Naryshkin family

The Naryshkin family (Russian: Нарышкины was a Moscow boyar family. It became allied to the ruling house in 1671 when the great beauty Natalia Naryshkina (daughter of Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin) 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.

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Kirill Alexeyevich Naryshkin (1670–1723), Commandant of Pskov and of Dorpat 1704 - 1710, commandant of Saint Petersburg 1710 - 1716, governor of Moscow 1716-1719

Dmitry Lvovich Naryshkin (1764–1838), royal chamberlain

Maria Naryshkina (1779–1854), née Princess Svyatopolk-Chetvertinskaya , mistress of Alexander I of Russia

Lev Kirillovich Naryshkin

Alexander Lvovich Naryshkin, died in Paris in 1826, 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 of Europe and particularly France to Russia.

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