Count Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov was the second of the five surviving sons of Grigory Ivanovich Orlov and Lukerya Ivanovna Zinovieva. , born 17 May 1823 (Saturday) - Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie, deceased 24 February 1903 (Tuesday) - Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie aged 79 years old, , born 17 July 1829 (Friday), deceased 9 September 1912 (Monday) aged 83 years old, , born 27 May 1865 (Saturday) - Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie, deceased 20 March 1920 (Saturday) - Fort-Shevchenko, Russoe aged 54 years old, Familles Frebault, Huet, Meutzner, Hengstermann et la Noblesse européenne, List of all individuals in the family tree, Born 31 May 1852 (Monday) - Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie, Deceased 2 September 1927 (Friday) - Grasse, His son Nikolay Nikolayevich, a geographer, who wrote a novel on the life of the first Bobrinsky, lived in Moscow until his death in 2000. Catherine had to conceal the pregnancy. Parents Aleksandr Alexeïevich Bobrinsky, born 17 May 1823 (Saturday) - Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie, deceased 24 February 1903 (Tuesday) - Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie aged 79 years old, Gouverneur de Saint-Pétersbourg Married 30 April 1850 (Tuesday) to Aleksey Alekseyevich's second son Count Vladimir Alekseyevich Bobrinsky (1824–98) served as Minister of Transportation in 1868–71, succeeded in this post by his cousin, Count Aleksey Pavlovich Bobrinsky (1826–1894). His young wife died of tuberculosis in 1781, at the age of 23, in Lausanne, Switzerland where she was buried. He was born on October 17, 1734, at the estate of his father in the village of Lyutkino of the Bezhetsky Uyezd in the Tver Governorate in the European part of the Russian Empire. Aleksey's son Count Aleksey Alekseyevich Bobrinsky (1800–1868) is remembered as the founder of the sugar-processing industry in Imperial Russia. He was buried at the Orthodox Church of St. George Monastery (link in French) in Velikiy Novgorod, Russia. She married Frederic Maximilien de Klinger and from this marriage she had one son, Alexander, who apparently died young in 1812 (, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bobrinsky&oldid=979071602, Articles lacking reliable references from August 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 September 2020, at 16:24. When the due date came, to distract Peter III, her trusted servant Vasily Shkurin ordered to burn his own house, knowing that the Emperor had a passion to watch the fires. Upon arrival at Peterhof, Peter was arrested and taken by Alexei Orlov to Ropsha Palace, a country estate outside of St. Petersburg. Peter sent a message that he would renounce the throne if he, his mistress, and his favorite Russian general would be allowed to go to Holstein. The October Revolution forced him to emigrate to France, where he actively campaigned for the monarchist cause. You can search for royalty-related items - or anything else - by using this link. In 1777, at the age of 43, Grigory married his 18-year-old second cousin Catherine Zinovyeva but they had no children. This biography of Catherine the Great provides detailed information about her childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline. He was born on October 17, 1734, at the estate of his father in the village of Lyutkino of the Bezhetsky Uyezd in the Tver Governorate in the European part of the Russian Empire. The palace and estate were renovated in the 1870s. In 1754, Catherine had given birth to a son, the future Paul I, Emperor of All Russia. During World War I, Bobrinskoy was elected Chairman of the Russian-English Bank. Deceased persons do not fall within the scope of these legal provisions. With threats and bribes of vodka and money, the Orlov brothers set up the guards against Peter. He was in charge of the extraction and publication of the Pereshchepina hoard. The last straw for Peter may have been the way he treated the Russian army. Peter III was reburied in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg at the same time as the burial of his wife Catherine II. Before we could separate them, he was dead. They would have known that they were doing the new empress a favor. He did manage to learn that Catherine had proclaimed herself Catherine II, Empress of All Russia and that the senior government officials, the clergy, and all the Guards supported her. Upon arrival, Peter was refused admittance because all those in the fortress had sworn allegiance to Catherine. He was particularly interested in the question of improving the conditions of serfs and their partial emancipation. [2] The child was named Aleksey after his uncle and godfather, Count Aleksey Orlov. Peter began sending members of his entourage to St. Petersburg to find out what was happening but none returned. Peter was unpopular and few were looking forward to his reign. All content copyright Unofficial Royalty 2018. Grigori Orlov rode back to Peterhof with the signed abdication announcement and the general convinced Peter to go to Peterhof and beg Catherine for mercy. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! The Counts Bobrinsky or Bobrinskoy (Бобринские) are a Russian noble family descending from Count Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky (1762–1813), who was Catherine the … By 1757, he was an officer and took part in the Seven Years’ War.