Alexander Petrovich Yermolov (1754–1834) was a Russian favourite and the lover of

Catherine the Great , en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes , house = , father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp , birth_date = , birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anhal ...

from 1785 to 1786. Yermolov was presented to Catherine by

Grigory Potemkin Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski (, also , ;, rus, Князь Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, Knjaz' Grigórij Aleksándrovich Potjómkin-Tavrícheskij, ɡrʲɪˈɡ ...

, tested by

Anna Protasova Countess Anna Stepanovna Protasova (Анна Степановна Протасова; 1745–1826) was a lady-in-waiting and noblewoman who was a confidant of Empress Catherine the Great in the Russian Empire. Life She was the daughter of Sena ...

and became Catherine's lover in 1785. He collaborated with the enemies of Potemkin and attempted to have Potemkin removed, and thereby lost his position. He went to

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in the late 1780s and spent the rest of his life in

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References

* Marie Tetzlaff : ''Katarina den Stora'' (Catherine the Great) (1997) (In Swedish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Yermolov, Alexander 1754 births 1834 deaths 18th-century people from the Russian Empire Lovers of Catherine the Great Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) Russian royal favourites