Elizaveta Vorontsova
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Countess Elizaveta Romanovna Vorontsova was a Russian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was a mistress of Emperor Peter III of Russia. During their affair, rumors suggested that Peter had intentions
A contemporary, the agronomist Andrei Bolotov, described Elizaveta Vorontsova as a "fat and uncouth" person with "a bloated mug".
A portrait by Aleksey Antropov. The sitter is sometimes identified as Elizaveta Vorontsova.
Peter III of Russia
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Peter III Fyodorovich was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when his wife, Catherine II, overthrew him in a palace coup d'état. He implemented many notable reforms d
Elizaveta Vorontsova
…Russian: Елизавета Романовна Воронцова; 13 August 1739 – 2 February 1792) was a Russian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was a mistress of Emperor Peter III of Russia (reigned February to July 1762). During their affair, rumors suggested that Peter had intentions of divorcing his wife Catherine (the future empress…
Portrait by Lucas Conrad Pfandzelt, c. 1761
Engraving of Peter as a child in the 1730s.
Portrait of Grand Duke Pyotr Feodorovich by Georg Christoph Grooth, 1743
Peter's 1746 letter to his wife in French, the language of the Russian aristocracy