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Prince Platon Alexandrovich Zubov (Russian: Платон Александрович Зубов; November 26 [O.S. November 15] 1767 – April 19 [O.S. April 7] 1822) was the last of Catherine the Great's favourites and the most powerful man in the Russian Empire during the last years of her reign.
Count Platon Aleksandrovich Zubov (January 8, 1835 – January 11, 1890) was a Russian Privy councilor, philanthropist, landowner descended from the Zubov and Suvorov families.
Aug 31, 2020 · Prince Platon Alexandrovich Zubov, aged 55, died on April 19, 1822, at Rundāle Palace, three weeks after the birth of his only child. He was buried in the Zubov family crypt at the Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius in the coastal settlement of Strelna near St. Petersburg, Russia.
May 25, 2024 · Platon Zubov, Catherine‘s final lover, was a young military officer and minor prince. He was just 22 when they met in 1789, while Catherine was 60. Despite the age difference, Catherine was besotted with the handsome Zubov and he became enormously powerful as her favorite.
- 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 ...
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Died: 1822, Rundale Palace (Courland) Prince Platon Zubov commanded the guard at Tsarskoe Selo, where he was a second major of the Horse Guards Regiment. When Catherine the Great broke up with Count Alexander Dmitriyev-Mamonov, Count Nikolai Saltykov helped Zubov to catch the empress’s attention.
Platon Zubov (1767–1822), whom his distant relative, Nicholas Saltykov introduced to the ageing Empress in 1789 and who soon became her lover and the most powerful man in Russia. He was the fourth (and last) Russian to bear the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
