Dorothea Lieven
Influential figure in 19th-century European diplomatic, political and social circles (1785-1857) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Princess Katharina Alexandra Dorothea von Lieven (Russian: Дарья Христофоровна Ливен, tr. Dar'ya Khristoforovna Liven), née Freiin [1] von Benckendorff, 17 December 1785 – 27 January 1857), was a Baltic German noblewoman and the wife of Prince Christoph Heinrich von Lieven, who served as the Russian ambassador to London between 1812 and 1834. She became an influential figure among many of the diplomatic, political, and social circles of 19th-century Europe.
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Princess Lieven | |
Born | Katharina Alexandra Dorothea von Benckendorff (1785-12-17)17 December 1785 Riga, Riga Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Riga, Latvia) |
Died | 27 January 1857(1857-01-27) (aged 71) Paris, France |
Spouse | Christoph von Lieven |
Issue | 6 |
Father | Christoph von Benckendorff |
Mother | Juliane Schilling von Canstatt |
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