Ekaterina Vladimirovna Apraksina


Ekaterina Vladimirovna Apraksina was a Russian noblewoman.

Life

The eldest daughter of prince Vladimir Borisovich Golitsyn and his wife Natalya, she was educated by her mother. In 1783 she and her family moved to France and they settled in a palace in Paris next door to Marie Antoinette, with Ekaterina and her mother attending balls and receptions. She and her family toured England in 1789 before returning to Russia the following year, settling in St Petersburg, where she was presented at court and became a lady in waiting to Catherine the Great. In 1841 she also became a lady in waiting to Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia.

Marriage and issue

On 13 July 1793 she married general Stepan Stepanovich Apraksin, a cousin of her mother, one of the richest men in Russia and considered to be one of the handsomest men of the time. It was a happy marriage and they had five children: