Princess Sofya Aleksandrovna Urusova (russian: Софья Александровна Урусова; April 6, 1804 – July 17, 1889) was a Russian
lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...
and the favorite of
Nicholas I.
Biography
Sofya Alexandrovna Urusova was born in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
. She was the daughter of Ober-Hofmeister Alexander Mikhailovich Urusov (1766–1853) and Ekaterina Petrovna Tatishcheva (1775–1855), who was the sister of diplomat
Dmitry Pavlovich Tatishchev.
Moscow beauty: Sofya Urusova. Echo of Moscow. Московская красавица: Софья Урусова. Эхо Москвы.
28 October 2019.
She served as maid of honour to the empress between 1827 and 1833, and was the reputed lover of the emperor during that period.
In 1833 she married prince Leon Hieronim Radziwiłł.
References
Ladies-in-waiting from the Russian Empire
1804 births
1889 deaths
Russian royal favourites
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