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Alexander Semyonovich Vasilchikov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Васильчиков, tr. Aleksandr Semënovič Vasil'čikov; 1746–1813) was a Russian aristocrat who became the lover of Catherine the Great from 1772 to 1774.
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- Her Husband, Emperor Peter III of Russia
- Stanisław August Poniatowski
- Grigory Orlov
- Alexander Vasilchikov
- Grigory Potemkin
- Platon Zubov
Catherine married Peter, then the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, aged 16: their marriage was not consummated for another 12 years, due to both Peter’s unstable mental state and his impotence. The couple produced two children: an heir, Paul, and a daughter, Anna Petrovna, who died in infancy. Peter took mistresses and Catherine responded in kind. Some ha...
Catherine had several affairs before she became Empress: Poniatowski was a Polish aristocrat and diplomatand the two became lovers sometime around 1758. Poniatowski supported a pro-Russian stance within Polish politics, and when Catherine became empress, she wrote expressing her support for his ascension to the Polish throne. Poniatowski also propo...
Orlov was serving as an artillery officer in St Petersburg when he met Catherine, who was then Grand Duchess. The two were conspirators as well as lovers, with Orlov playing an important role in the coup d’etatagainst Emperor Peter. Catherine rewarded Orlov handsomely, making him a count as well as Adjutant-General, Director-General of Engineers, a...
Vasilchikovwas another aristocrat and soldier who was strategically placed in Catherine’s eyelineas a means of removing Orlov from her bed. Whilst he was awarded all the privilege and prestige expected by the empress’ lover, he was also a virtual prisoner: Catherine forbade him from leaving the palace without her permission, and he was expected to ...
Potemkin came from an unremarkable family, enrolling in the army as a young man, before attending the University of Moscow, where he initially excelled. In 1758 things had changed: he was deeply in debt thanks to his penchant for drinking and gambling, and Potemkin was eventually expelled in 1758. Returning to the military, Potemkin was led a regim...
Prince Platon Zubov was a distant relation of the Saltykov family: he met Catherine when he was 22 and she was over 60. He made a strong first impression on the ageing empress and managed to gain significant hold over her affections. Catherine rewarded her young lover with titles (eventually making him a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire), serfs and ...
- Sarah Roller
One scene in HBO’s Catherine the Great, in which Mirren’s Catherine tasks the youthful and handsome Vasilchikov with telling her something interesting in her bedchamber, is almost identical to ...
Nov 27, 2018 · When in August 1772 Orlov left court, Catherine took another lover, Alexander Vasilchikov. But this relationship did not last long: Vasilchikov was replaced in 1774 with Grigory Potemkin,...
Oct 14, 2020 · Though she also dated Alexander Vasilchikov from about 1772 to 1774, the love letters that started around 1774 and lasted until Potemkin’s death in 1791, tell of a loving open relationship.
