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Prince (knyaz) Andrey Andreyevich Golitsyn (d. 1638), governor of Siberia (1633–1635), was the ancestor of all existing princes Golitsyns. He had four sons, from whom four branches of the Golitsyn family descended:
Vasily (1618–1652) – branch Vasilyevich
Ivan (d. 1690) – branch Ivanovich, which ended in 1751 in a monastery
By the 18th century, the family was divided into four major branches. One branch died out while the other three and their subdivisions contained about 1,100 members.
Aleksey Vasilyevich Golitsyn (1665–1740) In 1683, he received from his grandfather a village south of Moscow, nowTsaritsyno Palace and surrounding park. In 1694 he was stripped of hisboyardom (with the retention of the princely title) and the Tsar sent him and his family into exile. He returned in 1726, after the death of Peter I.
Mikhail Alekseyevich Golitsyn (1687–1775) nicknamed "the fool" was punished by EmpressAnna of Russia for converting to Catholicism in order to marry an Italian or German woman. This marriage was declared illegal and she appointed him courtjester in 1738, servingkvass to the guests. Two years later she forced him to marry either aKalmuck or a female jester fromKamchatka. The "mock wedding" which took place inside atwo-room ice palace on theNeva in February1740 during an extremely cold winter remained famous. He moved to his estate and was buried nearPushkino.
Sergei Alekseyevich Golitsyn (1695–1758), served as the Moscow governor, director of the Moscow Mint.
Aleksey Andreyevich Golitsyn (1632–1694), governor of Siberia, of Kiev.
Boris Alekseyevich Golitsyn (1654–1714), a cousin and the chief political opponent of Vasily Vasilyevich, was tutor and participated in the coup that placed Peter the Great on the throne; head of the government during the "Great Embassy" of 1697–98; owner of the estatesBolshiye Vyazyomy andDubrovitsy.
Vasili Borisovich Golitsyn (1681–1710) inherited the estate, but died when the ceiling came down.
Mikhail Vasilievich Golitsyn (1702–1749)
Nikolay Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1729–1799) became the new owner of Bolshiye Vyazyomy in 1766.
Boris Vladimirovich Golitsyn (1769–1813) was a Russian aristocrat who received his education inStrasbourg (1782), and attended theÉcole militaire in Paris (1786). The correspondence of the elder of the Golitsyn brothers attests to his deep interest in analyzing and comprehending the events of the French Revolution. He became very hostile to the turn of events and joined the Swedish army to fight against Revolutionary France.[8] In 1803, Boris Vladimirovich received the estate of Vyazemy from Nikolai Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1729–1799), interested in agriculture, horse breeding, but without issue.[9] Boris fought in thebattle of Smolensk, was wounded in thebattle of Borodino and died inVilnius.
Alexei Ivanovich Golitsyn (1707–1739) died of plague in Constantinople.
Ivan Alekseyevich Golitsyn (1729–1767)
Pyotr Alekseyevich Golitsyn (1731–1810)
Dmitri Alekseyevich Gallitzin (1734/8–The Hague, 1803) was a Russian diplomat, art agent for Catherine the Great. The idea of acquiring not individual pictures but large collections "en bloc" came from Golitsyn.[12] He was the main driving force behind the subsequent painting acquisitions in France. He was the Russian ambassador in Paris (1762–68); a friend ofFalconet,Denis Diderot, a supporter of thephysiocrats, and translatedHelvétius. He was envoy in The Hague (1768–98), a supporter of theLeague of Armed Neutrality, therecognition of the United States and theabolition of serfdom. After1789 he continued to defend his principles and never returned to Russia.[13] In 1768 he marriedAdelheid Amalie Gallitzin. In 1774 the couple split and the Princess moved to a country house between The Hague and the beach, to better to oversee raising her children in a way J.J. Rousseau had promoted in his "Emile". She turned to Catholicism in 1786. He is known as volcanologist and mineralogist.
PrinceDemetrius Augustine Gallitzin (The Hague, 1770–1840) also known as theApostle of the Alleghenies, grew up with princeWilliam I of the Netherlands. In 1792 he embarked to Baltimore. He was the first Roman Catholic priest ordained in America; a settlement in Pennsylvania is named after him. He is currently under investigation for possibleSainthood, his current title isServant of God.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn (Field Marshal) (Sr) (1675–1730) is best known for his governorship ofOld Finland (1714–1721), where his harsh rule is remembered by the people he had conquered as theGreater Wrath (Swedish:Stora ofreden); member of the Supreme Privy Council. He was married twice and had 18 children.
PrinceNikolai Borisovich Galitzin (1794–1866) was a military historian, an amateur cellist who commissionedBeethoven in 1822 to write his laststring quartets, sometimes called theGalitzin quartets. He translated Pushkin's works into French and sent his translations to the author, with whom he was probably familiar since the late 1810s.
Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn (vice chancellor) (1723–1807) was a Russian envoy to Paris, and London. He contributed to the accession to the throne ofCatherine II of Russia. In 1778, he retired and lived in Moscow, doing charitable work. He was the founder of the Golitsyn Hospital, and at the expense of his cousinD.M. Golitsyn. He was buried in the church of the Golitsyn Hospital, now the City Clinical Hospital No. 1.[18]
Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1731–1804) was married to the wealthy Anna AlexandrovnaStroganova (1739–1816), who brought the estateVlakhernskoye-Kuzminki as a dowry.
Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1772–1821) was an art collector.
Sergei Mikhailovich (1774–1859), director of the Golitsyn Hospital (1807–59), member of the State Council (1837–59) was married to Avdotya Ivanovna Golitsyna ("princesse Nocturne") the hostess of the St. Petersburg Salon.[19] In 1817 he inherited the estate inGrebnevo, Moscow Oblast. As he died without issue the inheritance went to his nephew, the bibliophile, who died the year after.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Golitsyn (1804–1860) was diplomat, writer and connoisseur of fine arts, who lived in Madrid and Rome, and turned catholic. He was abibliophile and the owner of a splendid library.
Sergey Mikhailovich (1843–1915) opened the Golitsyn Museum, now part of thePushkin Museum in Moscow, but sold his collection in 1886 to the Hermitage
Prince Alexei Vasilyevich Golitsyn (1832–1901) was a friend ofPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Like the composer, Golitsyn was homosexual; but unlike the composer, he lived openly with his lover, Nikolay Vasilyevich Masalitinov (-1884).[20]
Boris Dmitrievich Golitsyn (1819-1878) was the son ofDmitry Golitsyn. He inheritedBolshiye Vyazyomy in 1844. He was the father of Dmitry B. Golitsyn (1851-1920), who was the last owner.
Nikolai D. Golitsyn (1850–1925) was the lastTsarist prime minister of Russia. He was the son of Dmitry B. Golitsyn (1803–1864) and governor of Archangel, Kaluga, and Tver. He was executed on 2 July 1925 inLeningrad on the charge of participating in a "counter-revolutionary monarchist organization"
Lev Golitsyn Sergeyevich (1845–1915) was one of the founders of winemaking atYusupov Palace (Crimea). In his estate ofNovyi Svet he built the first Russian factory ofchampagne wines. In 1889 the production of this winery won the gold medal at the Paris exhibition in the nomination forsparkling wines. He became the surveyor of imperial vineyards atAbrau-Dyurso in 1891.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Golitsyn resigned in 1905 as mayor of Moscow; painting byValentin Serov (Tretyakov gallery)Prince Galatzine (Galitzine), 5th husband of Aimée Crocker
Mikhail Vladimirovich Golitsyn (1873–1942) was the son of Vladimir Mikhailovich Golitsyn (Paris, 1847-1932) and grandson of Mikhail Fedorovich Golitsyn (1800-1873); Nikolai V. Golitsyn (1874–1942) was his brother
Vladimir Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1902–1943) started his career as a sailor. During the 1920s Vladimir began a very successful career as a book illustrator and well-known artist, illustrating around forty books between 1925 and 1941. He also worked for the magazines the Universal Pathfinder, Pioneer and several others. Despite his very popular artwork, he was barely tolerated by the Stalinist bureaucracy and as general conditions worsened, found it increasingly hard to support his parents and young family. Vladimir died from exhaustion and under-nourishment in the Sviyazhska prison camp near Kazan.
Alexander Vladimirovich Golitsyn (1876-1951). His son was PrinceAlexander Golitzen (1908–2005) a Moscow-born production designer and oversaw art direction on more than 300 movies; he died in San Diego, California.
Sergei Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1909-1989) published hisMemoirs of a Survivor: The Golitsyn Family in Stalin's Russia, covering the period from the revolution in 1917 to the entry of the Soviet Union into World War II in 1941.[22]
Georgy Sergeyevich Golitsyn (1935–) was a Russian physicist noted for his research on the concept ofnuclear winter.
Mstislav Galitzine, count Osterman (1899-1966) joinedAlexander Kolchak after the October Revolution. In 1925 he married the California mystic, author and heiressAimee Crocker. She was 61 and it was her fifth marriage. She offered him $250 a month if he would marry her in exchange for the right to call herself a princess.[23] Two years later they divorced. He was forced to pay all the court costs of the suit. His brother was
Leo Alexandrovich Galitzine, count Osterman (1904–1969) escaped from Soviet Russia and came to settle in Canada by 1929 inEdson, Alberta.[24] He and his wife, Marguerite Therese Reynaud-Carcasse, purchased 420 acres of land, mostly bordering theMcLeod River.[25] The Galitzines started an airplane charter company atGreat Bear Lake. After his wife died (inAlexandria in 1934),[26] Leo moved to Hollywood where he was acting in various films as an extra, including inThe Razor's Edge andThe Chocolate Soldier.[27]
PrincessIrene Galitzine (1916–2006), fashion designer, was the daughter of Boris Lvovich Galizin (1878–1958)
The graves of Princes George and Emanuel Galitzine,Brompton Cemetery, London
Prince George Vladimirovich Galitzine (1916–1992) served with distinction in the rank of Major, Welsh Guards 1939–45. He was subsequently a diplomat and businessman. Following retirement he was active as a researcher, author and lecturer on Russia. In his memoryThe Prince George Galitzine Memorial Library[28] was founded in 1994 by his widow, Princess George Galitzine (formerlyJean Dawnay), and his daughter Princess Catherine (Katya) Galitzine. The Library specialises in the cultural life of St Petersburg with a collection in excess of 3000 books, photographs and documents for research tracing back to Catherine the Great.[29] The Library occupies the palace on theFontanka Embankment, formerly the family home of his mother Countess Catherine Carlow, daughter of Duke George ofMecklenburg-Strelitz a younger son of Ekaterina Mikhailovna Romanov,Grand Duchess of Russia. Through the Mecklenburg-Strelitz connection, this branch of the Galitzine family are related to many of the Royal Houses of Europe.[30]
George Golitzin (1916–1963) was a Hollywood producer and deacon in the Orthodox Church in America.[31]
Yuri Golitsyn (1919–2002), was born in Yokohama,[32] and was one of the founders of public relations having written the handbook on the subject and pushed research on the family forward to being published in a book. He was also a member of The Right Society and yet championed action against concentration camps after being the first allied officer to witness one firsthand (Natzweiler)[33]
Anatoliy Golitsyn Mikhaylovich (1926–2008) was a Soviet defector to the United States
Piotr Dmitriyevich Galitzine (1955–) was the son of Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn (1914-1976). He married to Maria-Anna von Habsburg, better known asMaria-Anna Galitzine, a Catholic activist
^All living members of the House of Golitsyn are also descendants ofIvan the Great and his second wifeSophia Palaiologina.[7] through their daughter Eudoxia Ivanovna (1492–1513) who married Peter (born Kudaikul), son ofIbrahim, Khan of Kazan, whose daughter Anastasia Petrova married FyodorMstislavsky.
^Golitsyn, princely family // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). –SPb. , 1890–1907.
^abRzewski V.S. & V.A. Chudinov Russian "members" of the French revolution // French Yearbook 2010: Sources of the history of the French revolution of the XVIII century and the era of Napoleon. M.C. 6–45.
^Lien Verpoest (2019) Layered Liberalism: the Golitsyn Legation in the Dutch Republic (1770–1782). In: Bijdragen en mededelingen betreffende de geschiedenis der Nederlanden 134(1):96doi:10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10403
^"Galitzine 1".Archived from the original on 19 October 2003. Retrieved18 December 2004.
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