Naryshkin family
The Naryshkin family was a noble Moscow boyar family of Crimean Tatar descent, going back to a certain Mordko Kurbat Naryshko, a Crimean Tatar, who moved to Moscow in the 15th century. It became allied to the ruling house in 1671 when the great beauty Natalia Naryshkina married Alexis of Russia, later becoming the mother of Peter the Great. The Naryshkin family was persecuted under the regency of Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, but were then highly favoured by Peter and his descendants and played a major part in Russian life.Other notable members
- Kirill Alexeyevich Naryshkin, Commandant of Pskov and of Dorpat 1704 - 1710, commandant of Saint Petersburg 1710 - 1716, governor of Moscow 1716-1719
- Alexis Vasilievich Naryshkin, chamberlain from 1773, diplomat, scholar, friend of Denis Diderot
- Alexander Lvovich Naryshkin, friend of Paul I of Russia, who called him his 'uncle'; he served simultaneously as grand chamberlain, chancellor and grand marshal of the nobility; he also served for a long time as head of the theatres and attracted the top artists from Europe to Russia.
- Maria Naryshkina, née Princess Maria Svyatopolk-Chetvertinskaya, mistress of Alexander I of Russia
- Lev Kirillovich Naryshkin
- Lev Alexandrovich Naryshkin, Russian lieutenant-general, fought in the Napoleonic Wars
- Kirill Alexandrovich Naryshkin, member of the Council of State
- Alexander Alexeyevich Naryshkin, member of the Council of State
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