Alexey Grigoryevich Dolgorukov (russian: Алексей Григорьевич Долгоруков; died 1734 in
Beryozov) was a Russian politician and member of the
Supreme Privy Council
The Supreme Privy Council (russian: Верховный тайный совет) of Imperial Russia, founded on 19 February 1726 and operative until 1730, originated as a body of advisors to Empress Catherine I.
History
Originally, the council com ...
under
Peter II. He is a cousin of
Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov
Prince Vasiliy Lukich Dolgorukov (russian: Князь Василий Лукич Долгоруков; 16728 November 1739) was a Russian diplomat and minister who was the most powerful man in the country in the later years of Peter II's reign.
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.
Biography
Dolgorukov's birth date is unknown. From 1700 to 1706 he lived in
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
and travelled to
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
.
The nobility of his father Grigory Fyodorovich and uncle Yakov Fyodorovich made it quite easily for Alexey to work on different services. In 1713 he became governor of
Smolensk
Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...
, in 1723 president of the Main Municipality and in 1726, after an appeal by
Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. ; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izho ...
, was named senator and
hofmeister by
Catherine I
Catherine I ( rus, Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, Yekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born , ; – ) was the second wife and empress consort of Peter the Great, and Empress Regnant of Russia from 1725 un ...
. Dolgorukov was the second educator of
Grand Duke Peter Alexeyevich Romanov.
Under Peter II Dolgorukov became a member of the Supreme Privy Council.
He tried to recover Peter II's rule while being against Menshikov. Finally, latter was exiled in
Beryozov of the
Tobolsk Governorate
Tobolsk Governorate (russian: Тобольская губерния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, Russian Republic and RSFSR located in the Ural Mountains and Siberia. It existed from 1796 to 1920; its ...
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As he endeavoured to go by Peter II, he distracted him from works, encouraging him in chases and other enjoyments. He often sent him to his manor in the region behind Moscow in Gorenky, where only family members of the Dolgorukovs were near him. Here the 14-year-old Emperor met with one of Alexey's daughters, Ekaterina, who became engaged with Peter II.
After the death of Peter II, he was the only member of the Supreme Privy Council who protested against the accession of
Anna, leading him and his family being exiled to Beryozov, where he died in 1734.
Personal life
His father, Grigory Fyodorovich (1657 – 1723), was house
stolnik
Pantler (, , russian: сто́льник, ) was a court office in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia, responsible for serving the royal table, then an honorary court title and a district office.
Stolnik in Crown of Poland
In the Crown of Poland und ...
of
Peter I. His mother, Praskovya Yuryevna Khilkova, was the daughter of Yuri Yakovlevich Khilkov (1682 – 1730) and Yevdokia Petrovna Neledinskaya. Alexey's children were:
*Ivan (1708 – 1739): favorite of Emperor Peter II, capitally punished. From 1730 was in marriage with countess
Natalya Borisovna Sheremetyeva;
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Екатерина (1712 – 1747): fiancée of Emperor Peter II. From 1745 wife of count Alexander Romanovich Bryus (Bruce);
*Nikolay (1713 – 1790): in first marriage with Natalya Sergeyevna Golitsyna (1715 – 1755), in second marriage with Anna Aleksandrovna Bredikhina (1733 – 1808);
*Elena (1715 – 1799): in marriage with knyaz Yuri Yuryevich Dolgorukov (died 1746);
*Anna (died 1758);
*Alexey (1716 – 1792): in first marriage with Yevdokia Grigoryevna Myshetskova from 1756 (died 1760). Perhaps there were two more marriages. Son: Grigory Alekseyevich Dolgorukov;
*Alexander (1717 – 1782): in marriage with Praskovya Kirillovna Matyushkina (1722 – 1760).
References
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External links
Dolgorukov knyazes. First branch
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Alexey Grigoryevich
1734 deaths
Members of the Supreme Privy Council
Year of birth missing