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Alexander Potyomkin (1675–1746) was a Russian
nobleman Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristi ...
. He was the father of
Grigory Potyomkin Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski (, also , ;, rus, Князь Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, Knjaz' Grigórij Aleksándrovich Potjómkin-Tavrícheskij, ɡrʲɪˈɡ ...
. He died on 2 June 1746.


Family

About 1708, he married an unknown woman, whom he divorced in 1724. In 1723, he married Daria Vasilievna Kondyreva (1704–1780). It was a second marriage for both of them. They had six children: *Marfa Yelena (1724–1775) – married Wasilij von Engelhardt and had six daughters, the famous Potemkin Nieces, *Marya – married Nikołaj Samojłow, *Piełagieja – married Peter Wysocki, *Daria – married Alexander Lichaczow, *Nadzieżda (1738–1757) – unmarried, * Grigory Alexandrovich Potyomkin (1739–1791). Russian nobility 1675 births 1746 deaths {{Russia-noble-stub