The House of Saltykov ( rus, Салтыков, p=səltɨˈkof) is the name of an old
Russian noble family that can trace its ancestry back to 1240. In March 1730, the family was awarded the title of
Count
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in
Russia
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, granted to them by Empress
Anna of Russia
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Origin and history of the noble family
In the Velvet Book, their ancestor is named Mikhail Ignatievich Morozov-Saltyk (or Soltyk), and his ancestor is a certain Misha Prushanin (1240). His descendants, Andrei Saltykov, gunsmith (1508) of Grand Duke Vasily Ivanovich. Boris Ivanovich governor of Ivan the Terrible. Ivan Danilovich, owned estates (1568). Timofey Ivanovich, nicknamed Kurgan, was written (1630) among the nobles and children of boyars with a local salary. Stepan Timofeevich Saltykov was granted an estate (1676)
During the Time of Troubles, boyar Mikhail Saltykov-Krivoy defended the transfer of the Russian crown to the Polish prince. Together with some relatives, he subsequently settled in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Polish branch of the family (Saltyki), like the Russian one, uses the Soltyk coat of arms.
Serene Highnesses Prince Saltykov
The princely branch comes from Field Marshal General N.I. Saltykov (1736-1816), who, by imperial decree (August 31, 1814), received with his offspring the princely title, with the title of Lordship.Princess Natalya Yuryevna Saltykova, was supremely confirmed (July 19, 1845) in male and female offspring, established by her father, Count Yuri Alexandrovich Golovkin, a reserved estate, with the name of Golovkin, and she began to be called Princess Saltykova-Golovkina.Princes Saltykov, 1814—1941
Notable family members or namesakes
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Aleksey Saltykov (disambiguation), several people
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Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova ( rus, Да́рья Никола́евна Салтыко́ва; , Ива́нова; March 11, 1730 – December 27, 1801), commonly known as Saltychikha ( rus, Салтычи́ха, p=səltɨˈt͡ɕixə), was a Rus ...
(1730–1801), Russian serial killer
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Darya Petrovna Saltykova
Countess Darya Petrovna Saltykova (née Countess Chernyshyova; ; 20 September 1739 – December 23, 1802), was a Russian lady in waiting, socialite and noble and Dame of the Order of St. Catherine's first degree. She was the sister of the lady in ...
(1739–1802), Russian lady-in-waiting and socialite
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Irina Saltykova (born 1966), Russian pop singer
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Ivan Saltykov
Count Ivan Petrovich Saltykov (russian: Иван Петрович Салтыков; 28 June 1730 – 14 November 1805) was a Russian Field Marshal, the Governor-General of Moscow from 1797 to 1804, and owner of the grand estate of Marfino.
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(1730–1805), Russian Field-Marshal
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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889), leading Russian satirist, known under his pen name ''Shchedrin''
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Nikolai Saltykov (1736–1816), Russian field marshal
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Praskovia Saltykova (1664–1723), Tsarina, wife of
Ivan V
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of Russia
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Pyotr Saltykov (1698–1772), Russian statesman and military commander who defeated
Frederick the Great
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Sergei Saltykov
Count Sergei Vasilievich Saltykov ( rus, link=no, Сергей Васильевич Салтыков, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ səltɨˈkof; c. 1726 – 1765) was a Russian officer (chamberlain) who became the first lover of Empre ...
(c. 1726 – 1765), Russian noble, first lover of
Catherine the Great
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See also
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Sołtyk coat of arms, for the Polish branch of this noble family.
References
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Russian noble families