Prince Constantine Esperovich Beloselsky-Belozersky ( 1843 – 26 May 1920, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a Russian general, landowner and horse breeder.

Biography

He was born on 16 June 1843 to Prince Esper Alexandrovitch Beloselsky-Belozersky and Elena Pavlovna Bibikova (1812–1888). He received education at home and entered into service in the

Chevalier Guard Regiment The Chevalier Guard Regiment (russian: Кавалергардский полк, Kavalergardskiy polk) was a Russian heavy cavalry guard regiment, created in 1800 by the reformation of the Chevalier Guard corps, itself created in 1764 by Catherin ...

on 9 December 1861. Beloselsky-Belozersky held the ranks of Lt. Col. Army (1882), Colonel (1884), Major-General (1894), Lieutenant-General (1906) and Adjutant General (1906). In 1866-1868 he served as adjutant chief of police. In 1868 Beloselsky-Belozersky retired, but in 1877 he returned to service. He served as ADC to the Chief of Staff of the Guards Corps (1877-1881). Beloselsky-Belozersky participated in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. In 1881 he was for a short time adjutant to the Tsarevich, the future Emperor Alexander III. In 1895 he went to the reserve, and in 1896 returned to service in the rank of major general on enrolling in a retinue of His Imperial Majesty. He was a member of the Board of the Main Directorate of horse breeding. According to the newspaper "Vedomosti Exchange", in 1908 the Prince converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism. Beloselsky-Belozersky retired from service on 16 April 1917 due to illness. After the

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he emigrated to

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. Beloselsky-Belozersky died on 26 May 1920 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Family

He was married to Nadezhda Dmitrievna Skobeleva (1847-1920), sister of Gen.

Mikhail Skobelev Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev (russian: Михаил Дмитриевич Скобелев; 29 September 1843 – 7 July 1882), a Russian general, became famous for his conquest of Central Asia and for his heroism during the Russo-Turkish War ...

. Their children were:

Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky Prince (Knyaz) Sergei Konstantinovich Belosselsky-Belozersky (russian: Сергей Константинович Белосельский-Белозерский) (1867–1951) was a Russian aristocrat, general and member of the International ...

(1867-1951), Elena (1869-1944), Esper Konstantinovich Belosselsky-Belozersky(1871-1921), and Olga (1874-1923), who married Prince

Vladimir Nikolayevich Orlov Prince Vladimir Nikolayevich Orlov (Dec. 31, 1868-Aug. 29, 1927), part of the Orlov family, was one of Tsar Nicholas II's closest advisors, and between 1906 and 1915 headed the Tsar's military cabinet. Biography Orlov, who bore the nickname "Fa ...

Awards

* Order of St. Stanislas 3rd degree. (1867) * Order of St. Anne's 3rd degree. (1879) * Order of St. Anne's 2nd degree. (1887) * Order of St. Vladimir 3rd century. (1890) * Order of St. Stanislaus of the 1st degree. (1899) * Order of St. Anne 1st degree. (1903) * Order of St. Vladimir of the 2nd degree. (1907) * Order of White Eagle (1912) * Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (12/06/1914) * Knight Grand Cross of the

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

(United Kingdom) * Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (France)

External links

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