Yevdokiya Borisovna Yusupova (russian: Евдоки́я Бори́совна Юсу́пова; May 5 (NS: May 16) 1743,

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– July 19 (NS: July 8) 1780,

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), was a

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. She married the Duke of Courland,

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, on March 6, 1774 in Mitava (Mittau). She had no issue.

Biography

Yevdokiya Yusupova was the eldest daughter of Prince Boris Grigoryevich Yusupov and Irina Mikhaylovna Zinovyeva. The marriage was arranged by empress

Catherine II of Russia , 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 ...

to secure a good relationship between Russia and Courland.

Courland

Duke Peter was described as wild, and Yevdokiya Yusupova was regarded as a beauty with spiritual qualities. She became popular among the nobility in Courland and did succeed in her task to recruit Pro-Russians among the Courland nobility. Initially, she also managed to wield some influence over Duke Peter.Юсупова, Евдокия Борисовна // Русский биографический словарь : в 25 томах. — СПб.—М., 1896—1918. The relationship between Yusupova and Peter soon deteriorated, however, and she wished to be freed from the abuse he is reported to have treated her with.

Later life

After having attended the wedding of

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on 26 September 1776, she refused to return to

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. The divorce was issued on 27 April 1778. Yevdokiya Yusupova received the order of St Catherine in 1777.

References

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Yevdokiya ''Yevdokiya'' (russian: Евдокия) is a 1961 Soviet melodrama film directed by Tatyana Lioznova. Plot The film tells about the worker Yevdokim and his wife Yevdokiya, who live in a small town in the province and raise foster children. Their ...

18th-century people from the Russian Empire Burials at the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra