Grigory Potemkin
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Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman, and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Iași, which
1847 portrait, copy of an earlier work by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder
Potemkin uniforms, in service from 1786 until 1796. Russian infantry and jägers. (in German)
A probably later portrait of a 35-year-old Potemkin at the height of his love affair with Catherine
The Empress Catherine (45) at around the same time
Elizabeth Temkina
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Elizabeth Grigorievna Temkina was the once-alleged daughter of Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin.
Grigory Potemkin
…and credit", but lacked "knowledge, application and virtue". Potemkin had no legitimate descendants, though it is probable he had illegitimate issue. Elizabeth Temkina was the once-alleged daughter of Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin. Four of his five sisters lived long enough to bear children, but only the…
Portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky (1798)