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    Katharina Alexandra Dorothea von Lieven (Russian: Дарья Христофоровна Ливен, tr. Dar'ya Khristoforovna Liven), née Freiin von Benckendorff, 17 December 1785...
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    Konstantin Alexander Karl Wilhelm Christoph Graf von Benckendorff (Russian: Александр Христофорович Бенкендорф, Alexander Khristoforovich Benkendorf, 4...
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    his sister Dorothea von Lieven was a political force famous at London, St. Petersburg, and Paris. His other sister Maria von Benckendorff (14 February...
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    Imperial Russia over the period 1812 to 1834, and whose wife was Dorothea von Benckendorff, later Princess Lieven (1785–1857), a notable society hostess...
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    illustrious wife, the famous socialite and political force, Dorothea Lieven, née Countess von Benckendorff (17 December 1785, Riga – 27 January 1857, Paris), whom...
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    Somewhat overshadowed by his more illustrious wife, Dorothea von Lieven (née von Benckendorff), Prince Lieven took part in the Congress of Vienna and...
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    Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg Vasili Bebutov Alexander von Benckendorff Levin August von Bennigsen Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792–1862)...
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    manifestations of public life. Nicholas appointed Alexander Benckendorff to head this Chancellery. Benckendorff employed 300 gendarmes and 16 staff in his office...
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  • military commander (Russia) Alexander von Benckendorff (1783–1844), military commander (Russia) Konstantin von Benckendorff (1785–1828), military commander...
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  • Orlova-Chesmenskaya - noblewoman, philanthropist Konstantin von Benckendorff - diplomat and general Hans Karl von Diebitsch - general Praskovya Bruce - lady-in-waiting...
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    reign of Paul I, at the coronation of his wife [Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg). Before that women simply carried portraits of the empress...
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    According to courtier Paul Benckendorff there was a scene when Maria asked her son not to appoint the conservative Viktor von Wahl as minister for internal...
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    Charlotte de Brunnon 517. Luisa Constantina de Croÿ, countess consort of Benckendorff (princess of Croÿ) 518. Rafaela Domínguez y Navas, marchioness consort...
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  • emancipation. Indeed, Dorothea Lieven, wife of the Russian ambassador to London, Christoph von Lieven, told her brother Alexander von Benckendorff that "your Captain...
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