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Shuvalov ((ロシア語:Шува́лов)) is the name of a Russian noble family which, although documented since the 16th century, rose to distinction during the reign of Empress Elizabeth and was elevated to the rank of counts on 5 September 1746. ==Members of the Shuvalov noble family== The notable Shuvalovs include: *Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov (1727–1797), lover of Empress Elizabeth and Maecenas of the Russian Enlightenment, who declined a comital title offered to him by the sovereign; *Count Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov (1710–1771), his first cousin, Field Marshal and head of the secret police; *Count Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov (1711–1762), the latter's brother, Field Marshal and Minister of War, one of the most influential policy-makers during Elizabeth's reign; *Count Andrey Petrovich Shuvalov (1743–1789), the latter's son, spent most of his life abroad, conversing with Voltaire and writing libertarian verses in French; the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica names him as the true author of Catherine II's celebrated letters to the French Encyclopedists; *Count Peter Andreyevich Shuvalov (1827–1889), the latter's grandson, who wielded great influence at the court of Alexander II of Russia; *Count Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov (1776–1823), Russian general during Patriotic War 1812; *Count Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov (1830–1908), the latter's brother, who represented Russia at the Congress of Berlin and at the German court; *Count Pavel Pavlovich Shuvalov (1859–1905), the latter's son, who headed the Moscow police before his assassination by revolutionaries in 1905; *Count Mikhail Andreyevich Shuvalov (1850–1903), inherited the title of Prince Vorontsov from his maternal grandfather, but died without issue. 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「Shuvalov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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