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thumb Prince Nikita Grigorievich Volkonsky (9 July 1781, Moscow, Russian Empire - 6 December 1844, Assisi, Italy) was a Russian general from the Volkonsky family. He took part in the Napoleonic wars and later converted from Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism. ==Family== Nikita's father was Prince Grigory Volkonsky, one of Suvorov's leading generals. His mother was the daughter and heiress of Prince Nikolai Repnin. His siblings included Prince Sergey Volkonsky, one of the prominent Decembrists, and Prince Nikolai Volkonsky-Repnin, the owner of Yagotin. In 1810, Nikita married Princess Zinaida Beloselskaya-Belozerskaya (1792-1862) - writer, poet, singer and composer, Princess was a prominent figure of the Russian cultural life of the first half of the 19th century and was also a Catholic convert from Russian Orthodoxy. Their marriage gave birth to one son: * Alexander (1811-1878), Privy Councillor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nikita Volkonsky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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