Shuvalov Family
The House of Shuvalov () is the name of a Russian nobility, Russian noble family, which was documented since the 16th century. The Shuvalov family rose to distinction during the reign of Empress Elizabeth and was elevated to the rank of count on 5 September 1746. Notable family members *Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov (1727–1797), a lover of Empress Elizabeth and Maecenas of the Russian Enlightenment, who declined a comital title offered to him by the sovereign *Count Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov (1710–1771), the latter's first cousin, a Field Marshal and head of the secret police *Countess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Golovkina, Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shuvalova (1733 –1821), daughter of the above, List of State Ladies of Imperial Russia, state lady *Count Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov (1711–1762), the brother of Alexander, a Field Marshal and Minister of War, one of the most influential policy-makers during Elizabeth's reign *Countess Mavra Shuvalova (1708–1759), the latter's wife, who w ...
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