Prince Nikolai Petrovich Demidov-Lopukhin (Russian - Николай Петрович Лопухин-Демидов; 27 April 1836,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– 18 December 1910,

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi ( uk, Ко́рсунь-Шевче́нківський, ; pl, Korsuń Szewczenkowski; russian: Корсунь-Шевченковский) is a small city located in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in centra ...

) was a Russian nobleman and general.

Life

The eldest son of Pyotr Grigoryevich Demidov (1807–1862) and his wife Elizaveta Nikolaevna Bezobrazova, Nikolai was a godson of

Nicholas I of Russia , house = Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp , father = Paul I of Russia , mother = Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) , birth_date = , birth_place = Gatchina Palace, Gatchina, Russian Empire , death_date = ...

. He joined a guards cavalry regiment in 1853, and on 20 November 1854 was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant. From 1863 to 1864 he fought in the repression of the January Uprising. In 1870 he was promoted to colonel. After the death of his relation, Prince Pavel Petrovich

Lopukhin Lopukhin (russian: Лопухин, from ''лопух'' meaning ''burdock'') is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Lopukhina. Notable people with the surname include: *nobles from the Lopukhin family The Lopukhin family was a ...

(son of

Pyotr Lopukhin Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin (1753, Saint Petersburg – 1827) was a Russian politician and member of the Lopukhin family. He was president of the Council of Ministers from 1816 to 1827. Marriage and issue He married twice: # Praskovia Iva ...

) in 1873, he inherited the princely title of the

Lopukhin family The Lopukhin family was a noble family of the Russian Empire, forming one of the branches of the Sorokoumova-Glebov family. Eudoxia Lopukhina married Peter the Great. When Pyotr Lopukhin's son died childless, the family's princely title passed t ...

and added its surname to his own. He fought in the

Russo-Turkish War The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histo ...

(1877–78), and, on 30 August 1880, was promoted to major general, followed by lieutenant general in May 1890.

Marriage and issue

He married Olga Valerianovna Stolypina (1841–1926), the couple had four children that reached adulthood : * Elizaveta (1864– Berlin 1941) * Lev (1868–1909) * Aleksandr (1870–1937) * Vera (1871– died in the Revolution 1919) Son general Alexandr Nikolajevitch Demidoff, 2nd Prince Lopukhin-Demidov, married in 1904 Natalia Dmitrievna Naryshkina (1886–1957), daughter of Dimitri Konstantinovich Naryshkin (1853-1918) and Countess Helene von Toll (1855-1931). They moved with their family to Finland after the Russian 1917 revolution. They owned Anttolanhovi manor near Mikkeli. They had five sons that reached adulthood: * Nikolai, 3rd Prince Lopukhin-Demidov ( Tsarskoie Selo, 1904 –

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, United States 1995), had no issue. * Sergei ( Viipuri, Finland 1906 – Godoy Cruz, Argentina 1995) * Georgi (St. Petersburg 1914 –

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1968); married in 1949 Tuovi Maria Wallenius (1918– ). No issue. * Pjotr (St. Petersburg 1916 – 1998) had issue, surnamed ''Tammipuu.'' * Aleksander (Tali, Wiborg Parish, Finland 1905 –

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, Finland 1982). He married in 1953 Aili Dagmar Oksanen (1911–1991). They had one son: Yrjö Onni Johannes, 4th Prince Lopukhin-Demidov (

, Finland 23 Apr 1936 – Helsinki 31 Mar 2018); he married in 1974 Anita Maria Levlin (b.

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

Finland 1946). They had two children: * Nikolai Alexander Paul, 5th Prince Lopukhin-Demidov (b. Helsinki 1976) * Natalia Anna Maria (b. Helsinki 1977)

References

Sources

*La Grande Enciclopedia russa, 2007 - V. 8 - pp. 496–768. {{DEFAULTSORT:Demidov-Lopukhin, Nikolai Imperial Russian Army generals 19th-century military personnel from the Russian Empire 1836 births 1910 deaths Nobility from Saint Petersburg Russian military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Russian people of the January Uprising Russian princes Military personnel from Saint Petersburg