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Hélene Pavlovna Kotchoubey (russian: Елена Павловна Кочубей}, née ''Bibikova'' (russian: Бибикова) (1812-1888) was a Russian noblewoman and court official.Hall, Coryne, Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna, ISBN 978-0-8419-1421-6 She served as ''
Hélene Pavlovna Kotchoubey (russian: Елена Павловна Кочубей}, née ''Bibikova'' (russian: Бибикова) (1812-1888) was a Russian noblewoman and court official.Hall, Coryne, Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna, ISBN 978-0-8419-1421-6 She served as ''Ober-Hofmeisterin
Court Mistress ( da, hofmesterinde; nl, hofmeesteres; german: Hofmeisterin; no, hoffmesterinne; sv, hovmästarinna) or Chief Court Mistress ( da, Overhofmesterinde; ('grand mistress'); ; no, overhoffmesterinne; sv, överhovmästarinna; russia ...
'' (Mistress of the Robes
The mistress of the robes was the senior lady in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom.
Formerly responsible for the queen consort's/regnant's clothes and jewellery (as the name implies), the post had the responsibility for arranging the rota ...
) or senior lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom ...
to empress Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Maria Feodorovna ( ru , Мария Фёдоровна , translit = Mariya Fyodorovna; 26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928), known before her marriage as Princess Dagmar of Denmark, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as spouse of Empero ...
in 1881–1888.
Life
She was the daughter of Pavel Gavrilovitj Bibikov (1784–1812) and Elizaveta Andrejevna Bibikova, and was the stepdaughter ofAlexander von Benckendorff
Konstantin Alexander Karl Wilhelm Christoph Graf von Benckendorff (russian: Александр Христофорович Бенкендорф, Alexander Khristoforovich Benkendorf, – ) was a Baltic German Cavalry General and statesman, Ad ...
. She married prince Ėsper Aleksandrovič Belosel'skij-Belozerskij, and secondly in 1847 to prince Vasilij Viktorovitj Kotjubej (1812-1850).
She served as lady-in-waiting before she succeeded Julia Kurakina
Julia Kurakina (russian: Юлия Куракина; 1814–1881) was a Russian noblewoman and royal court official.Hall, Coryne, Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna, ISBN 978-0-8419-1421-6 She served as ''Ober-Hofmeist ...
as senior lady-in-waiting in 1881, and was succeeded by Anna Stroganoff.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kotchoubey, Hélene Ladies-in-waiting from the Russian Empire 1812 births 1888 deaths