Vorontsov

Genealogy

Vorontsov (Woronzow, Worontzow, Vorontzov):  BОРОНЦОB

The Vorontsov Hereditary Commanders

 The Vorontsov (Vorontsov-Dashkov) Genealogy

 The Counts Vorontsov are descended from an ancient noble family which had flourished in Russia for more than seven hundred years and which was founded by Simon Afrikanovich after his departure from Germany for Kiev. Both he and his son, Georgii, gained the particular affection of the Grand Princes Yaroslav Vladimirovich and Vsevolod. His descendants called themselves Vorontsov, and of their family, Simon Ivanovich Vorontsov, a great-grandson of the aforementioned Georgii, distinguished himself during the rule of the Grand Prince Ivan Danilovich, Protasii Fyodorovich, and during the rule of the Grand Prince Ivan Vasilievich. Their descendants were recognised for their service to the Russian Throne were granted the rank of Boyar and other distinguished ranks. This is confirmed in the diploma granted by the Holy Roman Emperor Francis on January 19, 1760 to the Counts Vorontsov by which they were raised to the rank of Count. On April 5, 1797 by command of Emperor Paul I the family of the Counts Vorontsov was entered into the roll of the families of Counts of the Russian Empire.

During the reign of Peter III of Russia, Vorontsov was the most powerful man in Russia, as his niece became the Emperor's mistress. Empress Catherine, alarmed by Peter's plans to divorce her and marry Vorontsova, deposed her husband, with a great help from her bosom friend, Ekaterina Vorontsova, the wife of Prince Dashkov. Ekaterina's brothers Alexander and Semyon Romanovich were both notable diplomats, and the latter's son Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov was a prominent general who led the Russian invasion of Caucasus and colonisation of New Russia. The Vorontsovs from this branch were inveterate Anglophiles and entertained many English servants, painters, and architects.

Having no children, the last Prince Dashkov, son of Ekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, assumed responsibility for his cousin, Ivan Illarionovich who was born shortly before his father's death. He bequeathed his vast possessions and the Dashkov surname to him and, on the creation in 1799 of the Russian Grand Priory by Emperor Paul I, Grand Master of the Order of St John, he erected a Family Commandery which he endowed on Ivan Illarionovich, then a minor.

The Vorontsov-Dashkov surname has been used by his descendants since that time.

1. Afrikan

1.1. Simon Afrikanovich

1.1.1. Georgii (Iurii)

1.1.1.1. Ivan

1.1.1.1.1.Fedor

1.1.1.1.1.1. Protasii +1330

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.Veniamin

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.Vasilii (Veniamin?) Vzolmen +1374

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.Fedor Voronets

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.Ivan Fedorovich Vorontsov; he had issue:

1. Semen Ivanovich  Vorontsov, Boyar, ?-1518

1.1. Ivan Semenovich  dsp

1.2. Mikhail Semenovich ?-1546

1.2.1. Vasilii Mikhailovich ?-1546 dsp

1.2.2. Ivan Mikhailovich  dsp

1.3. Fedor-Demid Semenovich, Boyar,  ?- 1546

1.3.1. Ivan Fedorovich  dsp

1.3.2. Vasilii Fedorovich ?-1577

1.3.2.1. Fedor Vasilievich

1.3.2.1.1. Nikita Fedorovich

1.3.2.1.1.1. Gavriil Nikitich ?-1678

1.3.2.1.1.1.1.  Prokofii Gavrilovich

1.3.2.1.1.1.1.1. Aleksei Prokofievich

1.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.Ivan Alekseevich 1736-1806; attached to the Russian embassies in London and the Hague.   m. Ekaterina Petrovna Evreinova

1.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Anastasiia Ivanovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Maria Ivanovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.2. Ilia Gavrilovich dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.3. Ivan Gavrilovich ?-1695

1.3.2.1.1.1.3.1. Gavriil Ivanovich

1.3.2.1.1.1.3.1.1. Aleksei Gavrilovich  dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.3.1.2. Il'ia Gavrilovich  dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4. Larion Gavrilovich 1674-15 May 1750 m. Anna Grigorievna [45] Maslova

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.1. Praskov'ia Larionovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.2. Mikhail Larionovich

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.2.1. Anna Mikhailovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.2.2. Elizaveta Mikhailovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.3. Daria Larionovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4. Roman Larionovich, 1717-1783, General, senator and Viceroy of Vladimir, Penza and Tambov provinces.

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.1. Maria Romanovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.2. Elizaveta Romanovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.3.Alexandr Romanovich dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.4. Ekaterina Romanovna      Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (née Vorontsova) (1743-1810) m. Mikhail Ivanovich Dashkov

She was one of the first women in Europe to hold governmental office. In 1783 she was appointed director of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and the same year founded and became president of the Russian Academy. Because of her education, travel abroad and writings she became a leading figure in the introduction of eighteenth-century Russian culture to the West, while passing on French enlightenment to Russia.

Her son was the last Prince Dashkov and he bequeathed his possessions and surname to his cousin, Ivan Illarionovich Vorontsov 1790

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.5. Semen Romanovich

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.5.1. Mikhail Semenovich

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.5.1.1.  daughter]

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.5.1.2. Alexandra Mikhailovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.5.1.3. Alexandr Mikhailovich dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.5.1.4. Semen Mikhailovich  dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.5.1.5. Sofia Mikhailovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.5.1.6. Mikhail Mikhailovich  dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.5.2. Ekaterina Semenovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.6. Anna Romanovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.4.7. Vladimir Romanovich dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5. Ivan Larionovich 1719-1786 m. Maria Artem'evna [70] Volynskaia

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.1. Artemii Ivanovich

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.1.1. Anna Artemievna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.1.2. Maria Artemievna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.1.3. Ekaterina Artemievna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.1.4. Praskovia Artemievna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.2. Anna Ivanovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3. Illarion Ivanovich 1760-1790 m. Irina Ivanovna Izmailova 1768-1848

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1. Count Ivan Illarionovich 1790-1854 1st Hereditary Commander m. Aleksandra Kirillovna Naryshkina  1817-1856

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1. Count Illarion Ivanovich 27 May 1837 St Petersburg-- 25 Jan 1916 Alupka, 2nd Hereditary Commander

                                    m. Elizaveta Andreevna Shuvalova 25 Jul 1845-28 Jul 1924

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.1. Count Ivan Illarionovich 29 Apr 1868-8 Dec  1897   m. Varvara Davidovna Orlava 24 Feb  1870-24 Feb  1915

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.1.1. Sofia Ivanovna 1 Aug 1892-13 Jan 1958 m. Vladimir Leonidovich 20 Apr 1889-19 May 1960
1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.1.2. Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov  3 Apr 1893-22 Jan 1920  3rd Hereditary Commander

                                    m. Irina Petrovna  Lazareva 6 Feb 1890-1 Sep 1977 dsp
1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.1.3. Ivan Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov 18 Mar 1898-10 Feb 1966 4th Hereditary Commander  dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.2. Countess Alexandra Illarionovna  25 Aug 1869-11 Jul 1959 m. Pavel Pavlovich Shuvalov 25 Jul 1845-28 Jun 1905 dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.3. Countess Sofia Illarionovna  9.8.1870-  m. Elim Pavlovich  Demidov, Prince of San Donato 25 .6.1868-28.3.1943 dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.4. Countess Maria Illarionovna  6.9.1871-13.9.1927 m. Vladimir Vladimirovich Musin-Pushkin 8.2.1870-29.9.1943 dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.5. Countess Irina Illarionovna  2.12.1872-1.3.1959 m. Count Dmitrii Sergeevich Sheremetev 28.5.1869-25.11.1943

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.6. Count Roman Illarionovich 25 Jun 1874-1 Apr 1893 dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.7. Count Illarion Illarionovich Vorontsov-Dashkov 12 May 1877-20 Apr 1932  Member of the 1928 Group

                                        m. [1] Countess Irina Vasilievna Naryshkina 17 May 1879-26 May 1917 m. [2] Liudmila Zeidler 1885-17 Aug 1943

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.7.1. Count Roman Illarionovich  26 Aug 1901-12 Nov 1993 5th Hereditary Commander dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.7.2. Countess Maria Illarionovna 13 Feb  1903, Tsarskoe Selo-15 Jun 1997, Cannes

                                        m. Prince Nikita Alexandrovich Romanov 4 Jan 1900-12 Sep 1974 dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.7.3. Count Mikhail Illarionovich 9 Jul 1904-14Mar 1983 m. Marina Petrovna Meshcherskaia 28 Dec  1912-

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.7.3.1. Count Semen Mikhailovich 15 Feb  1936- 6th Hereditary Commander m. Cynthia Gates 9 Oct 1929-

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.7.4. Count Illarion Illarionovich 16 Jul 1911-11Mar 1982 dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.7.5. Count Alexandr Illarionovich 29 Dec  1905-?  m. Alexandra Dmitrievna Mironova 11 Nov 1911-

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.7.4. Illarion Illarionovich 16 Jul 1911-11Mar 1982 dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.7.5. Alexandr Illarionovich 29 Dec  1905-?  m. Alexandra Dmitrievna Mironova 11 Nov 1911-

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8. Alexandr Illarionovich 10 Apr 1881-4 Oct 1938 m. Anna Iliinichna Chavchavadze

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8.1. Illarion Alexandrovich 25 Dec1918-17 Feb 1973 m. Anastasia Henkel von Donnersmarck 6 Apr 1927- 9 May 1982

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8.1.1. Alexandr Illarionovich 16 May 1945- m. Ekaterina Mikhailovna Deriugina 28 Sep 1944-

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8.1.1.1.Marina Alexandrovna  27 Jan 1967- m. Horacio Pena
1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8.1.1.2. Illarion Alexandrovich 2 Jan 1968- m. Kristina Krafts
1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8.1.1.2.1. Anna Illarionovna  16 Apr 1996-
1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8.1.1.2.2. Alexander Illarionovich  11 Jun 1999-
1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8.1.1.3. Anna Aleksandrovna  
1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8.1.1.4. Elizaveta Aleksandrovna
1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8.1.2. Anastasia Illarionovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.3.1.1.8.2. Alexandr Alexandrovich  31 Aug 1922-3 Sep 1952 m. Maria Nikolaevna Marinovich 13 Jul 1925 dsp

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.5.4.  Evdokiia Ivanovna

1.3.2.1.1.1.4.6.Pelageia Larionovna

1.3.2.1.1.2 Elizarii Nikitich

1.3.2.1.1.2.1. Ivan Elizarievich dsp

1.3.2.1.1.2.2. Fedor Elizarievich dsp

1.3.2.1.1.2.3.Petr Elizarievich dsp

1.3.2.1.1.2.4. Dmitrii Elizarievich dsp

1.3.2.1.1.2.5.  daughter

1.3.2.1.1.2.6. Maxim Elizarievich

1.3.2.1.1.2.6.1. Andrei Maksimovich dsp

1.3.2.1.2.  Lukian Fedorovich

1.3.2.1.2.1.  Dmitrii Lukianovich

1.3.2.1.2.1.1.  Petr Dmitrievich

1.3.2.1.2.1.1.1.  Aleksei Petrovich

1.3.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.  Luka Alekseevich dsp

1.3.2.1.2.1.1.1.2.  Elizaveta Alekseevna

1.3.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.  Ivan Petrovich

1.3.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.  Petr Ivanovich dsp

1.3.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.2.  Tatiana Ivanovna

1.3.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.3.  Ekaterina Ivanovna

1.3.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.4.  Dmitrii Ivanovich dsp

1.3.2.1.2.1.1.3. daughter

1.3.2.2. Petr Vasilievich

1.3.2.2.1. Boris Petrovich

1.3.2.2.1.1. Mikhail Borisovich dsp

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