyaminovs.
Morozovs
The Morozov family of boyars is an example of a feudal family from among the Old Moscow untitled nobility. The founder of the family is considered to be a certain Mikhail, who came from Prussia to serve in Novgorod. He was among the “six brave men” who showed special heroism during the Battle of the Neva in 1240.
The Morozovs served Moscow faithfully even under Ivan Kalita and Dmitry Donskoy, occupying prominent positions at the grand ducal court. However, their family suffered greatly from the historical storms that overtook Russia in the 16th century. Many representatives of the noble family disappeared without a trace during the bloody oprichnina terror of Ivan the Terrible.
The 17th century became the last page in the centuries-old history of the family. Boris Morozov had no children, and the only heir of his brother, Gleb Morozov, was his son Ivan. By the way, he was born in marriage with Feodosya Prokofievna Urusova, the heroine of V.I. Surikov’s film “Boyaryna Morozova”. Ivan Morozov did not leave any male offspring and turned out to be the last representative of a noble boyar family, which ceased to exist in the early 80s of the 17th century.
Detail: The heraldry of Russian dynasties took shape under Peter I, which is perhaps why the coat of arms of the Morozov boyars has not been preserved.
Buturlins
According to genealogical books, the Buturlin family descends from an “honest husband” under the name Radsha who left the Semigrad land (Hungary) at the end of the 12th century to join Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky.
“My great-grandfather Racha served Saint Nevsky with a fighting muscle,” wrote A. Pushkin in the poem “My Genealogy.” Radsha became the founder of fifty Russian noble families in Tsarist Moscow, among them the Pushkins, the Buturlins, and the Myatlevs...
But let’s return to the Buturlin family: its representatives faithfully served first the Grand Dukes, then the sovereigns of Moscow and Russia. Their family gave Russia many prominent, honest, noble people, whose names are still known today. Let's name just a few of them:
Ivan Mikhailovich Buturlin served as a guard under Boris Godunov, fought in the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia, and conquered almost all of Dagestan. He died in battle in 1605 as a result of betrayal and deception of the Turks and mountain foreigners.
His son Vasily Ivanovich Buturlin was the Novgorod governor, an active associate of Prince Dmitry Pozharsky in his fight against the Polish invaders.
For military and peaceful deeds, Ivan Ivanovich Buturlin was awarded the title of Knight of St. Andrew, General-in-Chief, Ruler of Little Russia. In 1721, he actively participated in the signing of the Peace of Nystad, which put an end to the long war with the Swedes, for which Peter I awarded him the rank of general.
Vasily Vasilyevich Buturlin was a butler under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who did a lot for the reunification of Ukraine and Russia.
The Sheremetev family traces its origins to Andrei Kobyla. The fifth generation (great-great-grandson) of Andrei Kobyla was Andrei Konstantinovich Bezzubtsev, nicknamed Sheremet, from whom the Sheremetevs descended. According to some versions, the surname is based on the Turkic-Bulgarian “sheremet” (poor fellow) and the Turkic-Persian “shir-Muhammad” (pious, brave Muhammad).
Many boyars, governors, and governors came from the Sheremetev family, not only due to personal merit, but also due to kinship with the reigning dynasty.
Thus, the great-granddaughter of Andrei Sheremet was married to the son of Ivan the Terrible, Tsarevich Ivan, who was killed by his father in a fit of anger. And five grandchildren of A. Sheremet became members of the Boyar Duma. The Sheremetevs took part in the wars with Lithuania and the Crimean Khan, in the Livonian War and the Kazan campaigns. Estates in the Moscow, Yaroslavl, Ryazan, and Nizhny Novgorod districts complained to them for their service.
Lopukhins
According to legend, they descend from the Kasozh (Circassian) Prince Rededi - the ruler of Tmutarakan, who was killed in 1022 in single combat with Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich (son of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavovich, the baptist of Rus'). However, this fact did not prevent the son of Prince Rededi, Roman, from marrying the daughter of Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich.
It is reliably known that by the beginning of the 15th century. the descendants of the Kasozh prince Rededi already bear the surname Lopukhin, serve in various ranks in the Novgorod principality and in the Moscow state and own lands. And from the end of the 15th century. they become Moscow nobles and tenants at the Sovereign's Court, retaining Novgorod and Tver estates and estates.
The outstanding Lopukhin family gave the Fatherland 11 governors, 9 governors-general and governors who ruled 15 provinces, 13 generals, 2 admirals, served as ministers and senators, headed the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Council.
The boyar family of the Golovins originates from the Byzantine family of Gavras, which ruled Trebizond (Trabzon) and owned the city of Sudak in Crimea with the surrounding villages of Mangup and Balaklava.
Ivan Khovrin, the great-grandson of one of the representatives of this Greek family, was nicknamed “The Head,” as you might guess, for his bright mind. It was from him that the Golovins, representing the Moscow high aristocracy, came from.
From the 15th century, the Golovins were hereditarily the tsar's treasurers, but under Ivan the Terrible, the family fell into disgrace, becoming the victim of a failed conspiracy. Later they were returned to the court, but until Peter the Great they did not reach special heights in the service.
Aksakovs
They come from the noble Varangian Shimon (baptized Simon) Afrikanovich or Ofrikovich - the nephew of the Norwegian king Gakon the Blind. Simon Afrikanovich arrived in Kyiv in 1027 with a 3 thousand army and built at his own expense the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, where he was buried.
The surname Oksakov (in the old days), and now Aksakov, came from one of his descendants, Ivan the Lame.
The word “oksak” means lame in Turkic languages.
Members of this family in pre-Petrine times served as governors, solicitors, and stewards and were rewarded with estates from the Moscow sovereigns for their good service.
Family of the Most Serene Princes Lopukhins-Demidovs. Part 1.
Coat of arms of His Serene Highness Prince Nikolai Lopukhin-Demidov
The family of the Most Serene Princes Lopukhin-Demidov appeared in Russia in 1873 after the death of the childless Most Serene Prince Lieutenant General Pavel Petrovich Lopukhin, who, by the Highest Decree, was allowed to transfer his surname and title after his death to the grandson of his elder sister Nikolai Petrovich Demidov.
His Serene Highness Prince Pavel Petrovich Lopukhin (1788 - 1873). Miniature of the work of an unknown author
His Serene Highness Prince (since 1873) Nikolai Petrovich Lopukhin-Demidov
The Lopukhin and Demidov families became related in 1797 as a result of the marriage between the aide-de-camp of the Second Captain of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment, the son of the owners of iron factories in the Urals, Grigory Aleksandrovich Demidov, and Ekaterina Petrovna Lopukhina - the sister of Pavel Petrovich and the daughter of Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin, a former general -Governor of Yaroslavl and Vologda, whom Paul I shortly before ordered to be present in the Moscow Department of the Government Senate. Later G.A. Demidov was a court councilor of the foreign board, a chamberlain, and an actual chamberlain.
Grigory Alexandrovich (1767-1827), since 1797 married to Princess Ekaterina Petrovna Lopukhina (1783-1830).
Ekaterina Petrovna Demidova, née Lopukhina, unknown artist
In origin, the groom's clan was much lower than the bride's clan. Grigory Aleksandrovich Demidov was a fifth-generation descendant of the famous blacksmith, who received the title of nobility from Peter I.
Naumkin Victor. Peter 1 in Tula
The Demidovs at a reception with Peter I, Kostylev Sergey
The Lopukhins descended from the legendary Kasozh prince Rededi, who owned Tmutarakanyu, who was killed in 1022 by Mstislav, the son of Grand Duke Vladimir, who baptized Rus'. There was a legend that Rededi’s son, Roman, married the daughter of Mstislav Vladimirovich. After another eight generations, Vasily, nicknamed Lopukha, appeared in this family, giving the name to the Lopukhin family, to the eleventh generation of which P.V. belongs. Lopukhin. Evdokia Lopukhina, the first wife of Peter I, belonged to another branch of this family.
Painting by N.K. Roerich "Martial arts between Mstislav and Rededya"
Ivanov Andrey Ivanovich. Single combat between Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich Udaly and the Kosozh prince Rededey 1812
His Serene Highness Prince Pyotr Vasilievich Lopukhin (1753-1827)
Praskovya Ivanovna Lopukhina, ur. Levshina (175.-178.), first wife of St. Prince P.V. Lopukhin, had three daughters in marriage, one of them was the famous favorite of Paul I - Anna Petrovna Gagarina, ur. Lopukhina.
Lopukhina Ekaterina Nikolaevna (Highest Princess) second wife of Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin, mother of his only son, Pavel Petrovich
The bride Ekaterina Lopukhina had just turned fourteen years old, and she was not indifferent to the heir, Tsarevich Alexander, which greatly bothered him. She was married to G.A. Demidov, who was eighteen years older than her. They lived on the corner of Moika and Demidov Lane, in an estate built by Grigory Alexandrovich’s grandfather, Grigory Akinfievich. The famous memoirist F.F., who visited this house. Wigel recalled that he met with Demidov and “his young, beautiful, melancholic wife, whom her husband was jealous of the whole world.”
Soon after the wedding, favors rained down on the Lopukhin family. At a ball in Moscow, Emperor Pavel saw Lopukhin's other daughter, Anna, who soon became his favorite. A big role in this story was played by Pavel’s permanent favorite, the former barber, and then Count I.P. Kutaisov, by the way, married his son Pavel to another daughter of Lopukhin, Praskovya.
Pavel I, Andrey Filippovich Mitrokhin
Anna Petrovna (1777-1805) and Ekaterina Petrovna Lopukhin (1783-1830), George Henry Harlow
Ivan Pavlovich Kutaisov
Kutaisov Pavel Ivanovich (1780-1840), chamberlain, honorary commander of the Order of Malta.G. Chernetsov.
Praskovya Petrovna Kutaisova, née Lopukhina (1784—04/25/1870)
In 1798, Paul I translated P.V. Lopukhin to St. Petersburg, appointing him Prosecutor General of the Senate. Soon he became an active Privy Councilor, a member of the State Council, and received, in addition to the already existing ones, the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called. And all this in the last five months of 1798. In January 1799 he became Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
His Serene Highness Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin (1753-1827), Vladimir Borovikovsky
January 16, 1799 P.V. Lopukhin received a huge estate for eternal and hereditary possession - the eldership of Korsun in the Kyiv province, which gave an annual income of 200 thousand rubles. It was bought for the treasury from the nephew of the Polish king, Prince Stanislav Poniatowski, for 600 thousand zlotys (10 thousand rubles in silver). The decree stated that the complainant was the town of Korsun with all the villages, lands, lands, garden and castle, as well as furniture, marbles, a library, and dishes. Now this is the city of Korsun-Shevchenkovsky.
Korsun, Napoleon Orda
Angelika Kaufman. Portrait of Prince Stanisław Poniatowski, 1788
On January 19, 1799, Paul I issued a decree: “As an undoubted sign of Our royal favor and as a reward for the fidelity and zeal in the service of our actual Privy Councilor, Prosecutor General Lopukhin, We have most mercifully granted him the Prince of Our Empire, extending this dignity and title to all his descendants , Lopukhina, what’s happening.” And on February 22 of the same year " Prince Lopukhin and his entire family were granted the title and privilege of His Serene Highness» .
In the newly created coat of arms of the Most Serene Princes Lopukhins, in the lower part of a horizontally divided shield on a silver field there was a red vulture taken from the shield in the coat of arms of the Lopukhins nobles, and in the upper part on a golden field - “a black double-headed eagle, crowned, on the chest of which the name of the Sovereign Emperor is depicted Pavel Pervago." Under the shield is the motto “ Grace" The motto was not chosen by chance: the name Anna translated from Hebrew means “ grace b".
Veil Jean-Louis Anna Petrovna Lopukhina
It is possible that Grigory Aleksandrovich Demidov received the title of chamberlain due to the fact that he was the son-in-law of His Serene Highness Prince Lopukhin.
We should pay tribute to Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin. It was not only thanks to his daughter that he reached the highest positions in the state. He was a smart man and served well. Later, under Alexander I, he was Minister of Justice, chaired various departments of the State Council, and then was chairman of the State Council and the Committee of Ministers. Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin died in 1827.
Shchukin Stepan Semenovich. Portrait of Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin. 1801
After his death, the title of His Serene Highness passed to his only son Pavel Petrovich (1788-1873), who participated in all the wars with Napoleon and in the Polish campaign. He rose to the rank of lieutenant general, retired in 1835 and settled on his estate Korsun. He was married to Zhanetta Ivanovna, Dowager Countess Alopeus, and had no children.
Korsun on a Polish engraving
Countess Jeanette (Anna Ivanovna) Alopeus (1786-1869), born. Baroness von Wenkstern, wife of diplomat D. M. Alopeus, in her second marriage to Prince P. P. Lopukhin.
Artist Friedrich Johann Gottlieb Lieder
Zhanetta (Anna) Ivanovna Lopukhina (1786-1869), born. Baroness von Wenkstern, 1st marriage Countess Alopeus, 2nd marriage to Prince P.P. Lopukhin.
Artist Karl Bryullov
In 1863, Pavel Petrovich, who was 75 years old at that time, decided to take steps to ensure that the line of the Most Serene Princes Lopukhins did not fade away. To do this, he decided to ask for the establishment of a majorate in his estate of Korsun, Boguslavsky (later Kanevsky) district of the Kyiv province and to petition for “permission to transfer his surname with the title to his elder sister’s own grandson, captain Nikolai Petrovich Demidov.”
He submitted a most loyal petition to Emperor Alexander II: “ Your Imperial Majesty! My parent, His Serene Highness Prince Peter Lopukhin, continued for 66 years his infinitely diligent and always excellent service to the six most august ancestors of Your Imperial Majesty and had the good fortune to earn the attention, power of attorney and favors of Catherine II, Paul I, Alexander I and Your Great Parent Nicholas I<…>I am the only son of my parent, lived to a ripe old age and have no direct descendants»
Portrait of Alexander II. 1856, Botman Egor Ivanovich.
In 1864, the captain of the Cavalry Regiment, Nikolai Petrovich Demidov, himself submitted a petition to transfer the surname and title of his great-uncle to him. He writes that “a primacy was established over the estate of the princes Lopukhins, about which a case was made in the Ministry of Justice, in which there are proper documents proving my descent from the princes Lopukhins through the female line.” It also required the consent of his mother, Elizaveta Nikolaevna Demidova, née Bezobrazova, for him to adopt his surname and title (Nikolai Petrovich’s father, Pyotr Grigorievich, died in 1862).
Pyotr Grigorievich (1807-1862), to his son Nikolai, after the death of his grandmother’s childless brother, Prince P. P. Lopukhin, in 1873 the princely title was transferred and he was allowed to be called “Demidov, His Serene Highness Prince Lopukhin,” so that the surname this was assigned only to the eldest in his family.
In 1866, the opinions of the Department of Heraldry of the Governing Senate, the Ministry of Justice and the State Council were collected. It was decided that the grandson of Ekaterina Petrovna Demidova, nee Lopukhina, is no longer a captain, but Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Demidov “is the closest relative of Lieutenant General Prince Lopukhin, and since there are no other close relatives of the Lopukhin family, then by virtue of paragraph 1 of Art. 57 of volume IX of the law of 1864, Prince Pavel Lopukhin has the right to transfer his surname with the coat of arms and title to Nikolai Demidov.
Ekaterina Petrovna Demidova, née Lopukhina, artist Thomas Lawrence
Generally speaking, the statement that there were no other close relatives of the Lopukhins family is somewhat controversial. Mikhail Lopukhin was alive, whom Pavel Petrovich, bequeathing his Pskov estate to him, calls the great-grandson of his grandfather. It is likely that this Mikhail Lopukhin, unlike Nikolai Demidov, was not a direct descendant of His Serene Highness.
It should also be noted that by 1863, more than one grandson of Catherine Petrovna was alive, who, by the way, having married early, did not have time to be the Most Serene Princess, although in all later documents she is usually called that way.
Nikolai Petrovich's brother Grigory died early, but four cousins were alive - the sons of his father's brothers: Pavel Grigorievich and Alexander Grigorievich, who was older. The latter's son, Alexander Alexandrovich, not only belonged to the eldest branch, but was also older in age than Nikolai Petrovich, who for some reason was called the eldest grandson. Why was the son of the middle brother, Pyotr Grigorievich, chosen as the heir to the family name and title?
Portrait of Emperor Nicholas I, Franz Kruger
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg, Franz Xavier Winterhalter
Perhaps it also played a role that the eldest grandson, Alexander Alexandrovich, had already retired due to illness as a staff captain, and military service was very much valued.
On January 17, 1866, permission from the emperor was received: “ We, in accordance with the most submissive petition of Lieutenant General His Serene Highness Prince Pavel Petrovich Lopukhin and the opinion of the State Council, based on the conclusion of the Governing Senate, which received Our approval, most mercifully allowed him Colonel Demidov, as the closest relative of the petitioner, to add to his family name the surname and title of His Serene Highness Prince Lopukhin and be called Prince Lopukhin-Demidov<…>so that: 1) such appropriation does not change the order of inheritance of family property,
2) the indicated surname and title to him not before, as after the death of the last representative of the princely surname of the Lopukhins, Lieutenant General Prince Lopukhin, and when the latter has no male descendants."
Princes Lopukhins - Pyotr Vasilyevich and his son Pavel Petrovich - owners of the Korsun estate (1799-1827, 1827-1873). Family coat of arms of the princes Lopukhins
Since the elderly Prince Lopukhin never had any descendants, after his death in 1873, on May 30 of the same year, it was ordered that Nikolai Petrovich Demidov and of his descendants always only the eldest in the clan “be named both in writing and in words All-Russian Imperial Princes with the annex “The Most Serene”, and both in ours and in foreign countries, received all the rights, privileges and benefits that befit and belong to that dignity.” “We always favor him and his descendants only to the eldest in the clan and in all cases unquestioningly allow us to use the following combined coat of arms of the surnames of the Most Serene Princes Lopukhins and the Demidov nobles.” The coat of arms has a four-part shield with a small shield in the middle, in the golden field of which is a black double-headed eagle, on its chest is the monogram of Paul I. In the first and fourth parts of the shield is the coat of arms of the Lopukhins nobles: a red vulture in a golden field. In the second and third parts - the coat of arms of the Demidov nobles: in the upper part, in a silver field, three green mining vines, in the lower part - a silver hammer in a black field. The shield is topped with three helmets: the middle one with a black double-headed eagle with the monogram of Alexander II, the right one with the Lopukhins emblem - seven ostrich feathers, the left one with the Demidovs emblem - a hand with a hammer. Shield holders: on the right - the goddess Themis with scales, on the left - a warrior with a crimson banner. The shield is covered with a princely mantle and crowned with a princely cap. Below is the motto: “God is my hope.”
The Kiev Noble Deputy Assembly included His Serene Highness, Colonel Lopukhin-Demidov, in the 5th part of the Noble Genealogy Book, where representatives of titled families were recorded. His children, just like the Demidovs, not princes, remained in the 1st part.
To be continued.....
In 1750, Ivan Yuryevich Trubetskoy died. With his death, the era of the Russian boyars ended, the history of families that had served in the public service for centuries. It’s interesting to remember their history today...
Trubetskoys
The Trubetskoy princes belong to the Gediminovich dynasty, descendants of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. Representatives of this family entered the service of the Moscow Grand Dukes at the beginning of the 15th century.
By the end of the 17th century, the ninth generation of this family was already serving Russia, whose representatives occupied the highest positions in the state: they were appointed governors, heads of orders, and embassies to foreign sovereigns.
In the “History of the Family of the Russian Nobility,” Ivan Yuryevich is called the last Russian boyar; in this capacity, he was still surrounded by the young Peter I. Ivan Yuryevich was a long-liver and died at the age of 83.
Ivan Yuryevich Trubetskoy
Ivan Yuryevich spent 18 years of his long life in Swedish captivity. He got there at the very beginning of the Northern War. The father of two daughters, his sons-in-law were the Moldavian ruler Dmitry Cantemir and Prince Ludwig Wilhelm of Hesse-Homburg, Field Marshal General.
In captivity, Ivan Yuryevich gave birth to a son from Baroness Wrede, who was named Ivan. Ivan Ivanovich Betskoy became a famous educator and teacher of the times of Catherine II, the founder and first president of the Academy of Arts.
Velyaminovs
The family traces its origins to Shimon (Simon), the son of the Varangian prince African. In 1027 he arrived in the army of Yaroslav the Great and converted to Orthodoxy.
Shimon Afrikanovich is famous for the fact that he participated in the battle with the Polovtsians on Alta and made the largest donation for the construction of the Pechersk temple in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary: a precious belt and the legacy of his father - a golden crown.
But the Velyaminovs were known not only for their courage and generosity: a descendant of the family, Ivan Velyaminov, fled to the Horde in 1375, but was later captured and executed on Kuchkovo Field.
Velyaminov coat of arms
Despite the betrayal of Ivan Velyaminov, the family did not lose its significance: the last son of Dimitri Donskoy was baptized by Maria, the widow of Vasily Velyaminov, the Moscow thousand.
The following clans emerged from the Velyaminov family: Aksakovs, Vorontsovs, Vorontsov-Velyaminovs.
Detail: The name of the street “Vorontsovo Pole” still reminds Muscovites of the most noble Moscow family of the Vorontsov-Velyaminovs.
Morozovs
The Morozov family of boyars is an example of a feudal family from among the Old Moscow untitled nobility. The founder of the family is considered to be a certain Mikhail, who came from Prussia to serve in Novgorod. He was among the “six brave men” who showed special heroism during the Battle of the Neva in 1240.
The Morozovs served Moscow faithfully even under Ivan Kalita and Dmitry Donskoy, occupying prominent positions at the grand ducal court. However, their family suffered greatly from the historical storms that overtook Russia in the 16th century. Many representatives of the noble family disappeared without a trace during the bloody oprichnina terror of Ivan the Terrible.
Fragment of a painting by V.I. Surikov “Boyarina Morozova”
The 17th century was the last page in the centuries-old history of the family. Boris Morozov had no children, and the only heir of his brother, Gleb Morozov, was his son Ivan. By the way, he was born in marriage with Feodosia Prokofievna Urusova, the heroine of the film by V.I. Surikov “Boyarina Morozova”.
Ivan Morozov did not leave any male offspring and turned out to be the last representative of a noble boyar family, which ceased to exist in the early 80s of the 17th century.
Detail: The heraldry of Russian dynasties took shape under Peter I, which is perhaps why the coat of arms of the Morozov boyars has not been preserved.
Baturlins
According to genealogical books, the Buturlin family descends from an “honest husband” under the name Radsha who left the Semigrad land (Hungary) at the end of the 12th century to join Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky.
Coat of arms of the Buturlin family
“My great-grandfather Racha served Saint Nevsky as a fighting muscle,” wrote A.S. Pushkin in the poem “My Genealogy”. Radsha became the founder of fifty Russian noble families in Tsarist Moscow, among them the Pushkins, the Buturlins, and the Myatlevs...
But let’s return to the Buturlin family: its representatives faithfully served first the Grand Dukes, then the sovereigns of Moscow and Russia. Their family gave Russia many prominent, honest, noble people, whose names are still known today. Let's name just a few of them.
Ivan Mikhailovich Buturlin served as a guard under Boris Godunov, fought in the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia, and conquered almost all of Dagestan. He died in battle in 1605 as a result of betrayal and deception of the Turks and mountain foreigners.
His son Vasily Ivanovich Buturlin was the Novgorod governor, an active associate of Prince Dmitry Pozharsky in his fight against the Polish invaders.
Ivan Ivanovich Buturlin
For military and peaceful deeds, Ivan Ivanovich Buturlin was awarded the title of Knight of St. Andrew, General-in-Chief, Ruler of Little Russia. In 1721, he actively participated in the signing of the Peace of Nystadt, which put an end to the long war with the Swedes, for which Peter I awarded him the rank of general.
Vasily Vasilyevich Buturlin was a butler under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, having done a lot for the reunification of Ukraine and Russia.
Sheremetevs
The Sheremetev family traces its origins to Andrei Kobyla. The fifth generation (great-great-grandson) of Andrei Kobyla was Andrei Konstantinovich Bezzubtsev, nicknamed Sheremet, from whom the Sheremetevs descended.
According to some versions, the surname is based on the Turkic-Bulgar “sheremet” (“poor fellow”) and the Turkic-Persian “shir-Muhammad” (“pious, brave Muhammad”).
Coat of arms of the Sheremetevs. Fragment of the lattice gate of the Sheremetev Palace.
Many boyars, governors, and governors came from the Sheremetev family, not only due to personal merit, but also due to kinship with the reigning dynasty.
Thus, the great-granddaughter of Andrei Sheremet was married to the son of Ivan the Terrible, Tsarevich Ivan, who was killed by his father in a fit of anger. And five grandchildren of A. Sheremet became members of the Boyar Duma.
The Sheremetevs took part in the wars with Lithuania and the Crimean Khan, in the Livonian War and the Kazan campaigns. Estates in the Moscow, Yaroslavl, Ryazan, and Nizhny Novgorod districts complained to them for their service.
Lopukhins
According to legend, they descend from the Kasozh (Circassian) Prince Rededi, the ruler of Tmutarakan, who was killed in 1022 in single combat with Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich (son of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavovich, the baptist of Rus'). However, this fact did not prevent the son of Prince Rededi, Roman, from marrying the daughter of Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich.
Evdokia Fedorovna Lopukhina, Tsarina. First wife of Tsar Peter I until 1698
It is reliably known that by the beginning of the 15th century. the descendants of the Kasozh prince Rededi already bear the surname Lopukhin, serve in various ranks in the Novgorod principality and in the Moscow state and own lands. And from the end of the 15th century. they become Moscow nobles and tenants at the Sovereign's Court, retaining Novgorod and Tver estates and estates.
The outstanding Lopukhin family gave the Fatherland 11 governors, 9 governors-general and governors who ruled 15 provinces, 13 generals, 2 admirals. The Lopukhins served as ministers and senators, headed the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Council.
Aksakovs
They descend from the noble Varangian Shimon (baptized Simon) Afrikanovich or Ofrikovich - the nephew of the Norwegian king Gakon the Blind. Simon Afrikanovich arrived in Kyiv in 1027 with a squad of three thousand and built at his own expense the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, where he was buried.
The Aksakov coat of arms was included in the fourth part of the “General Armorial Book”49, approved by Emperor Paul on December 7, 1799.
The surname Oksakov (in the old days), and now Aksakov, came from one of his descendants, Ivan the Lame.
The word "oksak" means "lame" in Turkic languages.
Members of this family in pre-Petrine times served as governors, solicitors, and stewards and were rewarded with estates from the Moscow sovereigns for their good service.
