Count Peter G. Chernyshev (1712 - 1773)

 

Above: Count Peter Grigorievich Chernyshev 

From the French Wikipedia article "Pierre Tchernychev" which is based on the Russian Wikipedia article titled  

« Чернышев, Петр Григорьевич (1712-1773) »:

Count Peter Grigorievich Tchernychev or Tchernychov (1712 - 1773) was a Russian diplomat, Secret Councillor, Kammerherr and senator.  He was the brother of Zakhar Grigorievich Tchernychev and of Ivan Grigorievich Tchernychev.

Count Peter was the son of Gregory Petrovich Chernyshev (1672-1745) and his wife, née Eudoxia Rzewska (1693-1747). At 11 years of age, Peter became a page at the court of Charles Frederick the young Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700-1739), then became a Kammerpage.

Under the reign of the Empress Anne, in 1741 he was appointed ambassador extraordinary to the court of Denmark and shortly after in Berlin, with Frederick the Great.

The Count continued his career in London and attended the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle between April and October 1748, where he took part in the drafting of the Treaty of Peace between the France of Louis XV and the maritime powers which took place on 18 October 1748 and sets the Austrian Succession, with the recognition of Silesia to Prussia, and maritime issues.

Count Peter was the father of Princess Nathalie Galitzine (1741-1837) who inspired Pushkin's story The Queen of Spades, and the Countess Saltykoff, friend of Madame Vigee-Le Brun. 

DESCENDANTS OF COUNT PETER G. CHERNYSHEV AND CATHERINE USHAKOV

1. Darya Petrovna Chernysheva (1739 - 1802) who married Ivan Saltykov (1730 - 1805) and had a daughter and son: Praskovia and Peter Saltykov.

2. Praskovia Petrovna Chernysheva

3. Maria Petrovna Chernysheva

4. Natalia Petrovna Chernysheva (1741 - 1837) who married Vladimir Golitsyn (1731 - 1798) and had one son, Dmitry Golitsyn (1771 - 1884) military governor of Moscow

 

 Portrait of Darya Petrovna Chernysheva Saltykov by Francois Hubert Drouay

 

Portrait of Nathalie Petrovna Chernysheva, Princess Golitsyn, by Vladimir Borovikovsky
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