Prince Boris Andreevich Golitsyn (Russian – Борис Андреевич Голицын ; 15 May 1766 – 30 March 1822) was a Russian nobleman, army officer and member of the

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Life

His parents were Andrei Michailovich Golitsyn (1729–1770) and his wife princess Elizabeta Borisovna Jusupova (1743–1770). He was named after his maternal uncle, Boris Grigorievich Jusupov, while his paternal uncle was

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(1675–1730). He joined the Preobraženski Regiment in 1779. Four years later, he rose to the rank of sub-lieutenant. He fought against the Swedes in 1790 and the Poles in 1794, rising to major general. He was made a marshal to

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on 28 November 1796 and on 18 March 1798 became a lieutenant general. He transferred to a cavalry regiment on 27 November 1798 before finally retiring on 5 January 1800. He married Anna Bagration, and was a close friend of

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who died of

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on his estate at

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. Boris joined the Napoleonic wars afterwards and took part in the 1813 siege of Danzig.

Marriage and issue

In 1790 he married princess Ana of Georgia. They had eight children: * Elizaveta Borisovna (1790–1870), married prince Boris Alekseevich Kurakin, three children; * Andrei (1791–1861); * Aleksandr (1792–1865), married Anna Vasilevna Lanskaya, one daughter; * Nikolai (1794–1866); * Sofia (1795–1871), married Konstantin Markovich Poltorackij, one son; *

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(1797—1869), married Aleksandr Michajlovich Potëmkin; * Aleksandra (1798—1876), married Sergej Ivanovič Meščerskij; * Irina (1800–1802).

Death

He died from a stroke, aged 55, and was buried at Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery.

Sources

*Долгоруков И. М. Капище моего сердца, или Словарь всех тех лиц, с какими я был в разных отношениях в течение моей жизни.-М., 1997. {{DEFAULTSORT:Golitsyn category:1766 births category:1822 deaths category:Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Boris Andreevich Russian military personnel of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Russian people of the Kościuszko Uprising Burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg) Russian princes