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The House of Repnin (russian: Репнин), the name of an old
Russia
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prince
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ly family of
Rurikid stock. The family traces its name to Prince Ivan Mikhailovich
Obolensky
{{For, the rural localities in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, Obolenskoye
The House of Obolensky (russian: Оболенский) is the name of a princely Russian family of the Rurik dynasty. The family of aristocrats mostly fled Russia in 1917 during the ...
(+1523), nicknamed ''Repnya'', i.e., "bad porridge". Like other Princes Obolensky, he descended from
Mikhail Vsevolodovich, prince of
Chernigov
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, who, in 1246, was assassinated by the
Mongols
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.
Notable members of the family include:
*Princess
Elena Mikhailovna Repnina (
ru) was the first wife of future tsar
Vasily Shuisky
Vasili IV Shuisky (russian: Василий IV Иванович Шуйский, ''Vasiliy IV Ivanovich Shuyskiy'', c. 155212 September 1612) was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided w ...
. The date of marriage is unknown, although they are mentioned together in 1580 as the witnesses in the description of
Ivan IV's wedding with
Maria Nagaya
Maria Feodorovna Nagaya () (died 1608) was a Russian tsaritsa and sixth (possibly eighth) uncanonical wife of Ivan the Terrible.
Life
Maria married Ivan in 1581 and a year later, she gave birth to their son Dmitry. In 1582, the tsar suggested to ...
. She had no children and died possibly in 1592, hypothetically - as the divorced woman in the monastery. The information about her is quite poor.
[Репнин М. И. Князья Репнины в истории Отечества. М.2009. С.44] Her grave is unknown. Only in 1608 Vasily took the 2nd wife
Maria Buynosova-Rostovskaya
Maria Petrovna Buynosova-Rostovskaya (''Буйносова-Ростовская, Мария Петровна'' in Russian) (born as Catherine - died 2 January 1626) was the second spouse and only tsarina consort of Tsar Vasili IV of Russia.
Life
...
who become his only tsarina.
*Prince
Anikita Ivanovich Repnin (1668-1726), his grandson, who was one of the Russian commanders during the
Great Northern War
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swed ...
, ending his military career as Field Marshal and Minister of Defense.
*Prince
Nikolay Vasilievich Repnin (1734-1801), the latter's son, probably the most illustrious member of the family, noted for his involvement in the Polish affairs and his decisive actions during the
Russo-Turkish Wars
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 ...
. He had three daughters and a natural son (
Ivan Pnin) but no legitimate male heir, hence
Alexander I Alexander I may refer to:
* Alexander I of Macedon, king of Macedon 495–454 BC
* Alexander I of Epirus (370–331 BC), king of Epirus
* Pope Alexander I (died 115), early bishop of Rome
* Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (died 320s), patriarch of ...
permitted his grandson Prince Nikolai
Volkonsky
Volkonsky is a Russian language locational surname, named after the Volkona river south of Moscow, and borne by a Russian noble family.Ziegler, Dominic. ''Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River at the Borderlands of Empires.'' New York: ...
to take the name Repnin and coat of arms of his grandfather. His descendants are known as Princes Repnin-Volkonsky.
References
External links
* {{in lang, fr}
Website of the Repnin family
Russian noble families
Obolensky family